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Getting my first ever MRI in 20 minutes

Posted on 5/12/26 at 9:21 am
Posted by VolsOut4Harambe
Baw Land
Member since Sep 2017
14378 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 9:21 am
Wrecked my knee in the same skiing accident that obliterated my collarbone. Ortho doc thinks the ACL is torn (failed the Lachman's test apparently). Have an MRI in 20 minutes.

What's it like? Should I prepare for an anal probe?
Posted by SallysHuman
Lady Palmetto Bug
Member since Jan 2025
21595 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 9:22 am to
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Should I prepare for an anal probe?


Definitely
Posted by djangochained
Gardere
Member since Jul 2013
19151 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 9:22 am to
Take out your butt plug first please
Posted by Shexter
Prairieville
Member since Feb 2014
20749 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 9:22 am to
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What's it like?


No matter what they say, insist on keeping your nose ring in.





This post was edited on 5/12/26 at 9:26 am
Posted by madamsquirrel
The big somewhere out there
Member since Jul 2009
56207 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 9:22 am to
For a knee you should go in feet first so not so bad. Head in first is much more claustrophobic.
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
92173 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 9:23 am to
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What's it like?


you're going to die, can I have your X box?
quote:



Should I prepare for an anal probe?


lube it up, baw
Posted by UltimaParadox
North Carolina
Member since Nov 2008
52523 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 9:23 am to
The key to a pleasant MRI is to avoid all those safety precautions....

If you want it to be your last MRI ever
Posted by littleavery1948
Member since Oct 2014
6003 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 9:23 am to
Unless you're claustrophobic it's no big deal; you just lay there (I assume you will not be standing) while you are partially in a large tube. You will hear some loud noises, but it's fairly quick and painless.

But do heed all safety precautions, or it could become a VERY BIG DEAL
This post was edited on 5/12/26 at 9:24 am
Posted by TimeOutdoors
LA
Member since Sep 2014
13428 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 9:23 am to
You should offer to pay extra to have them check above the shoulders.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
74795 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 9:24 am to
Make sure they play nothing but Dane Cook standup while you’re in there.
Posted by Deuces
The bottom
Member since Nov 2011
16876 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 9:27 am to
Bro just lay down and go to sleep.

I’ve had like ten of them.

Lay there and chill.
Posted by HogPharmer
Member since Jun 2022
3748 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 9:27 am to
Make sure you wear your 20 lb workout chain in the room.
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
104023 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 9:28 am to
They're a lot faster now.. MRI on my knee in 2018 took 30 minutes, laying still with my bottom half in the machine.

Did one on my brain last year that was 15 minutes first round, then inject contrast and 5 more minutes. That one was claustrophobic AF.. the opening was barely bigger than my shoulders and I had to tuck my elbows in. Then one of the earplugs fell out and no way to reach it.
Posted by Shexter
Prairieville
Member since Feb 2014
20749 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 9:28 am to




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Posted by CatfishJohn
Member since Jun 2020
20201 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 9:29 am to
I just let the wooshing noise put me to sleep. But I do not have an ounce of claustrophobia..

Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
103919 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 9:29 am to
Hope you don’t get claustrophobic. Remember to take off your wedding ring and anything else metal.


It may not be as bad as I said since it is a knee and not a back, but the machine was definitely uncomfortable the last time I had one.
Posted by The Pirate King
Pangu
Member since May 2014
68359 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 9:29 am to
The best sleep you'll ever get is in an MRI machine
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
92173 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 9:31 am to
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The best sleep you'll ever get is in an MRI machine


Posted by The Pirate King
Pangu
Member since May 2014
68359 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 9:33 am to
I pass out cold within 5-10 minutes every time I've done one. They have to wake me up to get me out of there.
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
92173 posts
Posted on 5/12/26 at 9:34 am to
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within 5-10 minutes


baw, every one that I've had is over in about 5 minutes
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