I was SUPPOSED to have my MRI tonight.

I say supposed to – I wasn’t able to fit into the machine. Well that’s not accurate. I could fit into the machine, but with my arms crossed in front of me. Even this way, my arms still touched the sides. There was no way I could stay still for 25 minutes (in that closed space) with out moving.

I didn’t understand what the problem was, I’ve had an MRI before and it was never this tight. The nurse asked me where I’d had one before, and I told her “across the street from Rex”. She then informed me that the machine there was a Semians and the one at the hospital is a Phillips. Apparently, MRI machines are like shoes, different manufactures have slight differences in sizes. One size does not fit all.

The machines made by Semians are larger.

Let’s hope so.