MRI.. I need support

[bmccasland]

Luna,
Good luck with your MRI today. Relaxing juju thoughts headed your way.

[pooks]

Relax ... and imagine yourself cruising along a beach or beautiful mountain trail....

[KnottedYet]

Yeah, it's noisy and all, but listen to the music on the headphones and zone out. (and don't be too shy to ask for a valium if you think you might need it)

It's kinda cool knowing this huge machine is taking such advanced pictures of yer innerds. All the noise is technology at work for YOU!!

Good luck, think of bikes and butterflies!

(and give us a report, ok? We're thinking about you!)

[TsPoet]

Luna,
There are lots of people on recumbents that start riding them due to back pain/problems.
So, depending on your MRI, personality, and desires, remember that you still have another bike option.
I'd be happy to give you choices/options, etc. if you want to try going bent. Fortunately (or unfortunately) there are as many styles of bents as there are DF (safety or upright) bikes.
Also - I had an MRI on my shoulder a few weeks ago. I totally panicked, had the worst few minutes of my life, heart racing, sweating, just awful. Then something happened and I almost laughed out loud. The rest of my 40+ minutes in the machine were boring. My point is, don't psych yourself out, like I did! If I hadn't been so concerned about panicking, I don't think I would have and the whole thing would have been boring rather than scary at first.

[mary9761]

Luna, I'm just seeing this thread so I'm sending good thoughts your way for your MRI, I recently went through the MRI for the lumbar of my back. I had to have an Open sided MRI as I'm EXTREMELY claustrophobic and too big for standard MRI tubes.
I have a bulged/herniated disc at L5/S1 along with some degeneration along L3 through S1. I opted for the microlumbar discectomy as my sciatic pain spread to my left leg while waiting to be seen by a neurosurgeon and I needed to get my live back to the abnormal that I'm accustomed to sooner than later. I ride a comfort bike (Trek Navigator 50) and you can do anything you want and physically can accomplish on your Townie. My longest ride has been 118 miles with some hills etc. It took me all day to do it and I've accomplished multiple centuries (7) and a total of 23 metric centuries (including the full centuries) last year before my back went out. I have over 7200 miles including road, trainer and stationary bike since July 2005. Luckily my Primary care physician said he believes I'll be able to get back on my bike eventually (he's a cyclist thank the gods) I don't believe the comfort bike had anything to do with my back problems (other than possibly lifting it on and off the front bus rack at times) I also watched my 2 grandsons under the age of 3 before this happened and had a back injury in 1988 so I don't believe it was the bike.
Good luck with whatever they say you do have, if you can do the PT good luck. My back situation was progressing and I knew the longer it took to get the less invasive surgery I've opted for, the less chance of it being successful. (my back went out day before Thanksgiving and I only finally got to see a surgeon/specialist in late March. It wasn't going to be for another week but when my pain went to BOTH legs I threw a fit about it taking so long to be seen) I'm scheduled for surgery 11 May now. Hopefully you won't have to take the same route, but if you do, find someone afterwards that knows sports medicine. I think you'll find out you can ride again too. My doctor said I would need to be more upright instead of bent over so it's probably just as well I'm ALREADY ON the Navigator. Anyways, once you get healed and cleared by a doctor, ride like you stole it girl.

[Luna]

Had the MRI, it was an open sit down one. HUbby came with me and I got to watch animal planet while getting MRI. It was about 20 mins.
Now just the wait for the results. I miss my Townie girl. My friends went biking tonight.
Thanks all of your for kind words and support. I will still need them as i recover and get strong on the bike again.

[mary9761]

Glad to hear your MRI went well. I hope your results come back soon for you and you have good news. I literally feel your pain about missing your bike. My Little Navigator keeps looking at me when I go out on the porch accusingly like I've got another bike on the side or something. I promise her there isn't.

[Wahine]

Hang in there Luna. Once you have th MRI report, you'll have so much more information to work with.