A Little Light Reading (MRI)

[ellenkushner]

I had an MRI of my right foot today (ongoing annoyance, no biggie - anyone else out there suffering from Cuboid Syndrome? and, no, both my eyes are still on either side of my nose, thank you!). I had no idea what this entailed; I thought it would just be a fancy X-ray. Imagine my surprise when I learned I would be immobile in a room where all extraneous metal was banned ("Take off your jewelry," he intoned . . . and then he took my f**ing glasses!) - and the process would take at least half an hour!

I said, "Can I read?" He didn't think so. It would be very loud in there. "Look," I said; "will my head be in the machine?" No. "Will my hands be free?"

- Yes.
- So I can read.
- You can't read.
- Why not?
- It's too loud.

I assured him that I could read no matter what, and that in fact I would go mad with nothing to do for an hour. I ran to the waiting room and fetched a magazine - a light one, with lots of text (unfortunately the only New Yorker they had was the sole issue I've read from cover-to-cover this year, so I had to settle for Newsweek), and beguiled the time with my earplugs & headphone noise-blockers reading up on current events. The hardest part was keeping my arms raised above my nose (supine).

Sheesh.

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[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

I may need an MRI of my own right foot soon, so I will quote you to anybody who tells me I can't read while they do it. :-)