Well as usual I have to apologize for not being on here as much as I'd like...I do try and read things as much as I can but things have been rough around here.
Anyways, hoping someone can maybe help me. I ended up in the ER last night ... it was so weird. I felt fine and was watching TV and got up from the couch to go to bed and just tipped over on my right side. Then the room started spinning and I got the worst right-sided headache I have ever had. It wouldn't subside and the dizziness was getting so bad I had to be carried to the bathroom
So finally Scott took me to the ER...they gave me pain meds (bless them) and did a bunch of neurological testing and stuff and discovered I had a bad inner ear infection causing the dizziness (and low BP). Anyways, they were still concerned about the pain so they sent me for a CAT scan (I couldn't believe it...a CAT scan in under an hour in Canada!) which thankfully was negative.
So I'm just to take it easy and take Gravol for the dizziness...but my question actually concerns MRIs. THe doctor mentioned I may need one because my cortisol levels are so messed up and with the severe headache I may have a pituitary tumor which wouldn't show up on a cat scan. I'm ok with that...I know all about it and they aren't cancerous or anything...my concern is that the technician mentioned an MRI might be a problem because I've got a permanent metal retainer in the back of my six bottom teeth and four top teeth (at the front). Since an MRI is a big magnet, apparently that can cause problems. Anyone know what you do? Will I have to have the wires out?
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Had my first ever CAT Scan today...and a question
