Having an MRI

Today I showed up at the hospital for my MRI. I really have decided that I do NOT like needles. The dye actually goes through the needle in my arm similar to an IV. Amazingly this was a unique experience that you lay on your stomach with my breasts in their designated areas (each breast got a square cutout to go). It is not like laying down on a table, the table is at a slope. I can say that if I was to just lay there on my back not a big deal but having to lay there on my stomach with a needle in my arm. Once the dye is in my body if felt like a cool sensation spreads over the body and then a smell occurred that was so brief and I could not identify what it reminded me of but it was a chemical smell. To top that then my mouth started salivating.

The overall impression of today was that by the time I focused on the needle in my arm for about an hour I had some major aversions to what had occurred and the needle could not get out of my arm fast enough. Ugh not sure I can do this again.

The next step in my saga is to go pre-register at the hospital and do any blood work that needs to be done. That should be an easy day on Friday to get this done. Now as I sit here and reflect from the day I think I am getting one of those headaches that some get from the dye that is used.

Back to the pathology report that I have an invasive inductual carcinoma. The pathology report also says that I have a rare tubular fomation that occurs in less that 2% of the population. It is true that I do NOT want to be like everyone else but I am not sure I want to be that unique. More to come at a later time.