So I had an MRI done Today on a Sprained Ankle that Hasn’t Healed Properly.
(For Anyone who has Never had an MRI, they are a Trip.
They ask you about 5 Different Times and on 3 Different Forms if you have any Metal in your Body. Finally, after answering “No” for the Last Time, they put Earplug into your Ears saying it is going to be Loud. Then they slide you into this Tube and tell you have to remain as Absolutely Motionless. And that if you Move, even Raise your Arms or Move your Head from side-to-side, it could Blur the Image so they might have to do that segment again.
Once they leave the MRI Room thru the 6” thick door, the Machine does some Random Beeping. As well as some rather Loud Occasional Thumping. And they Slide you in or out of the Tube an Inch or so. Which is somewhat Unnerving because you Didn’t know they were going to do that.
Then they say something over the Speaker to you, which of course you Can’t really Understand because you have Earplugs in. It sounded kinda like “We are ____ to Start ___ Sequence”. But It also could have been “We are ____ a Major Problem ___ the System”. Which Isn’t all that reassuring.
Then the Tube Starts Hammering and Thumping like it is Coo Coo for Cocoa Puffs. I’m talking Noises that just Scream at your Primal Senses “Danger – Danger. Get Away. Something is about to Explode”. All the while you keep trying to remain Motionless. While every Nerve in you Body is say’n “Get the Fluck away from this Thing. Its gunna Blow”.
This goes on for like 20 Minutes with Brief Periods where the Machine doesn’t do anything. And you just lay there wondering if that is Smoke you Smell coming from the Machine? Or Maybe it is coming off your Ankle?)
When it was Over, the Tech came back in thru the 6” Thick Door and instead of say’n… “OK. You Did Great.”, she say’s… “Do you know you have a Piece of Metal in your Heal?”.
Say What? I was like “No. I Didn’t. What is it? Like a Splitter or Something?”
She then has this Puzzled Look and said… “It’s about the Size of a Splitter. But it looks too Perfect to be a Splitter. It Looks more like a Piece of Wire. A Very Small Diameter Piece of Wire.”
LOL
With a Very Straight Face, and a Mental Image of the a Snipping Off Coil Legs of 316L SS, I said… “That’s Strange. How would something like that get in My Heal?”
She explained that many people will get a Metal Splitter in their Foot. And if they Don’t get it all out, your Body will Encapsulate it in Callus Skin. And you might have it for Years without knowing it. But an MRI can see it.
So as I Hobbled out of the MRI Lab in my Sigourney Weaver Loader Boot, I Chuckled that I might not Know yet why my Ankle Hasn’t gotten Better. But I do know what Happen to that Coil Leg I got in my Heal, and thought I got out, about 6 Months Ago.
(For Anyone who has Never had an MRI, they are a Trip.
They ask you about 5 Different Times and on 3 Different Forms if you have any Metal in your Body. Finally, after answering “No” for the Last Time, they put Earplug into your Ears saying it is going to be Loud. Then they slide you into this Tube and tell you have to remain as Absolutely Motionless. And that if you Move, even Raise your Arms or Move your Head from side-to-side, it could Blur the Image so they might have to do that segment again.
Once they leave the MRI Room thru the 6” thick door, the Machine does some Random Beeping. As well as some rather Loud Occasional Thumping. And they Slide you in or out of the Tube an Inch or so. Which is somewhat Unnerving because you Didn’t know they were going to do that.
Then they say something over the Speaker to you, which of course you Can’t really Understand because you have Earplugs in. It sounded kinda like “We are ____ to Start ___ Sequence”. But It also could have been “We are ____ a Major Problem ___ the System”. Which Isn’t all that reassuring.
Then the Tube Starts Hammering and Thumping like it is Coo Coo for Cocoa Puffs. I’m talking Noises that just Scream at your Primal Senses “Danger – Danger. Get Away. Something is about to Explode”. All the while you keep trying to remain Motionless. While every Nerve in you Body is say’n “Get the Fluck away from this Thing. Its gunna Blow”.
This goes on for like 20 Minutes with Brief Periods where the Machine doesn’t do anything. And you just lay there wondering if that is Smoke you Smell coming from the Machine? Or Maybe it is coming off your Ankle?)
When it was Over, the Tech came back in thru the 6” Thick Door and instead of say’n… “OK. You Did Great.”, she say’s… “Do you know you have a Piece of Metal in your Heal?”.
Say What? I was like “No. I Didn’t. What is it? Like a Splitter or Something?”
She then has this Puzzled Look and said… “It’s about the Size of a Splitter. But it looks too Perfect to be a Splitter. It Looks more like a Piece of Wire. A Very Small Diameter Piece of Wire.”
LOL
With a Very Straight Face, and a Mental Image of the a Snipping Off Coil Legs of 316L SS, I said… “That’s Strange. How would something like that get in My Heal?”
She explained that many people will get a Metal Splitter in their Foot. And if they Don’t get it all out, your Body will Encapsulate it in Callus Skin. And you might have it for Years without knowing it. But an MRI can see it.
So as I Hobbled out of the MRI Lab in my Sigourney Weaver Loader Boot, I Chuckled that I might not Know yet why my Ankle Hasn’t gotten Better. But I do know what Happen to that Coil Leg I got in my Heal, and thought I got out, about 6 Months Ago.
