When Cass went into the MRI room at the MRI Complex @ HKL for an MRU procedure, I sat outside to wait for her. As I had not slept well nor had enough sleep the past few nights, I dozed off on the chair for almost half an hour. I find that I sleep so much better and deeper when I am seated on a chair! Ain’t that ironic? I remember that I used to doze off on the mini bus yonks ago, though it was packed like sardines, stuffy, stinky and noisy (with Malay songs blasting from the radio) inside the bus 🤣. And once in a while, I’d have those hair-raising encounters with flashers in the act some more, seated next to me 😳. Those were my college days in 1991.
Back to Cass’ MRU.
Seated behind me was a lovey-dovey couple, holding hands and talking very loudly. The lady was coughing away non-stop and as there were no more seats, I left the complex and did my brisk walking outside. I managed to clock up a few thousand steps and get some fresh air too. The weather was cooling and I felt better walking outside while catching up on my minimum daily number of steps.
I did the same when Cass went through a Cystoscopy two years ago at HKL. I did brisk walking outside the freezing cold OT, while shivering, and managed to clock up almost 10k steps on that day.
Cass was strapped up tightly, like a mummy. She complained that the restraint straps and foam cushions strapped to her body hurt her bladder. I could even hear the loud variations of creaking, clicking, sawing, beeping, honking, orchestra-like sounds from outside the room. Imagine her inside the tunnel, all strapped up and unable to move and having to bear with these noises for 1.5 hours. Nonetheless, she was given a headphone to wear and the radio (Mix FM / Hitz) was turned on. She was given instructions on what to do through the headphone.
That’s why smaller children and those with Claustrophobia need to be sedated for this procedure.
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Oh my! Strapped in like a mummy in a tube for 1.5hrs.. reading that already made me uncomfortable. I’d probably need to be sedated.
Yes, it can be terrifying. And the lights will be turned off! Imagine in almost total darkness, you can’t move, inside a tunnel and exposed to loud metal sounds for 1 – 1.5 hours! If images are not clear, the MRU will be extended.