Gary V, 2019. He took the words right out of many mouths, including mine.
When i was in that MRI tube yesterday, was thinking about being a prisoner and being water boarded or tortured, not being able to move, not being able to see and not knowing how many minutes or hours i had left.
Religion offers a ‘parental’ relationship with the Universe. No one loves you more than your parents (let’s skip the obvious exceptions). And if your religion’s face is a person, when you desperately need to talk to someone in your very darkest, and perhaps last hours, you can see their face and feel their calming presence and wisdom.
Random moment in life…my clothes in a hospital locker. Today, January 13, 2026.
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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