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[mk2_escort_chick]

Lil update today-went for my mri scan. SCARY!!!

There's little room between the machine and your face when you're inside.

It was extremely loud too- they give you a set of headphones to listen to which was quite nice to block out the machine noise.

It's going to be a waiting game now for my op date. I've been told that it'll be no more than 18 weeks from today.

So the latest I'll be in hosp is the 10th april.

I have one more appointment at the other hosp to see my consultant on the 1st Feb.

I didn't want to tell many about the scan before it happened, because it would make me really really nervous!

Sarah xxx

[RFChris]

Lil update today-went for my mri scan. SCARY!!!

There's little room between the machine and your face when you're inside.

It was extremely loud too- they give you a set of headphones to listen to which was quite nice to block out the machine noise.

It's going to be a waiting game now for my op date. I've been told that it'll be no more than 18 weeks from today.

So the latest I'll be in hosp is the 10th april.

I have one more appointment at the other hosp to see my consultant on the 1st Feb.

I didn't want to tell many about the scan before it happened, because it would make me really really nervous!

Sarah xxx

 

They know their onions Shed, you're in good hands.

 

You'll be fine, don't worry.

 

Chris

[Trevmk3]

what was on the headphones? , not too long to wait then sarah

[Gonzo]

Meh. Surgery's nowt to be scared of. Been in for 3 majors in my time, 2 because of a bike accident resulting in serious nerve damage. 10 months on and I'm still recovering, but daily life's pretty much back to normal.

 

 

Admittedly having your back done's a little more drastic than an arm, but still...

 

Where you having it done? I was at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Middlesex [just outside London].

 

 

Good luck an' all that. You'll be fine, no doubt.

[mk2_escort_chick]

Stanmore hosp.

One of the RNOH's

[lead foot]

all the best to you, try not to worry to much.

[Chris!]

you'll be fine sarah

[Messenjah]

sarah weve met havent we now you know how little space there is an an mri machine ... i went for one the other day and my shoulders didnt actually fit with me lying flat i had to be at some weird angle

 

 

and i may weel see you in stanmore hosp i will be in an out lots of times over the next year for phsysio etc on my shoulder

[marky4]

good luck i'm sure everything will be fine

[mk2_escort_chick]

Aww cheers everyone!

Lol @ messenjah!

I'm stil waiting for a date for my op, but maybe i'll get that when i see my consultant in feb

[Messenjah]

lol seriously it was the most uncomfortable 40 mins of my life !

 

i had my left hand under my arse and the other one wrapped across me holding onto my left thigh completely still for 40 mins

[mk2_escort_chick]

Did u have to listen to music?

Its not the most pleasant experience and I can imagine yours wasn't either!

Oh well, its over and done with now

[Trevmk3]

40mins for a scan, i would get bored stupid(well more stupid than normal ) i had the impression that it was a quick in out job

[mk2_escort_chick]

Nah, its a good 40 mins. They say on the letter that it'll last between 25-60 mins!!

I was just trying not to freak out in there.

[Trevmk3]

must be strange then, what music did they play? was it lift music?

[mk2_escort_chick]

Lol- no it was chart stuff.

Some I liked and others I just had to put up with.

The staff are really nice and friendly.

I was proud that I didnt have to press the panic button they give u

[Trevmk3]

i would of pressed on for a laugh, when they come over you just say "What panic button, oh thats what it is" or something. hope you didnt start singing either

[mk2_escort_chick]

No i didnt start singing! Didnt want to scare them

[Trevmk3]

are you going to sing tomorrow night, if so i will pop into work in the morning and get some ear plugs

[mk2_escort_chick]

Cheeky sod!

No I wont be singing-just dancing like a fool!

[Trevmk3]

you wont be the only one dancing like an alien species

[Messenjah]

yeah i had chiltern radio and the stafff PHWOAR !!!!! i had a ridiculously hot seth efrican nurse i wouldve !!!

[petrolhead01]

Stanmore hosp.

One of the RNOH's

on my doorstep!!!! might come and pester you if you ask nicely!!!!

[bortaf]

It's the ghoing in head first that did me i had to wait for an over 18stone MRI table to be deliverd so it took 18 months to get the appointment through and even then it was in the back of a lorry trailer in the hospital carpark, looked like a porta loo from the outside

[mk2_escort_chick]

Mini update:

Mum left me a voicemail at work today. She'd received a date for my op from the hosp (18h Feb)

BUT...if you're on the pill, you must stop it at least 6 weeks before the op.

Well no-one told me this, otherwise I'd of come off it when I had my mri scan

It just really fooked me off!

Now the earliest that I'll be going in is the 4th March, but I've gotta wait for them to give me another date

I know it doesn't sound like a lot, but I just want the op out the way.

I wanna be about for Ford Fair- seeing as I'm gonna miss CF show.