Kelly's World

6.00am – urgh. Fucking alarm. If I get up at 6.20 I will have enough time, I just can’t dawdle that’s all. Yeah, I’ll hit snooze.

6.15am – I haven’t slept through the alarm have I? No, 5 mins left Oh well, may as well get up.

6.16am – I should get the towels and stuff off the line. They are dry, I forgot to take them off yesterday and don’t want them out all day again.

6.25am – almost half past. Time for a shower, but what about breakfast. Will grab a breakfast bar on the way I guess.

6.45am – crap I have 5mins to get out of here. Just got to put shoes on, will eat b. bar at the same time, brush my teeth then go.

7.00am – where the hell did the last ten minutes go? I am meant to be there right now and I am only just pulling out of the driveway. Lucky I live near the hospital.

7.05am – pretty sure I have never had traffic so good. Must be because it’s so early.

7.07am – ok I am here. What’s that sign say? MRI that way? Oh bugger it’s in the next block of buildings, not this one.

7.08am – this time I am here. I raced inside now, but now where the heck is it. Oh man I hate walking in circles. Someone just went in the door right next to the entrance. Wonder what that is. Dammit it’s the MRI reception area and I walked past it 3 times, d’oh.

7.09am – ha ha she just asked the guy in front of me if he was me. He replied with a “huh? Who?”

7.12am – ok all checked in waiting in the waiting room. I have been asked to change into a gown, and can lock my clothes and bag in the lockers in the change room. Wow, even have to take the key with me and all.

7.15am – ok starting early. I thought I would be at half 7. The dude seems nice, got an accent but can’t tell which. What is his title? Radiologist or magnetologist? LOL no I am not being serious. He just told me they had to reboot the MRI machine already this morning because the scanner wasn’t working.

7.17am – I am now lying on the table feet pointing towards the machine. My left leg is on a mount almost, to keep it still and he has placed my right knee in something resembling leggo blocks that form a box around my knee. Pillows behind my head, earphones with the radio (oh geez, it’s mix 92 – snore) and freezing cold. Good to go.

7.25am – the machine is broken again. It is now scanning but not responding to the antenna or something. He is going to try another reboot and pray. In the meantime I will stay here and chill.

7.32am – the machine has rebooted now. It was eerily quiet when it rebooted since the radio is controlled by the MRI scanner. It’s huge and plastic looking. The siemens logo is massive.

7.35am – I am officially in the machine now and the scanning had begun. I am in the scanner up to about my chest, with head and shoulders out of the tunnel. I am glad about that, can see why people could freak out. It’s narrow! What do they do for grossly obese people? They wouldn’t fit!

7.45am – still scanning, surely not long left. My knee feels really funny in it’s leggo box. I have done really well not to move, very proud. I tried sleeping but I was too cold, and the radio in the headphones is quite loud. When it’s scanning it sounds like an ultra loud version of am office scanner. Everytime it goes my knee feels like it’s throbbing, which then causes my quads to twitch. I really hope he is done soon.

7.55am – all done! Paid a massive $200 which is AFTER my Medicare rebate and I am outta here. I have to come back tomorrow to get my results. I am actually feeling a little nauseous, wonder if that is normal. Slight headache and sore belly.

8.10am – home now and headache going. Maybe it was just temporary. Ah well, nothing I can do but wait now! Ciao.

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