9/6/2017 0 Comments Mri Day2 weeks ago I had an ultrasound & MRI to get prepared for my surgery. The ultrasound was to check if I have 2 kidneys because 1 out of 4 people who have vaginal septum only have 1 kidney for some reason. Of course you can survive with one kidney but they just have to be extra careful with the surgery if you only have 1. The ultrasound went good & they found that I do have 2 kidneys, yay! I told the ultrasound tech, this is the first time I've had a test done & everything looked normal! Little did I know how the MRI would go!
I waited in the waiting room for another hour & then it was time for my MRI. The MRI was not a good experience. Because of the ultrasound & MRI, I was told not to eat after 8am and not to drink anything after 12. It was 6:30 when they started getting me prepped for the MRI. They gave me a shot in the muscle in one arm & an IV that stayed in in the other arm. I hate needles & especially IV's more than anything & did not know that they would be doing those, so I was feeling so stressed. I was also all alone & wishing so bad that Nate or someone was there with me. Then, they put me in the MRI & said it would take about 30 minutes. They said they had music they could play, but it wasn't working so it was just me in the noisy machine. After about 30 minutes, they pulled me out and said that something wasn't working quite right & told me to just breathe lightly & not move my chest when I was breathing. They said normally they would have me hold my breath for a minute 6 times, but it wasn't quite working so I just needed to be very still the whole time. Then they put me back in. After that, I started feeling so stressed and claustrophobic & I just felt so horrible. I was trying to breathe lightly but then I felt like I wasn't getting enough air & then I would feel panicked & like I couldn't breathe more because then I might have to come back a different day for another MRI. It was like that for another hour and then they finally pulled me out & had me change & leave. By this time it was 9:30. I hadn't eaten in 13 1/2 hours & was starving. I drove straight to Chipotle, ate an entire burrito & then didn't feel very good. Then I had the drive home, it started pouring rain & I could barely see on the freeway, I got off on the wrong freeway & got all turned around. I finally made it home but I felt so sick & just completely exhausted. The next day the hospital called & asked if I was feeling ok. I said I was & then they told me that on the MRI it looked like I could have ovary torsion (a twisted ovary) but since I was feeling fine it must be ok. They said if I felt very intense pain all of the sudden, to call them right away or go to the emergency room if it was after hours. We were going to San Diego that day for the weekend so I was so stressed that it would twist all the way while we were driving but luckily nothing happened!!!
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