... Or Maybe Not

I got a call today from my NS office that they want me to do a Cine MRI.  This MRI has to be done in a closed machine, not the open MRI I had the other ones in.  The nurse told me she called the hospital and they said they can put me under general anesthesia to do it.  I'm very relieved about that (even if I do feel like a wimp because of it).  I will have this one done next Friday, April 29.


For those wondering what a Cine MRI is, here is a definition from The American Syringomyelia & Chiari Alliance Project 

• Cine MRI (as in cinema) is taken the same way a traditional MRI is, with the addition of either a wristband or EKG leads on the patient's chest to measure the heart rate. Each time your heart beats, the cerebrospinal fluid is forced out of your brain, down toward the spine in response to the flow of blood that enters the brain with each beat. The MRI machine is equipped with an additional software package that allows the images to be put together, showing the flow of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) as it is moving.

I am glad they are still working on this.  Maybe it will lead to an appointment with the NS soon so I can talk to him about the symptoms.