MRI, My-Oh-My

I got an MRI done a few days ago. Just for fun. haha. No, really, it was -- and it turned out to be one of the cooler experiences of my life. I got into my hospital gown (so hot) and sat down on the MRI bed, which was suprisingly low to the ground in comparison to where the inner coil was. I got my first IV placed in my arm; I was so nervous about that. I was really happy when the guy who did it was so nice; he was just cracking these jokes about being drunk, and the irony of having worked this same job in Needles, CA... he was really making me laugh. And well, the needle went in and then I had this piece of plastic tubing just sitting there.

The MRI itself was cool. I was strapped down to the bed and large heavy sheet was placed over my abdomen to register the pictures. It was loud a few time, but I had headphones on to dampen the beeps and buzzes. It was neat because the headphone had speakers in them so I could communicate to the doctors that way... I'll admit that I felt like an astronaut. haha. Maybe I shouldn't admit things like that. The only weird part of the procedure itself was having the contrast injected through the IV into my blood so that in the pictures they took, my blood would be more illuminated.

So today I went back to go get a CD of burned images on there. They aren't single images but rather the complete files of the inside of my body, and the program with which to view them. It's amazing. I saw it and was astounded.

I can't wait to go back and do it again.

Seriously. I'll try and get some images up here at some point.

Wow.