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  1. Yup yup yup! Me too! I close my eyes before the little slidey table goes into the machine, and don’t open them again until I come out. I always thought that was kind of a crazy way to deal with the situation, but it works for me. I guess there are two of us crazy people =D

    I’m sorry to hear that Mr Catfish is having a tough time. Jasmine recommends cuddles and a blankie. Bareit is sure that treats would make him feel better.

  2. Catfish is happy to take Bareits advice LOL Scobby snacks ahoy!

    Eyes closed allows denial of the situation? Glad I am not the only one who does it also. I was glad that I was able to close my eyes and go back to my “happy” place instead of going into a full out panic.

    I wonder what the technical term is for the little slidey table?

  3. You mean some people open their eyes in the tube?! Actually I have done that in the past when I was highly medicated. But now I keep ’em tightly shut. I was so terrified of the tube that my first brain MRI was done on an open machine. Alas, those fuzzy crappy picture are what the neurosurgeon had to use for navigation in my brain surgery. Little did I know that I’d meet the tube many more times in the next two years. Glad you came through ok.

    About Catfish, I’d shake the tree. But in the meantime, there are homeopathic remedies for anxiety or sensitivity to sound (actually I quite relate to that). Hope your furry buddy gets better. Yes, treats.

  4. Diane J Standiford

    Eye closer here too. I sing s song in my head that lasts as long as they tell me the MRI will take and I always refuse the contrast. Poor Catfish…blankey time.

    • I start with counting and then try and guess when the time is up. I then move on to remembering happy times and happy places, I feel asleep trying to remember f(x) as x approaches infinity – err Ia la la limits ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

      next time maybe I will hum?

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