MRI Question?

[mackemuk]

Hi Everyone Hope You Are Keeping Well In Yourselve's,
I Have A Question I Hope That Will Be Answered, On Weds Evening I Had A 3rd MRI Of The Brain And Cervical Spine
The Brain Part Of The MRI Went Just Like The Last Two I Remembered But When They Started To Scan My Cervical Spine It Was Different From The Previous Two That I Had, In That I Could Feel The Vibrations Up My Back They Were Not Large Vibrations But A Sort Of Tingling But Definitley Up My Spine.
When The Technition Helped Me Up From The Bench I Could Not Focus My Vision For The Next 20 Mins Yet The Other Scans I Had I Have Have Been OK.
Has This Happened To Anyone Else I Would Be Very Interested To Know.
In The Meantime Take Care Everyone.
Regards Joe.

[mackemuk]

any more info from anyone thanx.
Joe.

[needanswers54]

Yes, my whole body now spasms during two very distinct patterns of the MRI testing.  I go into a whole-body seizure like spasms where I am practically jumping off the table.  My spinal cord lesions have been active and enlarging.  Also, I realized that I have at least one cyst in my lumbar spine which is making my back displaced and unstable.  So, when I add all this and L'hermittes together, the techs have to do my scans about three times and keep thinking that I have Parkinson's or something...And this was after about eight valium and two narcotics to try and quell my problems.  I should have been totally out of it--but, I was like a Mexican jumping bean even when not in the scanner.  I have found that when doing certain areas such as the cervical spine having my back padded and supported with towels or foam helps me immensely with my MRI testing.

So, I hope that this helps in some way, perhaps.

I have not chatted with you before.  Welcome to the group!!!

Best of wishes and better health,

Torey

[jensequitur]

It's possible that the vibration of the MRI machine set off some L'hermittes reaction in your neck, which would have caused you to feel tingly and out of sorts.

[sllowe]

Hey Stranger!

Well, I cannot answer your question technically, however, I did get very strange body sensations on my last MRI's. No vision problems thought and once the magnet stopped, so did the probs.

Off the top of my head, Craig's (very intelligent hubby) wife Elaine has mentioned something about Craigs view of these larger and more intense magnets.  I'm hoping she's on today and reads this, if not, I'll send something her way - k?

feel well, nice to see you again
Shelly