Finally, earlier today I had to have an #MRI with contrast. Unlike the #esophagram and #CTscan, an MRI does NOT use radiation.
For those other scans, metal can interfere with an image being taken by blocking the #xrays.
But the M in MRI stands for #magnetic, so the problem here is with metal and magnets being incompatible with #MedicalImaging.
16/x
A few months' later, I had a #CTscan.
Again, metal will interfere with the #MedicalImaging and again, the technicians were initially uncertain if what I was wearing would work.
They agreed to give it a try but warned me I might have to remove it if they couldn't get clear images.
Again, just like the #esophagram #xray, the #CTscan was fine. 🙂
15/x
Using my #QuickLatch respirator and judicious #BreathHolding, I was able to get each liquid/food/texture sample for the #esophagram into me with minimal exposure to unfiltered air around me to do the testing.
And the #ElastomericRespirator DID NOT INTERFERE with the #xrays for the necessary #imaging.
14/x
During the #esophagram, a person sits nearby to feed you the various textures and thicknesses of food. This means that there is *definitely* someone close by for much of the procedure, which involves many different items to swallow.
No such thing as 'clean air' will be possible in that case without excellent #ventilation and also #UniversalMasking, the latter of which definitely is NOT happening here.
13/x
This year I had three different types of #medical #imaging, none of which work with metal in the image.
First, there was an #esophagram, which is an #XRay procedure done while swallowing foods of different consistencies, all laced with barium to make everything show up clearly as it goes through the mouth, down the throat, and onwards towards the stomach.
Your head, neck, and upper chest are visible in this procedure.
11/x
Likely Jan Lukas