• LovingHippieCat@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    If you mean the washcloth then no, it’s just a normal washcloth that you would use at home. They just lay it over my eyes and I can’t see the cage so it’s easier to convince myself it’s not there.

    If you end up getting another one, they say that you shouldn’t move at all during the scan and that’s not quite true. There are multiple scans and you can quickly adjust in the lul between loud dub step noises. When I’m not sleeping through the scan I’ll take those few seconds to adjust and get more comfy. Just some advice. Those spots also might be harder to hear if you listen to music just fyi, I don’t.

    • Dharma Curious (he/him)@slrpnk.net
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      3 days ago

      i was confusing the mask for the cage. I thought you were talking about one of these, but apparently they are for oncology treatments.

      Still, the cage would be awful. The washcloth is a great idea. I panicked really badly my first time in an MRI when I was a kid. I got to a point by 14, when I had my last one, where I was mostly okay… But it being 20 years, I don’t know how I’ll handle it when I get the next one, especially if they introduce a cage >.<