Unnumbered post Yesterdays adventure 23 Feb 2021

[RoyceNewton]

Beloved ms family. All well and excited about the new day? I am wondering about a new desk so I have more room for my gym, I like the desk I have just a few inches (Centimeters) smaller is all I need. Ahh another problem to think about, what I need is a bigger house.

The important stuff. As "YOU" can tell I survived yesterday,s tube visit. I am quite surprised that the place was a curvy maze. No straight corridors. It went much faster than I thought, only about an hour. It was okay until they put in the gadolinium, I HATE NEEDLES. I warned the tech beforehand and she did her best. It is supposed to be cold, but I could not tell. No side effects nothing. I only took one Valium 5mg so maybe I was just numb. It did feel like it was spinning, but as I looked beforehand I suppose it was just a false sensation.

one hour in the tube and it was no problem, until next year I think. Valium beforehand, a nice sleep afterwards and a Magnetic Resonance Image (MRI) is nothing to be scared of. I think it was loud but I could not really tell. A 3t (Tesla machine is what "YOU" want much higher and "YOU" have to go to bi teaching hospitals. Like most of our life with Relapsing-Remitting ms (RRms), there is little to be truly scared of. Most everything "YOU" will adjust to, given time.

At first "YOU" might be scared and fearful, there is no need for that. "YOU" will given time ,learn to live with this illness and end up having a purposeful life.

Royce ( your ms writer and brother)

anything that ms takes you can learn to live with, give yourself time to learn and believe in yourself

[carolek572 CommunityAmbassador]

So happy that you escaped unscathed and prepared to do it again next year, Royce (Sorry for being overly dramatic but I am being a bit goofy) 😜 I, on the other hand, enjoy my visits to the mri machine, and look forward to it.

[Sandydemop in reply to carolek572]

really? carolek572 Why is that?

[carolek572 CommunityAmbassador in reply to Sandydemop]

Because I usually fall asleep when I am in the mri machine. I know, sandydemop1 , I am weird!

[Sandydemop in reply to carolek572]

I see some people find it relaxing. I couldn't with all that banging but it definitely goes easier if you sleep through it.

[carolek572 CommunityAmbassador in reply to Sandydemop]

I have trouble staying still because I want to dance to the beats, sandydemop1

[hairbrain4 in reply to carolek572]

So do I. I start singing my favorite hymn, Amazing Grace, in my head & the next thing I know the bed starts moving & I can hear the tech talking to me.

[carolek572 CommunityAmbassador in reply to hairbrain4]

That is an excellent song to sing, hairbrain4

I usually sing anything *N*S*Y*N*C* related, but I love your song better!

[hairbrain4 in reply to carolek572]

😉

[carolek572 CommunityAmbassador in reply to hairbrain4]

🤗

[Sandydemop in reply to carolek572]

I usually pray when I'm in there. pray for it to go well and be over.

[RoyceNewton in reply to Sandydemop]

I guess that is always an option

[carolek572 CommunityAmbassador in reply to Sandydemop]

That is a great time to do that, sandydemop1

[Ruadh]

Royce Newton - Gadolinium - iatrogenic unwanted side effects to Gd. It might be an idea to 'fully' check this out. There is an excellent WordPress on Gd; plus much information from specific radiology sites re such Gd side effects; in addition that the EU has removed 4 of the Gd contrast agents from their marketplace : check : AuntMinnie Europe; the online professional radiology journal - extensive information.For my own self. 2013 : Two shots Gd, over six months apart, both slightly different types of Gd = iatrogenic lipodermatosclerosis. Hellish. Hospitalised. Residual damage, permanent. 2021 - confirmed. Permanent.

As for the MRI itself. A total doddle - the after effects - Ho-Hum. Do NOT dive in to Gd enhanced MRIs. End of.

[RoyceNewton in reply to Ruadh]

I think in the last few years my Magnetic Resonance Image tests have not had gadolinium, fine by me, no needles and we know how I feel about needles

[Ruadh in reply to RoyceNewton]

So. NO 'enhancement'. MRI contrast dyes = Gd. Highly toxic. Many permanent injuries. And there are ways of achieving a good picture without the contrast dyers. Just easy, cheap and thick-headed to use em !

[RoyceNewton in reply to Ruadh]

I did not kno2w that and will make efforts next time to do this. I do not worry about enhancements but I will ask about options next year, thanks

[Sandydemop in reply to Ruadh]

Gadolinium used to be standard but due to the long term effects is now only given if the dr. expects to find new lesions, so not for a check up when you don't have symptoms. You have the opportunity to ask for them to skip the Gadolinium or at least discuss why they would feel it's worth the risk in a specific case.

[hairbrain4]

Glad you made it back! My Dr doesn't order contrast anymore unless I am having problems & suspects new lesions. It's not the safest thing to do but sometimes necessary.

[Boxofchocolates]

Glad to hear it went well!