With my diagnosis of MS comes many trips to the doctor's office and many different scan, lab and test orders. One of those scan orders just happens to be a MRI, and I have now gone through three different MRI's in the past six months. Let me tell you they are a lonely thing to go through and you really don't have anyone to talk to, not because there isn't anyone there but because you can't move. The first MRI I had done took about an hour and that was only because they couldn't do the second part of the test because the technician couldn't get the IV in my arm. This leads me to my second MRI which lasted closer to two hours and my last MRI I had a couple days ago was only about 15 mins. That last one was such a relief for me because like I wrote in my last article I'm a very impatience person and sitting in one spot for an extended period of time immobile is just torture to me. Yet, it gives you a lot of time to think about things and some very random things for that matter.

1. "What if I have to go to the bathroom during the scan?"

2. "How does this thing even work?"

3. "Alright, it looks like part of a spaceship. Am I going to take off?"

4. "This is a very uncomfortable table, how am I going to lay still for so long?"

5. "Yep, this is a space helmet, I'm going into outer space."

6. "It's a good thing I'm not claustrophobic or anything, this would be unbearable."

7. "Maybe I should have taken that blanket they offered, it's pretty cold in here."

8. "Yeah, this music needs to be a lot louder."

9. "So you're going to talk to me through the headset whenever you want but I can't talk back, that makes sense."

10. "Oh, so the noises are really loud, who knew?"

11. "Is that the sound of a bomb ticking, I'm pretty sure I heard ticking, is there ticking?"

12. "Clanging, now there is clanging, great what's next? Banging? Buzzing? More bomb ticking?"

13. "Beeping. Beeping is next, awesome."

14. "Ticking, clanging, beeping, buzzing, repeat, it never ends."

15. "Oh, I'm moving, what's wrong? Why am I moving? Just realigning, okay that's fine."

16. "Wait the beeping and clanging stopped, am I done?"

17. "False alarm, on to the next scan."

18. "How long has it been, three songs have gone by and averaging three minutes a song that would be nine minutes roughly right?"

19. "Wrong, you've only been in the machine for seven minutes. Stupid two minute songs, you've messed me up."

20. "Stop moving? What are you talking about, I'm literally not doing anything unless you want me to stop breathing but that would probably be counterproductive here."

21. "How many more scans?"

22. "How many parts of the brain are there anyways?"

23. "Was that a twitch, did that affect the scan. Please tell me you don't have to redo that part."

24. "Crap! My legs are cramping up, what do I do?"

25. "Fight it girl, you have to fight the urge to move. Do you really want to go through another scan because you couldn't stop your leg for moving for ten minutes?"

26. "Alright, cramps gone, that was a close one."

27. "I wonder if moving my eyes back and forth would hinder the scan."

28. "Yeah, that's probably something I shouldn't try to figure out."

29. "I wonder what would happen if I was wearing jewelry in here?"

30. "What if someone writes music to the beeping, buzzing, and ticking in here, probably wouldn't sound too great."

31. "What if someone already has and it was a train wreck?"

32. "What if it was a hit, I would feel stupid."

33. "I wonder what time it is? Let me check my watch, oh wait I can't."

34. "Is that a cramp again, please stop."

35. "Only one more scan, great, I'll be out of here in no time."

36. "Alright, four songs have past how long does this scan take?"

37. "Five more minutes, I feel like you said that already twenty minutes ago."

38. "Just count to sixty, five times."

39. "Fifty-eight, fifty-nine, sixty. I'm done now, right, its been five minutes."

40. "And there is still clanging, and buzzing, and beeping. Maybe I counted too fast, that's it, it has to be."

41. "Let's just count and see where you get to before they say it's over."

42. "Two-hundred-twenty, two-hundred-twenty-one, oh come on. I just want to get out of here, I'm hungry and it's been forever."

43. "Hey, the noises stopped, wait my music is off too, am I done?"

44. "I'm done, you're sure? You don't have to redo anything?"

45. "Why are you questioning this, just accept it and get out of here."

46. "I can breath again."

47. "Well I guess outer space wasn't too bad, at least they had country music."

48. "Yep, standing up too fast was probably the wrong thing to do after lying on a table for over an hour."

49. "I'm good though, just smile and keep nodding like you know what they are talking about."

50. "Yeah, never want to do one of those again anytime soon."

Oh the joyous thoughts that run through your head sometimes, especially in isolation. Hope you had as much fun reading this as I did writing it, well onto my next adventure, hopefully it's not a MRI.