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Wide/open bore and open MRIs

  • 10-03-2016 4:02pm
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    omb0wyn5ehpij9
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    Mods, if this is better in the Health Sciences forum, please feel free to move.

    I have had a good few MRIs on my leg but due to a shoulder injury that hasn't healed with rest and physio, I need to have a MRI on my shoulder. I never had an issue with previous scans as I went into the tube feet first and only ever up to my chest/shoulders so my head was always outside the tube. I went for a scan a couple of weeks ago on my shoulder and ended up panicking due to being so claustrophobic as soon as I was put head first into the tube. I didn't expect to panic at all, but unfortunately I did!

    Does anybody know of any wide/open bore or open MRIs in Dublin? Has anybody been in one and felt more comfortable? I think there may be a wide/open bore machine in Euromedic in Santry but not 100% sure on that just yet. I'm already not looking forward to it, but if I can get a different size machine, it will definitely help


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  • #2
    omb0wyn5ehpij9
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    Thanks Bluewolf for moving from Fitness forum!


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    Rancid
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    BDJW wrote: »

    Does anybody know of any wide/open bore or open MRIs in Dublin? Has anybody been in one and felt more comfortable? I think there may be a wide/open bore machine in Euromedic in Santry but not 100% sure on that just yet. I'm already not looking forward to it, but if I can get a different size machine, it will definitely help
    Euromedic in Santry, now called Affidea, have the wide bore machines, I think they ask you routine questions when booking and you can opt for the more open one.


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    PMBC
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    Rancid wrote: »
    Euromedic in Santry, now called Affidea, have the wide bore machines, I think they ask you routine questions when booking and you can opt for the more open one.

    Was there last week with a friend who was anxious but who had been in this open bore machine a few months ago and lasted just about with the help of some Xanax from the dr. Unfortunately panicked last week and didn't even get started. I think the problem was insufficient meds. Consult your gp first, I reckon and know how much and when to take meds.
    Best of luck.


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    omb0wyn5ehpij9
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    I have had my scan done. I took some Xanax beforehand, I don't think it made a big different, it just took the edge off slightly. What really helped me was an eye mask and a radiographer who was excellent. Explained the situation to him and he helped me through it.


  • #6
    Rancid
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    Glad you got through it.

    Recent mri there, too, and found the radiographer very reassuring. Had the headphones for music, but tbh, with the noise of the mri machine I could barely hear the music at all.
    I was lucky in that my head was only slightly inside the tube, I could see the ceiling of the room if I looked up and back. That helped a lot.


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