What is a "Magnetic resonance imaging "?

MRI or Magnetic resonance imaging is a KIND OF MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY....

Knowing me.... I always bring my camera

I also did this when I went to the hospital for an MRI! Thats why I can show you the under taken photo's.....Here I was inside the HOSPITAL... to make a MRI scan, I can show you through my camera...what I saw.... I maybe cannot tell you what I felt thats not very interesting... the photo's are telling my story MUCH better! But I promisse you the MRI is a quith interesting process...

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What is a MRI?

I explain that in my own words:

A MRI-machine makes a body scan (Photo) and this is always/mostly done in a hospital, because this machine are VERY expensive!

How its works is ....that you go (on the bed) inside this machine ( see photo below) for at least half a hour, before you go inside the nurse is wrapping you in with some soft leashes, to prevent movement -you must lay still-. When they are making the photo.... they tell you: "here comes a photo please lay still for 5 or 10 minutes" Each seperated photo differs in lenght of time, for example 1 photo took 10 minutes, another 5 minutes etc. While they make a photo you hear a loud tick- tick- tick sound, such as if someone is knocking loud on the outside of the machine. When you lay inside on the bed you can listen to radiomusic to relax a bit better, or you can listen to your own CD-music whatever you prefer best....because it takes a while...

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A specialist/doctor must give the order to the radiolistic specialist to make an MRI " this is a photo of a part of your body".... In my case its made from my left shoulder, so the below photo's are my/JoAnn's left shoulder, taken BEFORE THE MRI. On the dark part on this photo ( you see that IN the shoulder...) is the contrast Fluid inside the shoulder, wich a radiologist doctor gave me with a special injection inside the bones. This they need to do before they make the MRI. This fluid is used to see the bones , muscles and everything else better...(or whatever part of the body they would like to see better) It is not really painless when they bring-in the fluid.... but its needed for the MRI.

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Above: The bed in the hospital, and JoAnn's left shoulder with contrast fluid inside the shoulder, the injection needles (oow!! not so nice)

Under: The Magnetic resonance imaging Machine, where-in the MRI photo is made in the Hospital

Above :Magnetic resonance imaging Machine

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Ok, the MRI-scan has been made in the hospital, it takes a week to know the outcome/result, so TOMORROW on MONDAY the 20th the result will be known and its the big day..:) . Perhaps the MRI finds out what is wrong with the shoulder,that would be great because since last DECEMBER 2007 I have a painfull Left shoulder ... but thats why they made this MRI for me. I wonder what the result will be .....

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UPDATE: Today on Monday-May 19th 20.45 PM

The result is that my shoulder needs 1 or 2 surgeries soon, the first appointment is made on Tuesday JUNE 3th .They found several things which needed to be operated, the 'broken' shoulder cap that part is named "LABRUM" thats not working as it supposed to work... compare the 'Shoulder cap' with a 'Knee-cap', this knee-problem is called a 'maniscus' , a simular problem is -not working- in my shoulder .

Anyhow the result of the MRI is disappointing and I will keep you informed , because I might not be able (after the operation on June 3) to update my blog for a while...I think.

" A half year of RECOVERY is needed.... !" said mr. Doctor, hahah! Maybe you see me back next year???

I hope its not that bad...I'll let you know when the time is there..

But for now I am glad the hospital found what coursed the pain in my shoulder..this way they can help me to solve the shoulder problem, thats the GOOD news of today!!.

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