{"id":11048,"date":"2011-12-21T12:47:59","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T17:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pmedicine.org\/epatients\/?p=11048"},"modified":"2011-12-21T12:47:59","modified_gmt":"2011-12-21T17:47:59","slug":"the-firstmri-project-helping-patients-through-that-horrible-first-mri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/participatorymedicine.org\/epatients\/2011\/12\/the-firstmri-project-helping-patients-through-that-horrible-first-mri.html","title":{"rendered":"The #firstMRI project: helping patients through that horrible first MRI"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you can see in the later comments<\/a> on Tuesday’s post, @Xeni’s first MRI did not go well. She was given no hint of what the experience would be like – the horrible banging and clanging in the claustrophobic space – and the tech operating the thing “scolded” her (Xeni’s word) for not being still enough as she tried to use deep breathing to calm herself.<\/p>\n

Can we not do better than this, people?? \u00a0Yet others said they’ve had similar experiences. I had no idea what it would be like, and at the time although I did okay with it, I kept thinking, “Good heavens, is there any reason they can’t WARN us about this?? Give us a YouTube of what it’ll be like, gory sounds and all??”<\/p>\n

A bunch of us created, ad hoc, a hashtag #firstMRI, and collected ideas, all in 2-3 hours. Here’s a Storify capture of some of the resulting tweets. I want to pump this out before I run out for errands – see what you think. Some good intro videos, but the REAL thing – the sounds – didn’t come out until the bottommost link. FINALLY!<\/p>\n

Now let’s find a way to get this out into every MRI shop in the world – WARN US, people! Let us prepare!<\/p>\n