Tidbits

Yesterday I went and got an MRI done on my neck. My pinkies and ring fingers have been feelings tingleness and numbness and my wrists have been in pain when typing. Before I went to get the MRI done, Cindy asked whether I'd be afraid and I said no way (what's to be afraid of?) Because she said she would due to clusterphobicness. My thought of the MRI machine is something I lay on and go into this big cave like machine so there is nothing to be afraid of.

So I went to the lab but I had wait for an hour cause they had to confirm w/my doctor which MRI he had wanted (he had checked the wrong box). After the wait I got changed and lied down on the machine. they told me to try to swallow as little as possible cause that will affect the MRI and the process would take about 15-20 minuets depending on much I swallowed. They then sent me into the "cave" and when I was in it I panicked a little cause I didn't know how close the top of the "cave" was going to be (and I wonder how a bigger person could fit in this thing). At that moment I just told myself that it's just a psychological thing so I closed my eyes and started singing hymns. [a side note: my pastor once told us that he had visited the apostle Paul's jail cell when he was imprisoned. and it was about the size of a big refrigerator. and I thought how terrible would it be if I was confined in such a small amount of space - I would go crazy!] Thank god for hymns cause the more I sing the hymns the more I relaxed and at one point I even forgot about how the closeness bothered me. During the MRI I realized again how the simplest things in our life are constantly taken for granted but yet they are so important because gathering saliva in my mouth for as long as I could was such a hassle. I don't know how long I sang hymns but I kept on singing until I feel a light burn on my neck and was glad that the MRI was soon over. The burn I felt was due to the magnetisms that was gathering the data. Anyhow, a learning experience and reminder session.