{"id":43326,"date":"2014-07-02T16:48:29","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T22:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/07\/02\/this-is-spinal-crap-part-2.html"},"modified":"2014-07-13T10:48:25","modified_gmt":"2014-07-13T16:48:25","slug":"this-is-spinal-crap-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/07\/02\/this-is-spinal-crap-part-2.html","title":{"rendered":"This Is Spinal Crap (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"
In which Our Hero is inserted into THE TUBE<\/i> OF HORROR<\/i> … also known as a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) device.<\/p>\n

The most horrifying part of which was having to lie perfectly still<\/i> for 25 minutes with no particularly interesting or meaningful input aside from an endless series of different knockings and buzzings. \u00a0The KP Lone Tree office, just opened, does have a light-show in the room that gradually changes the ambient light to different colors, so that you're not staring at the off-white interior of the MRI chamber with no<\/i> variation.<\/p>\n

The most interesting item was when the nurse informed me remotely that there was just one more cycle of 3 minutes, and I counted them down and hit the machine turning off as I reached 0 perfectly.<\/p>\n

Yes, that was the most interesting item. \u00a0Which tells you a lot about an MRI.<\/p>\n

Anyhoo, the plan is that they'll analyze the MRI to see what's going on with my back, and inform my doctor sometime early next week, which will drive whatever the next steps will be. \u00a0Which is fine by me, because I'm really<\/i> getting tired of the sciatica making me feel constantly like my foot is half-asleep. \u00a0That sounds benign (and, compared to chronic pain, it certainly is), but it's damned annoying.\ufeff<\/div>\n

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In which Our Hero is inserted into THE TUBE OF HORROR … also known as a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) device. 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