My special MRI

As I understand it, MRI is good for soft tissue and inflammation visualization. There is a special way of doing a MRI of the intestine that takes even more time and preparation than a normal scan, and I had one of them yesterday for the second time in my life.

The first time was very unpleasant, but I was also actively sick at the time. The scan was difficult and the injection I was given to slow the movement of my intestines made it very difficult to resume eating and digesting.

This time the biggest challenge was the total time of it all, an hour there due to driving in the rain and an hour of drinking the prep then an hour for the scan and finally an hour home. Four hours in total, of course of which I was fasting 6 hours prior.

When it came time to finally eat afterward I was able to do so without pain or vomiting as I did after the last scan.

Now it is just time to wait for the results and I'm curious about two things, the enterocutaneous fistula that was in my belly button recently and then the general state of my small bowel, and its thickening and inflammation. Hopefully my private physician gets a chance to look at it today and has good news.