Re: Re: MRI with contrast -- anyone?

[Guest guest]

Hi Peggy,

Yes, heartrate went back to normal after about 10 minutes and no chest pain

or anything.

The kidney function test was just the basic one they do--I can't remember

what it is called but it is the same one as when you have an annual exam

and they run the CBC and also a basic panel. They have always said my

kidneys are fine so no specific kidney test.

I know it is a hard decision to make as I am facing an abdominal cat-scan

with the contrast you drink and also get injected, to see why I am having

so much pelvic and gastro. pain and I am dreading it as not feeling well

enough to leave my bed then will also react to contrast dye. I get rapid

heartrate with that dye as well.

Good luck and hope it goes well. Take care, Robbi

On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 11:00 AM, <Peggomatic@...> wrote:

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> Hi Robbi,

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> Thank you for that info. -- that was really helpful.

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> I am curious -- did your heartrate go back down fairly quickly after the

> MRI, or did you continue to have tachycardia for hours/days/longer after?

> (worse than usual, whatever your " normal " is?).

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> Do you know if the contrast is thought to be cardiotoxic in some way? Do

> you tend to get increased heart rate from other drugs?

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> Also, do you know what kidney testing you had done before getting the

> contrast?

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> If you're too sick to answer, no problem -- rest up! Thank you ~

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> Peggy

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[Guest guest]

hi donna,thank you for this info. i am now wondering if i should ask my

surgeon if i can have an mri instead of catscan. i am in so much pain from

hysterectomy that seems to involve my entire digestive system, spine and

pain even in my face. i'm going downhill fast and no one seems to be able

to help. i can barely eat and have lost almost 20lbs on already thin body.

going to see her fri. if i can get there.

i'm so glad your masses were benign. it is always a hard decision to go

ahead with tests or treatments that might make us even worse off but mri

w/o contrast sounds the best if possible. thanks, robbi

On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 7:29 AM, donnaskuhn <donnaskuhn@...> wrote:

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> i too refused the contrast dye when the hospital found masses on my liver.

> i got yelled at by a doctor but found another doctor who did an mri without

> the dye and was able to tell that the masses were benign. it was 2 weeks

> after i moved from california to new mexico and i was exhausted and afraid

> to do the dye. the cat scan without dye was not able to detect anything but

> the mri did. it was not an easy decision,

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> > >I am scheduled to get a brain MRI using toxic contrast, and am

> > >nervous about it -- but for various reasons, feel that it's

> > >imperative I do it.

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> > >Has anyone on the list done this (MRI using gadolinium) and, if so,

> > >how did you react?

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> > >If anyone has done this, did you by chance ask for a lower dose of

> gadolinium?

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> > Also, was anything else helpful?

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> > >This contrast has some pretty bad associated kidney risks, and that

> > >is my main concern.

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> > >Thanks!

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> > >Peggy M

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[Guest guest]

It can't hurt to ask your doctor. I prefer MRIs because they don't expose

me to radiation (CT scans use a good bit of radiation, but the medical

establishment views them as generally safe) and they show both bones and

soft tissue very well (CT and X-Ray are better for imaging bone only).

Steve M in PA, age 22

Married with 3 year old daughter

On Dec 28, 2011 4:42 PM, " Robbi " <pattersoncottage@...>

wrote:

hi donna,thank you for this info. i am now wondering if i should ask my

surgeon if i can have an mri instead of catscan...

[Guest guest]

I'll ask her tomorrow. I believe she said no when I asked but maybe

stomach Dr. will step in. Thank you so much, Robbi

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