Sep 10 2010
MRI Scan
Had my MRI scan - it wasn’t a pleasant experience. The nurse who took me into the room and put me on the trolley to be wheeled into the machine, was really rough. I wear glasses and am completely blind without them (no exaggeration) - I explained this to her but she was quite impatient when I couldn’t really see where I was supposed to be going.
Then they put like a cage around my feet to keep them still. After wearing the boot for nearly four weeks I now wasn’t really capable of putting my foot in a 90 degree position, but she yanked it into place (almost making me leap off the table in pain) and then pulled it this way and that while she stuffed padding around it to keep it in place. If my achilles had started to heal in any way it would have been completely wrecked.
The process itself wasn’t that bad. It’s very, very loud and at some points the whole machine vibrates. I had earphones on with Radio 2 being piped through, but to be honest I couldn’t really hear it over the noise of the MRI. Hopefully this will tell the consultant whether he can just reattach the ends of the tendon, or whether he’ll need to transplant the tendon that runs down towards my big toe. I’m hoping at this point for the former option!
