Breast MRI yesterday

I thought I'd be ok on my own, it was 'just' a scan after all, I wasn't ok. I'd been distracted with work Mon and Tues but then an appt to do with cancer hit my anxiety badly. Driving there I was all over the place and couldn't concentrate, went through a red light and stalled 4 times on the hour journey coz kept taking my foot off clutch whilst in gear! Got there and after being 'off' with the radiology assistant due to bottling things up I ended up in floods of tears but she was so kind to me. After the scan I went a bit funny, I was dizzy and then sick. They took me back in  side room for obs, blood pressure high, blood glucose low (diabetic) and face and left side droopy due to non epileptic attack disorder and hemiplegic migraine. All brought on by stress and anxiety! Obs for an hour, levels improved and rang hubby so I could drive home following him. Lesson learnt I guess I won't be going on my own again. These tests feel like I'm one step close to being given a death sentence and told it's stage 4 next week. Not sleeping much and get constant nightmares when I do. Life has changed so much already.

  • I had an MRI today it was the worst thing that I have ever had to deal with in my life I was completely traumatised cried like a baby for ages after. I didnt go on my own but was made to feel like I was on my own left in silence apart from the horrendous noises coming from the machines at one point I thought they had all gone home and forgotten about me if I could see a countdown of the time I think it would have made a lot of difference.  Have never cried so much in all my life but that said I'm even more ready to kick this cancer in the *** theres no way I'm going in that mri machine again. Good luck with the rest of your journey