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MRI news

2/21/2012

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I visited my cardiologist for my routine pacemaker check-up today.  He had been working on getting my MRI scheduled with the people who can shield the pacemaker from all of the magnetic fields.  Normally you can't have an MRI with a pacemaker for danger of the pacemaker parts, especially the leads that are healed into the heart muscle tissue, flying out of the body and attaching to the MRI machine.  Magnetic Resonance Imaging.  I wonder if it looks and sounds like this?
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Diane Beckley
2/21/2012 02:16:12 pm

Hey Kev, It's been a while since I checked in with you. Not knowing how to access your blog, I just Googled your name. Imagine the creativity of having your name as your .com page. Whoda thunk! So the fast track feels like a molasses race....do you have an exam date set up yet or is that wishfulness for timeliness thinking? I would imagine that as soon as the MRI is read by a few hundred people, things will start happening pretty fast. Do they always biopsy brain space invaders first, or can they send the damned thing to pathology after it is out of your head? If it is fully encapsulated which they will know a lot more about after the study, is it freewheeling like a pearl in an oyster or is it attached to its blood supply? I will be learning right along with you. Just wanted to say I love you and appreciate your willingness to share your thoughts. Huge hugs, Love, Diane

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Dena Nelson
2/22/2012 05:47:28 am

Hang in there! The MRI is only of your head, and I'm sure they can protect your pacemaker one way or another. An MRI is very noisy, and you can usually wear ear plugs and take your own CD along to hear your choice of music during the process, which takes about 20 minutes or so. I don't know why the big MRI machine is so noisy, but it is. If you are in the least scared of tight places, ask for a tranquilizer to help relax you -- I need a lot in order to get through a head MRI!

The last person to comment on the biopsy, I can answer that -- they do the biopsy while you are in surgery and while there take out as much as they can. If the tumor is entangled with lots of blood veins, they do an embolism first to block the blood flow, then remove the tumor. I only know that from what happened to me. If you want more info, do google and research as much as you can about brain tumors. Most can be totally resected in the first surgery, then many of them are completed with some sort of radiation treatment as a second step. You have lots of company -- hang in there!

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Michelle Cotton
2/22/2012 12:26:39 pm

Thinking of you Kevin! I hope all this isn't too stressful but it probably is....sending mojo.

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