@Yvonne Smith @Gloria Mitchell You may be right. The weird thing is that since it first happened, I could/can squeeze it and twist it and do anything else I want to it and cause no pain. But that can happen with small embedded shards, huh? After I get the MRI tonight I'll put aloe on it. You know, when I was a kid, we would put mecurochrome or iodine on these things and it would stain the skin one color and the embedded object another (or would roll off of glass) so there would be some contrast. Mercurochrome has been banned and iodine is "decolorized." The upside to modern healthcare is that when the MRI gets analyzed, the results will be posted to my online account and I won't have to wait to be face-to-face with the doctor to see what the deal is. I hope it's something as benign as a piece of glass...
I got the tip of a cactus thorn stuck in the top of my toe once. So small I couldn't even see it from a distance. It worked its way down into the skin and a knot formed around it and I quit feeling it. Amazing how the human body compensates. Lucky it was in a place that never bothered me. The knot is still there. Hope yours turns out to be something like that, that can be easily fixed.
I agree, Nancy, the human body is almost magic. Thanks for the well-wishes. I'm thinking that something small got in there and has moved around. Hopefully the MRI I got last night will show something. The daggone contrast IV they gave me is likely to do more harm than that foreign object.
I was kidding with an MRI tech at the VA a few years ago and told him to lace that IV with a little “sumpin’ sumpin’ just to give me that “I don’t give-a-dern feeling. He stopped for a second and gave me the strangest look then said, “okay, but just a minute because I have to ask your doctor first”. I immediately confessed that what I said was only a joke but he took it so seriously as if a bunch of us vets had asked the same thing. Crazy.
That's frightening and sad, all at the same time. I'll bet there are a ton of vets who needs that stuff to quell the physical and emotional pain.
Actually, many people have high anxiety about MRIs and other scans, especially a closed MRI. So giving them a sedative before the scan is not unusual at all. That's probably what the tech thought you meant.
Good point. I had not thought of that. I loathe those things. It's a real test of my ability to "go Zen."
My main issue was that I would get post-nasal drip and feel as though I were being water-boarded. I happened to mention this to a tech once, and he said "We can elevate your head if you like, it will just bring your face closer to the top." Doing that helped immensely. I probably should take a Benadryl beforehand as well. Last night was fine because only my foot was in the tube. Interesting how most of us seem to have a degree of claustrophobia.
I actually don't have claustrophobia at all. I could leave my eyes open but there's nothing to look at, so I just close 'em. The worst MRI I've had was the breast MRI, which is done laying on the stomach with hands stretched overhead like supergirl in flight. Extremely uncomfortable.
Hey, you read my urodynamic post. What are friends for if you can't cross your legs tightly or clutch your pearls for each other?