MRI Done

Ok I have officially been through the MRI. I drove to the hospital where I submitted my paper work and went through registration. I got some new young kid that was going through training. Everything he did was point blank straight up off a check list and I could tell he was nervous. The guy training him was pleasant enough and helped the other guy through it.

Here is where I got this strange feeling. As they put the plastic check in name bracelet on my wrist it hit me I was being checked into the hospital. This was the first time I can ever remember having had a name bracelet on. I might have as a baby with tonsils out. I have never had surgery. I have never been sick. I have never had to do this for myself and it felt a little strange there all by myself when this was happening. I thought to myself I am getting old. I am getting my first taste of what old people go through with in and out of doctor’s offices and hospitals. I did not want anyone to come with me and sent my wife off to our son’s lacrosse game and I was fine it just felt weird is all.



He escorted me to a volunteer lady that led me to another check in lady for the x-ray area where I again checked in. As I checked and every time I was handed off to another person I was asked my name and birth date. I looked at my wrist band and it had all the information and I saw my age of 42 M. I took notice that saying I am 42 does not sound old but when you see it on a hospital name band in black and white again an eerie feeling came over me.

After a short wait again I was now led by a guy to a nurse’s area. Here a nurse attempted to put an IV in my right arm to no avail it failed. They always have a hard time with my veins. Another lady came over and then tried to put the IV in my left wrist. She was successful. I have now had my first successful IV in my body. Here they also asked me about allergies and I said Penicillin to which I gained yet another RED wrist band. CRAP I am racking up the first’s and feeling older by the moment.

They then led me to the room with the big circle MRI machine. Here they had me get in my sweat pants I brought take off watch and all other items. They laid me on a table and then strapped me in. The table lifted into the air and slid me into the circle. I had to lay there with my arms over my head for the next 45 minutes. They provided music and I laid there listening to this machine rumble, country music, the guy occasionally putting something in my IV to give me color for the scan.

When I was done I was allowed to change again. They removed the IV, cut off the name bands and said have a great day. Now we wait 24-48 hours for them to read the scan and send to my doctor. We wait again to find out nothing is wrong with me except do not run, play basketball, softball, or anything else that will aggravate myself. That is still my prediction and I have a bad attitude towards it I know. I am struggling with it all right now.