Chris gave me ear plugs, and, headphones with loud but soothing music.
Why?
Because the enclosed MRI machine is loud during certain, regular points in the 45-minute process.
Chris asked me if i was claustrophobic and i said, “How do you mean?” And she said it’s a yes or no question. She said it in a nice way.
Was thinking about Glacier and if someone asked me, “Are you afraid of heights?”
The true answer is, “It depends.”
Chris asked if i was claustrophobic in an elevator and the easy answer was no… so we moved on with the procedure and i smiled.
Not gonna lie…it was not a normal experience.
That small ‘MRI’ tube and the way i was strapped in and asked not to move…mildly claustrophobic.
Turns out, over the course of 45 minutes, lying flat on my back, i have occasion to take some long, deep breaths.
This messes with the radiology images.
Chris asked, through the headphones and earplugs, if i could breathe shallower. At least that’s what i thought she said.
Between chronic nasal-inflammation from year-round allergies and the fact i’m strapped-in in a narrow tube, well, i took some long, slow deep breathes.
The film doesn’t appreciate this.
So i did my best to breathe shallow.
Not in my wheelhouse.
But concentrating on it made the time fly by.
Note: Using “i” way more than usual in recent months. Aware of it. Okay with it. But, “i” don’t like doing it, generally.
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