I hope he's not claustrophobic.
The ortho just called about 15 minutes ago to let me know that medicaid has approved the MRI series that Mark needs to have done.
They are doing a series of 3 all in 1 day, it will take about 2, to 2 and a half hours, and it's this coming Monday the 21st at 12:50pm, and then we'll go in on Thursday the 24th for the follow-up visit where they tell us the results.
Now that he's 18, the docs are calling and wanting to speak directly to him, not me, not his mom, they want to speak to the legal adult age Mark now.
It's kinda crazy, my baby is 18, people need to speak to him because of the legal stuff.
He's all telling them "Uh, speak to my mom, I have no idea what you just said".
That made me laugh, and then I spoke to the nurse to schedule his appointments for next week.
Mark says he's not claustrophobic, but he's never been inside of an MRI machine before, I don't think he's ever been in something that size before, and the noises that machine makes, the noise alone can make somebody feel like the machine is gonna fall apart on top of you while you're in it.
I've had a ton of MRIs and I'm still not used to the noises it makes, it's freaky, that big spinning noise followed by the big banging noise, it really is enough to freak you out.
In about a half hour or so, Mark and I are going to walk to Publix and do the grocery shopping, and then cab it back.
I waited all day to go because of how hot it is outside, the later in the day we go, the less the sun is shining down directly on us as we walk, it's starting to set, so it's not so bad walking at this time of day.
We'll go and get it over with, then come home and chill out for the rest of the night.
But things are rolling along with Mark's doc now, we're going to start taking care of this stuff ASAP, I'm so happy about that, it gives me hope that he won't have to wait for years for treatment like I had to do.
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I've never had an MRI, but I've had a couple of CATscans, and the machine is similar. I am wicked claustrophobic, and this thing scared the shit out of me.
The last one I had was a couple of months ago, when I was having The Panic Attack From Hell, which I thought was a heart attack. They ordered a chest CATscan and an echo. And a stress test.
And here's another reason why the Lahey Clinic seriously rocks... in their CATscan room, they have a big picture of the Cape Neddick (also known as the Nubble lighthouse) in York Beach, Maine, on the ceiling, and it's lit up so people can see it. Mike and I got married in York Beach, and that lighthouse means a lot to us.
So they're moving me into the thing, and I'm going, "oh, cool, the Nubble lighthouse!" It really did help calm my fears. They said that this was why they put the picture up there, because ocean scenery is very calming to most people.
Switching all of our medical care to Lahey was one of the best decisions I ever made. For more reasons than this.
Posted by: Christine | September 15, 2009 5:31 PM
MRI's are def. not fun. Last time I had one my earplugs fell out and of course I could not move to replace it. I felt like I was inside of a dryer with a tennis shoe, it was that noisey!
Posted by: Kelli | September 16, 2009 6:49 PM