Urgent question - who can help my dh? Open MRI scanner needed

[lisalisa]

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um, what difference do you think going to a different hospital will make? The procedure fo rthe scan will be exactly the same. If your hubby is that anxious you can ask for sedation

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I think lisalisa is asking if anyone knows which hospitals in London/surrounds have an OPEN MRI scanner and not the closed in 'tunnel' ones.

as her DH felt very claustraphobic in the closed one.

They are horrible those closed in ones - did the hospital not know of any other ones? I would have thought the best option would be to ask for mild sedation (I think they can do this).

The Cromwell has one

There are also a few here

Think you would have to ask Hammersmith where the nearest NHS one was.

I'd imagine they're mainly in private hospitals, but that's just a guess

Oh Lisa, sorry about your DH. I guess this means he's off work. How are you? You're due next month, aren't you?

The quality of the scan is much better in a closed one - why dont you go with him ans stay in the room with him during the scan?

sympathise lisalisa as I attempted to have MRI at bupa and felt like i was about to go into a furness. was also strapped down and I freaked out

hope all gets sorted soon

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Bloody Hell... next week?! And your DH is flat on his back in pain. Forget him, poor you! (just kidding... sort of) You are having a section aren't you? Is next week the section or the due date... or both?

Man, Lisa, you don't suffer a dull life.

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DS is wonderful. Such a perfect little cutie. And the new nanny is working out wonderfully... yea!!

Have you picked a name yet? Have you got lots of help lined up for the other zillion kids in the lisalisa house while you recover?

How's your nanny / au pair situation?

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I had a suspected slipped disc, saw a consultant at The Princess Grace on Monday and wanted an MRI scan there and then but they couldn't do it so referred me straight away to 30 Devonshire Steet W1- that is the name of the clinic - and they were able to do me straight away. Radiographer reads the scan that evening and the doc gets the results in the morning. Fabulous. I had a form to fill in with my details and the next form asking me to tick the music I wanted to hear!!!! From classical to Coldplay.

The radiographer updates you down a microphone how long the buzzing noise takes.

I do have a slipped disc (after 4.5wks of agony and an ineffective osteopath) and have been referred to a physiotherapist. The sooner your DH is scanned, the sooner he can be remedied.

Good luck.

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Hi Lisalisa. Actually, re-reading your post asking for an open MRI scanner, it wasn't at 30 Devonshire, unless they do have one and I just went under the enclosed one. Apologies.

Re: treatment, the consultant is a firm supporter of Pilates (which I started two weeks ago out of desperation) but has referred me to a Phsiotherapist in Harley Street whom I shall see on Wednesday for a consultation. He also recommended that I have an epidural. I told him that I am not going near any needles for the time being!! I hate them! Also I feel that if you are in pain, it is there for a reason and if that is numbed by an anaesthetic, how can you remedy it?

I would be interested to know what treatment your DH is prescribed. Not knowing that I had a slipped disc I was told by my osteopath "See me every or every other day, keep moving, apply ice and don't worry, it's just a phase." I could hardly walk/bend down/sit/lie/lift a child and I am wondering if I had seen a back doctor much sooner if he would have advised me to rest?