MRI feet first entry?

Heya, 

Tbh, it depends on the machine and the skill of those doing the scanning. Some will let you go in feet first, some won't. Same with the timings, it depends on what scans have been requested. But it should be between 30 and 60 mins ish on average. 

Though if you lie on the bed and immediately close your eyes, keeping them shut until you're done, then you don't know that you're in an enclosed space as you can't see the walls. So you shouldn't have any claustrophobia issues. 

Lass

Xx

Hi nightingale19,  I  had my MRI  scan feet first, in fact my head never went into the scanner,  I  expect  it took around 50 mins, towards the end I had the dye injected in for contrast. It was very noisy and my feet were freezing  but I managed  ok. I was worried  about my wedding  ring as I couldn't take it off but it was fine they didn't even tape it up.

Hi nightingale.  I did ask if I could go in feet first as I am claustrophobic too, but they said no.  But the top half of my head was just about sticking out the other end as it was open ended so they assured me I wouldn't feel enclosed!  I did a bit but just shut my eyes and went with it.  It took about 45 minutes.

Hope yours goes well whichever way you have yours.

Hugs, Lesley xx

My experience was the same as Carolina51 - I went in feet first and both my head and feet were outside the scanner (and my feet were freezing by the time it was done, too!)  Not sure how much that was due to the fact that I'm tall (5' 10") so a shorter person might be different.  I was in the scanner suite for an hour altogether (so my husband informed me) but that included time to get changed and for them to inject the contrast dye (done before the scan, in my case).  It was very, very noisy - they did give me ear defenders but they didn't seem to do much.  It didn't feel claustrophobic to me, the hardest thing was keeping completely still for so long.

Mind was head first for about 45 minutes. They give you an alarm button to press if it all gets too much and you need to come out.  if you tell them first that you are claustrophobic they keep an eye on you and talk down the intercom to make sure you are coping. They give you ear defenders and some places are able to play music but as others say you can still here the machine. I was trying to put music  to the noises but to be honest I didn't find it as bad as people had led me to believe..it was harder keeping still in one position. I was focussed on the fact that if I couldn't face up to the MRI and other procedures then the cancer had got one over me and I was determined not to let that happen. It really isn't too bad so please try not to let your anxiety get the better of you. My radiologists were really kind and caring and put me at ease straight away. I hope you have a similar experience to me and go in feet first if that is what you prefer. I'll keep you in my thoughts and prayers. Much love. Lamb.xx