Dont go on the "hit n miss" the night before like I did, I lasted 30secs when the nurse said "here's the panic buttton" :-) 20pints the night before ...

Ask your gp for some of those relaxation pills ..take 15-20mins before and all will be good :-)

I've never been asked to take iodine

I was given a cd of my scan.

£5 a copy on request.

best of luck Huggy

not sure, dont think so. had loads of scans but i think all were ct scans.
not sure what the difference is tbh. anybody?

hardest bit was being told to hold my breath for what seems like an eternity.

If it's an actual MRI you need to make sure you remove any jewellery as it has very powerful magnets that draw metal into it.

That includes your prince albert! Ask BITO, he'll tell you.

unless erse is about

magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) .... computed tomography (CT)

the sound is very relaxing i found.
first time i had one though i was expecting the chuckie egg loading screen to come up as it sounded like being close up inside a zx spectrum

Ignore most of the rubbish posted here.

I had one two months ago. It lasts about 45 minutes. I was told to bring a CD if I wanted to listen to music whilst it was happening. The scan itself was a doddle, no problem at all. The hardest thing is keeping still for that length of time. It is very noisy so listening to my CD was a waste of time. If I was having another one, I would just lie down, close my eyes and think of some pleasant experience.

You have nothing to worry about with the scan. I hope your health problems improve. Good luck!

Lost count of how many my beautiful wife had, and yet she never made a deal about it.

Be strong Huggy, and I am talking about an experience fifteen years ago, so I'm sure things will have improved no end.

Don't listen to all these scaremongering on here Huggy - they're not THAT bad, especially as it's just your head.  Surprised so many have had them to be honest... who would have thought chit-chatters possessed that much brain matter eh?

Ok, the strength of MRI (1.5T, 3T  etc where T is Teslar usually dictates how loud they are) so ask for ear plugs if they don't offer them, yes they do play music but even so it's a bit like someone repeatedly banging a saucepan around the side of your head (that's the magnets moving around) for 20 minutes accompanied by a radio that has the volume turned up too loud. 

When I had mine done there is a mirror above you so you can see yourself - app that helps people to relax - the nurse can talk to you at all times to ask how you are, and you have an alarm to press if you really can't take it and have to get out.  If it wasn't for all that banging you could drop off and snooze.

When it's all over it's such an anti-climax as you want the pictures there and then but you don't get to see them - as others have said though, pay for them - well worth it.  A really fascinating experience all told.  You'll be fine.

You'll feel a bit wiped out afterwards, and I had a mild case of tinnitus (ringing in ears) for a few days afterwards.  No going home and running any marathons.

Perhaps some people are confusing CAT scans with MRI. MRI = Big Magnets, CAT = X-Rays.

My date for my MRI scan is Saturday 21st June to confirm how bad my condition is,I will let you know how it went.

Best of British to you Huggy.

see told you it's a doddle

Kenny

It literately goes past my front door

I hope it's near Wetherspoons

kenny

Leeds city centre outside town hall then out of Leeds by going up Scotthall Road (A61) to Harrogate.
I will be watching from the junction with street lane