MRI today

[Guest guest]

Well, I had my MRI done today. They said they will send the

preliminary report to my doctor within 24-48 hours, so I guess I will

have to wait to find out my dx. I asked the guy if I would be able

to pick up a copy of one of the scans for my records and he said I'd

have to pay over $100 for it!! That just sounds crazy to me. Did

anyone get a copy of their MRI? They wouldn't even let me get a

glance of it, which I guess I understand. Oh well, I will call the

dr in the morning to see if he's heard anything.

JOLYN 25 SU or BU

[Guest guest]

Jolyn,

I hope that you get solid answers from your MRI report. In response

to your question, it seems that every MRI clinic is different. I had

an MRI last December and they gave me the hardcopy pictures to take

home with me on the same day (they look like X-rays but with about a

dozen or so tiny pictures on the film). They told me that they have

digital copies of the pictures and the doctor uses those to make the

diagnosis and write the report. Of course I went crazy trying to

look at them but to me, they were hard to figure out, but I concluded

that I didn't see anything that looked like BU (which is what I was

originally told) and it turnes out that I was indeed SU.

32, 1 m/c, SU resected

> Well, I had my MRI done today. I asked the guy if I would be able

> to pick up a copy of one of the scans for my records and he said

I'd have to pay over $100 for it!! That just sounds crazy to me.

Did

> anyone get a copy of their MRI?

[Guest guest]

Jolyn,

I was able to check out my films (like a library book) 2 weeks at a

time, unlimited renewals after they had been read. I actually

scanned the best image of my (pre-op) funky uterus and posted it in

the photo gallery here under 'Our Uteri'. I was told that for

copies, or if I failed to return the originals I would be charged

$15 per sheet.

- (29, SU bicollis, resected 7/25/03)