Well tomorrow’s the big day. I go in at 8:45 a.m. for my MRI of my head. I’m not looking forward to the experience!
A couple of years ago I had my first MRI. It was of my lower abdomen. Getting the MRI wasn’t that bad, but the position I had to lie in for about an hour left me with an aching shoulder and threw my back out for a few days afterwords.
At least this time going in, I know to really make sure that I’m comfortable before I have to lie still for an hour.
I think it’s the noise of the MRI machine that I’m dreading the most. It’s like having someone hammer right beside you – continuously. I think I’d rather spend that hour shopping for a treatment for hemorrhoids than endure that sound.
As much as I’m dreading getting the MRI I am glad that I’m finally going to have the test. It was ordered for me because I started having worse headaches, different from the usually headaches and migraines that have plagued me since I was about 12.
I also developed visual disturbances – aural migraines where I see squiggly lines in my peripheral vision that slowly close in and make it very hard for me to see anything clearly for about 30 minutes. In the last couple of weeks I’ve also experienced viewing things with lines going horizontally across them – like a bad photocopy. Believe me when I say it’s very strange to look at your dog covered in lines. LOL
Oh and along with almost constant severe dizziness over the last two weeks I’ve also felt like my ears are blocked or I’ll hear ringing in my ears. I happened to have an appointment with my pain doctor on Tuesday and I told her about the dizziness and all the other strange new symptoms I’ve been experiencing and, like me, she thinks they’re all part of my migraines.
She and my neurologist seem think that I’m having Basilar migraines. Apparently people who have this type of migraine have an even higher chance of having a stroke than those with other types of migraines. Great, eh?
I’m just keeping my fingers and toes crossed that they don’t find anything … or at least nothing serious. Wish me luck!
Hmm, Tricia, I had similar problems a few years back with dizziness. Give an update when you get the results. Best Wishes, Selena
I have to be sedated to have a mri…them suckers freak me out..hope all the news is good.
Good luck, and in my opinion the most important is to stay positive no matter what the doctors say. You know your body best.
I am sending positive vibes your way… I will keep you in my prayers, stay positive!
I think the people who are suffering from migraines are very brave as it very severe pain and usually half head ache happens.
It is very good to go for MRI at initial level. If root of disease is captured, it is cured in the best way.
Hope it all went well.
I hope it went well! And I hope you made it through alright. MRIs are never the most exciting experience in the world!
Hi Tricia. Good luck with you test tomorrow and hope they’ll be able to tell you something positive. As for the headache….. . It’s a bugger I know of first hand. Experienced it for years and years all my life. it taught me perseverance and ignorance at the same time. I had to persevere in order to make a living no matter how bad the pain was regardless of nausea and throbbing head. Also taught me ignorance because I had to learn how to ignore it and that taught me how to use ignorance in other parts of my life too.
If you hang in there and search for the treatment that stops it you will discover it just as I did, but it takes time and ignorance to do it. Don’t be afraid of new solutions even if they sound common or un-usual. Cheers and wish you all the success.
My work needs me sit down in front of computer all day. I have to face with computer everyday. so i often have a pain in my neck. And I often feel dizzy. could you give me some suggestions i will be very thankful.
i hope everything went ok with the MRI, i’ve only ever had a migraine once and it was the worst feeling in the world, so you have my thoughts
Good luck… hope good news.
sending you positive vibes your way.
I have to be sedated to have a mri…them suckers freak me out..hope all the news is good.