Thank you all for your support. It did/has helped 
Jo
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Hi, Well done you, so glad you managed it today at least you can put that bit behind you. Karen x
Thanks Karen
Well done lovely!!!
hi I had MRI today and 45 mins in I freaked!! so totally understand where you were coming from. I had full blown panic attack I had read some of the tips on here last night so thanks your post helped me to. what I will say is that the nhs staff were fabulous and in the end put a mirror up and let my husband in to hold my hand which enabled me to complete the scan. jo, like you I am now wondering about results! good luck I will be thinking about you xx
Thanks Kizzy
Cocochannel - 45minutes!! Oh dear lord. No wonder you freaked! I as only in there about 5 minutes I think. Radiographer said she would do the âshort scansâ (whatever that means) 
I just hope there will be enough information to go on from a few short scans�
Bit worrying really. I donât want to have it done again!
Do you know how long it will be until you get your results? Is this your first MRI?
Credit where credit is due, the radiographer was lovely. She did inch the bed in a little bit at a time and she put her hand on my leg as she was doing it so I knew that I was not fully inside. She only left when I said I was ready and she was talking through most of the scan (not that I could hear because I was wearing earplugs). She said only about half of my body will be in the tunnel and she put the fan on full because I said I needed some air. It was not very nice at all, even with 6 mg of diazepam, but was managable.
Well done to you for managing to get it done too. Itâs awful when you panic. I have never felt like that before
I have taken people with profound learning disabilities and they had short scans as they have no understanding of keeping still or what on earth is happening.
The radiographer told me that in laymans terms it takes the overall scan and then a different computer software re creates the thin slices from the scan so you end up with the images that would of been taken in the slices during a long scan.
So all the information will be there it just takes longer to create it.
Pip
morning, jo I had two MRIâs in march as I was treated for a stroke but after a week on the stroke unit I was ref to a neurologist who I saw two weeks ago she put me through a very thorough examination said she thought it was brain stem in origin and could not believe she wasnât asked to see me when I was an inpatient. the consultant said as soon as she had results she would contact me (she said she thought she would prob do lumber puncture) anyway she said I would hear from here within ten days. the consultant asked for contrast this time of head and neck, I have no idea why but the radiologist did my whole spine?? said she thought the consultant would want it and as I had had the contrast decided to do it, although I spent whole night worrying that they had seen something that made them think lets do itâŚimagination going wild my hubby said it was because they thought they wouldnât get me in again!! hope your results come soon and best wishes xx
How interesting. I guess you suspect that your problems in the scanner had something to do with your unconscious coping mechanism identifying a threat and being a bit emphatic about protecting you from it?
I hadnât occurred to me, but you might be on to something there. We certainly do have a lot of defence responses that are powerful and are not easily brought under conscious control. Anyway, well done you, managing to grab the steering wheel from your unconscious and keeping the vehicle on the road this time!
Alison
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Well done for going through with it, I was thinking about you on Thursday. Hope the results help you get to the bottom of things X
Thanks Pip. I guess it may have been because I also have Touretteâs then, that she did the short ones? I rang befoer my MRI to let them know about the TS. They said it was fine and that they could re-do the scans if they were blurred from my ticcing. I hardly ticced at all as I was only in there a very short time and managed to suppress very well, just a few little facial tics so I hope they didnât ruin the images.
Coco, Yeah I guess they did spine as well with you to kill two birds with one stone. Just in case it was needed after all?
Alison, yeah, I was thinking along those lines. Maybe I was subconsciously not wanting the MRI done because I donât want to hear anything bad? By not getting it done, I donât have to hear it. Strange and wonderful how the mind works in times of stress and anxiety.
Thanks nikkinakkinoo My next neuro appt is 30th May so next week. Hopefully she will have the MRI results by then.
Aww xx Iâm sitting here in my garden with a BBQ & a glass of Shiraz - reading this and feeling so utterly pleased and proud that you did it !!! Well done you! xxxxjenxxxx
Hi midnightmoon, Well done you. I couldnât face the MRI scanner as I am so claustrophobic. I had a CT scan which didnât show much but my VEPs, my LP and my clinical exam was enough for the MS specialist to dx me with MS. I hope you get your results soon. Youâre a braver woman than me! Teresa xx
Thanks Jen. Way to go with the lovely weather eh!
I am off to Download music festival in two weeks. I just hope this weather stays a bit longer! Last year we were bogged down with the rain and loads of people were actually leaving. I wasnât going anywhere. I paid good money to see the bands. I sat there with a plastic poncho and a brolly and froze my arse off, hehe.
This year Black Sabbath (original line-up!) are playing. My god I canât wait! 
Enjoy your evening!
Jo
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Thanks Teresa. Yep, It was utterly awful and I was so glad it was only a very short time in the tunnel plus I took some diazepam. Not sure if it helped but it probably did. I could feel myself getting stressed but focussed on the breathing tecniques my friend had told me about plus the âsquare breathingâ my sonâs therapist taught him for his OCD and ADHD rages.
I had a CT scan when my syumptoms first started but it was clear.
Am just hoping the results are ready next week when I have my neuro appointment.
Have a great evening xx