Guest guest Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 I asked Dr. Bihari about taking another MRI several months ago. He didn't see any point. For example, I could still have the same number of white spots, yet feel better or worse. What's important is how you're doing in your everyday life. But of course I wish everyone picture-perfect MRI's! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 > Cool , but could even that drown out that knocking ? LOL Nope, and you can't even hear the music while it's doing its thing You'd think with all the technology involved in an mri machine that it wouldn't sound like a cheap washing machine with an unbalanced load Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 I've been told you are not even supposed wear your HEARING AIDS in the same room as an operating MRI scanner. So, , is it safe to say if the magnet remains in the skull, that the strong magnetic field of the MRI will possibly pull out or realign the electrodes in the cochlea? I've heard this is the reason. I'm to have a full body PET Scan next week since I'm a five-year breast cancer survivor. This is similar to a CT Scan and I will be okay, magnet and all. And hopefully it will show none of those nasty little cancer cells lurking. Judy in Jax > > Because you have a magnet implanted in your skull, you cannot have an MRI > on ANY PART OF YOUR BODY while the magnet is still inside you. Why, > because you cannot " turn off " a magnet. So it's not just you can't have > an MRI on your head or something like that. The thing to remember is YOU > CANNOT EVEN BE IN THE SAME ROOM WITH AN MRI MACHINE. That should answer > your questions on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 no not really its mri safe less than 1.5 tesla with magnet removed themri will demagnetize the magnet making it useless to hold the headpiece my ab has removeable magnet Judy G. wrote: > > I've been told you are not even supposed wear your HEARING AIDS in the > same room as > an operating MRI scanner. > > So, , is it safe to say if the magnet remains in the skull, that > the strong magnetic > field of the MRI will possibly pull out or realign the electrodes in > the cochlea? I've heard > this is the reason. > > I'm to have a full body PET Scan next week since I'm a five-year > breast cancer survivor. > This is similar to a CT Scan and I will be okay, magnet and all. And > hopefully it will show > none of those nasty little cancer cells lurking. > > Judy in Jax > > > > > > Because you have a magnet implanted in your skull, you cannot have > an MRI > > on ANY PART OF YOUR BODY while the magnet is still inside you. Why, > > because you cannot " turn off " a magnet. So it's not just you can't have > > an MRI on your head or something like that. The thing to remember is YOU > > CANNOT EVEN BE IN THE SAME ROOM WITH AN MRI MACHINE. That should answer > > your questions on that. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 , do you mean that YOU can remove your magnet or does a surgeon have to remove it as they would mine? Your statement wasn't quite clear to me. So you are saying the only reason for removing the magnet, is that it will become demagnetized. In that case, I imagine, the magnet could be replaced and no harm done (except for $). Judy > > > > > > Because you have a magnet implanted in your skull, you cannot have > > an MRI > > > on ANY PART OF YOUR BODY while the magnet is still inside you. Why, > > > because you cannot " turn off " a magnet. So it's not just you can't have > > > an MRI on your head or something like that. The thing to remember is YOU > > > CANNOT EVEN BE IN THE SAME ROOM WITH AN MRI MACHINE. That should answer > > > your questions on that. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 the magnet is removed by surgeon with local atheistic , pardon me the spelling of that word go see the link http://www.bionicear.com/Professional/Technical_Information/mri_and_the_cochlear\ _implant.cfm and you will understand it my reimplantion surgery is tomorrow Judy G. wrote: > > , do you mean that YOU can remove your magnet or does a surgeon > have to remove > it as they would mine? Your statement wasn't quite clear to me. > > So you are saying the only reason for removing the magnet, is that it > will become > demagnetized. In that case, I imagine, the magnet could be replaced > and no harm done > (except for $). > > Judy > > > > > > > > > > Because you have a magnet implanted in your skull, you cannot have > > > an MRI > > > > on ANY PART OF YOUR BODY while the magnet is still inside you. Why, > > > > because you cannot " turn off " a magnet. So it's not just you > can't have > > > > an MRI on your head or something like that. The thing to > remember is YOU > > > > CANNOT EVEN BE IN THE SAME ROOM WITH AN MRI MACHINE. That should > answer > > > > your questions on that. > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 , good luck tomorrow. Prayers winging your way from Jax, Fl. Judy > > > > my reimplantion surgery is tomorrow > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 Judy, all, not only can you not wear your HA in the MRI room, you can't have even the smallest bit of metal object on your person. When I was in the room getting ready for my MRI pre-CI surgery, I had an interesting discussion with the technician...it seems that the number and type of injuries, not to mention cost of damage to the machine, are not tracked well and there are an awful lot of horrible incidents that occur thanks to a paper clip, or a coin, small as well as large objects causing damage to humans and machines. That's why they ask you umpteen times if you have removed all metal objects before letting you walk into the MRI room. Serious business. Judy, all the best with your PET scan next week. Deb " Judy G. " <judy40@...> wrote: I've been told you are not even supposed wear your HEARING AIDS in the same room as an operating MRI scanner. So, , is it safe to say if the magnet remains in the skull, that the strong magnetic field of the MRI will possibly pull out or realign the electrodes in the cochlea? I've heard this is the reason. I'm to have a full body PET Scan next week since I'm a five-year breast cancer survivor. This is similar to a CT Scan and I will be okay, magnet and all. And hopefully it will show none of those nasty little cancer cells lurking. Judy in Jax > > Because you have a magnet implanted in your skull, you cannot have an MRI > on ANY PART OF YOUR BODY while the magnet is still inside you. Why, > because you cannot " turn off " a magnet. So it's not just you can't have > an MRI on your head or something like that. The thing to remember is YOU > CANNOT EVEN BE IN THE SAME ROOM WITH AN MRI MACHINE. That should answer > your questions on that. --------------------------------- Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Travel to find your fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 Deb, " ...all, not only can you not wear your HA in the MRI room, you can't have even the smallest bit of metal object on your person. " Was not true when I had mine done in 2000. They let me keep my belt on. LOL Actually, the next time, I will remove it. It was not magnetic but I could feel the MRI acting on it. Weird feeling. Have ehard some good ones too, like a cop's gun? Sheesh. could probably find the links to the big stories. *---* *---* *---* *---* *---* Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses. & Dreamer Doll (Guide Dawggie) Newport, Oregon N24C 3G 8/2000 Hookup rclark0276@... http://webpages.charter.net/dog_guide/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 Talk about scary, before I got my CI I had an MRI, I was in the machine and everything, all of a sudden they pulled me out and asked if I was sure I removed all metal and of course I said yes, come to find out the elastic ponytail holder I had in my hair evidently had metal particles in it. Never would have known it, it looked like a cotton band to me. > > Judy, all, not only can you not wear your HA in the MRI room, you can't have even the smallest bit of metal object on your person. When I was in the room getting ready for my MRI pre-CI surgery, I had an interesting discussion with the technician...it seems that the number and type of injuries, not to mention cost of damage to the machine, are not tracked well and there are an awful lot of horrible incidents that occur thanks to a paper clip, or a coin, small as well as large objects causing damage to humans and machines. That's why they ask you umpteen times if you have removed all metal objects before letting you walk into the MRI room. Serious business. > > Judy, all the best with your PET scan next week. > Deb > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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