Finally got over with my MRI Scan

For my back pain, doctor recommended me to undergo an MRI scan as it will give clarity to the problem. I have no clue about this test so did some research on internet and it gave me rough idea about it. I was able to recall a cousin of mine who has recently undergone MRI scan, so thought of meeting them personally to get first-hand information about it.

Our conversation was an eye opener for me as all my myths about this test had vanished by now and I could understand the seriousness of it now. Then I realized going all alone for this test would be foolishness. In case a patient is not cooperating during the scan then they may be sedated, I was confident of myself being sedated. Second thing was we can’t take things like mobile, wallet, keys inside the room. We have to change to a set of clothes given by them for scanning purpose. Price was also exorbitant.

So I decided to call either of my parents to be by my side during the scan. My mom decided to come to my aid for this scan. I called the scan center to book an appointment for Sunday. They asked us to come by 11 am. We reached there by 10.45am and informed them of our arrival. They gave us a consent form to fill and asked us to wait as there are patients waiting before us. I had to fill one more form, post that money was paid to them.

After 45 mins a guy called my name and asked me to free myself from all metallic objects as am next. Then he gave a trouser to change and asked me to wait for some more time. Waiting time was killing me. Finally my name was called again and I was asked to wait in front of the scan room. The door opened and a lady came out of the room stating, it was too scary and the entire experience was not great. Whatever little courage I had gathered, now vanished into thin air.

I stepped in and the attendant asked me a question “are you scared?” I said yes. A look into the equipment scared me more because of my phobia for tunnels. This was once such things. He asked me to relax and cooperate, incase am uncomfortable they will come to my rescue. I just need to lay calm and close my eyes.

Then he made to lie on the bed and put blanket upon me, cotton in my ears, locked my neck and head with some object. That’s it, I could feel the bed going inside the tunnel, it stopped at a point. There was lot of noise throughout the scan and some strange sound will come when the bed is stopped. Again it moved a bit and stopped, I closed my eyes tight but couldn’t withstand my urge to open eyes. Finally at one point where bed was stagnant, I opened my eye. The difference between the ceiling of the tunnel and my head was too less, observed it for couple of seconds then closed my eyes.

Bed moving and stopping continued for some time, then bed came out of tunnel and the attendant removed the blanket from my body. I opened my eyes to ask him “Is it done?” and his response was Yes. I was so relaxed, and then he removed the locks and helped me get up the bed. I was feeling bit giddiness but when I came out of the room it also vanished into thin air. My mom was shocked to me see out so soon as I had completed the process in 20 mins flat. When I saw attendant after the process even I had the same thought but that never turned into reality.

A journey with and without navigator app

What’s the one word that comes to a person’s mind when he/she has a query in mind? Answer is Google, it has solution to most of our queries. As it’s not region specific, it supports you across globe. Google’s navigator app is one such feature, which can help people to locate a particular place and even guide them.

I am addicted to google maps to locate a place but use of navigator is limited. Reason didn’t want to divert attention while driving and land into trouble. Driving in Bangalore roads is no less than a challenge thanks to the potholes and traffic mismanagement system of the city. Till date none has been able to find a concrete solution to address the problem.

Last week I decided to pay visit to my friend who has recently shifted to a new accommodation. Place was JP Nagar 8^th Phase and I stay close to e city.  Only option I could recall was NICE road but then decided to take maps help, to my surprise it showed me a new route close from my place with no traffic and toll. Despite trying level best to identify the place I was clueless about the areas of map, so thought of using navigator app.

Set the location and let home this time my concentration was more on app than on driving, luckily there wasn’t much traffic on road so was relaxed. Must say, travelling through the app is an amazing experience, the way it guides you at turns is magnificent. 

Everything was going fine until my battery drained out and mobile was switched off (didn’t charge it in morningL). I have covered 80% of the journey, had 2 options in hand either to move back or continue further using tradition method (taking help from people). After blindly following the app now I was reluctant to talk to people as it is a cumbersome task reason even if a person doesn’t know the route, still they will try to guide you.

I asked one person about the place, he asked me follow a route but I was not convinced hence I cross checked it with someone else. My intuition was right I was driving in the wrong direction. Then I took the right path and after covering some distance spotted traffic cops (for the first time in life was happy to see them). I stopped my vehicle went to them and confirmed the location one more time. He said I am on the right direction. After covering 3 km in the same direction, I reached my destination.

 My happiness had no bounds, luckily I called my friend before the battery was drained off and he was there. Else all my effort would have gone for a toss. In this era of mobile phone recalling someone’s mobile number and finding a PCO are cumbersome task.

Back at my friends place we were discussing that our addiction to technology is good but still we should keep also traditional methods handy, God knows when we may need it.