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Like Gaynor I freaked out during my first one, suffer badly from claustrophobia. During the latest one I was alowd to have a friend sitting at the end just holding my ankle, she had to wear earphones but still complained about the noise but it gave me more confidence feeling her there. Best of luck, you will be fine. Fran

Well I did it .....freaked out to start with ...as soon as he cliped down the head thing I lost it . Tried 3 times in the end, he said he would re-book me but I didn't want to waste the appointment so I told him to turn the music right up before he cliped the head thing down so I didn't know it had gone on.Hubby was aloud to come in and hold my leg! It did help to know he was there.I think it took longer to strap me in than it did to have the scan done.All I could think of was all your comments esp the one about the hammer! I would like to thank you all for your help and encouragement,it really did help Sue x

Well done Sue, Daughter said they werent that nice and she felt a panic coming on BUT she so needed to go through with it to confirm her Hodkins was in remission. She closed her eyes and tried to drift off and apart from a few moments when she felt a welling coming up she was surprised when they finally said ALL DONE. Thankfully it confirmed shes now in remission. She said that she would rather go through it 100 times than to have chemo again!!

I aam glad it is all over now and they didnt need to use the hammer. Wasnt so bad was it? Not that I have had one. Huia.

Shirley I am pleased to hear your daughter is in remission I loose words (I have lupus and aps)so the doc's wanted to see if I have had mini strokes Sue x Huia Mitchell Iam so glad its over if I have to go again I will get somthing from my gp first Sue x

SUE BIG HUGS for you Thank you for your kind thoughts , I hope your MRI scan gets good results for you .we are so lucky now that medicine has advanced so much that we can get more info,and hopefully better treatment when we need it, Shirley

Actually, what made me think of the hammer was my mother. Many years ago when she was going to have an op she told the anaesthetist to make sure she was properly under, was nervous in case she wasnt. He produced the most enormous spanner and told her that if he felt she wasnt he could hit her on the head with it to make sure she was out! He probably found that a bit of humour helped the patient to relax, making his job that much easier. Huia.

i HAVE just seen your post Sue, Im so glad it was ok with your hubbies help, Caz xxxxx

my daughter has mri scans every 3 months to check that her brian tumour hasnt come back shes been in remission since last august and all is well still shes been a very poorly little girl but iv been there with her every step of the was 2 brain operations and chemotherapy shes at fulltime school now and loving it sarah

Well done you Love Mary xx