How to get through tests... Was: RE: Article - EDS and Osteoporosis

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Hi,

I have been thinking about this... The last time I had an MRI, years

ago, it was awful. I was in so much pain and had a lot of extra pain

for over a week afterwards... And this was even with a lot of

pillows, blocks of foam etc.

I will try to get X-rays and an MRI done before this summer. But I

have been thinking about how on earth do I get through it. I would

need to get an MRI of the lower back and SI joints, but also maybe of

the upper back and neck. That would be quite a long time on that

table altogether. And since I can't really lay down on such a table

to begin with, because the SI joint(s) will go out, I would have to

endure laying there with it out for like... 1 hour?

Have any of you found a way to make it possible to do it without too

much discomfort? How did you do it? Did you get some other medication

to use, if so which?

Thanks a lot!!!!

Aase Marit

>Barb, it's just a dexa scan. You lay on a table, and a machine goes back

>and forth over several areas of your body - ankle, hip and spine, I think.

>Anyway, if you wear slacks with a zipper, you will need to unzip them,

>otherwise if you wear elastic waist, you don't have to adjust anything. It

>takes about 20-30 minutes. You need to lay still. That's it! :-)