Yea, I've had 3 MRIs. They are loud! Then I heard from a friend who had one in California, and she got to watch TV on a small screen while she was in the tube. Jealous, I was. Hey, make them give you the films. They are yours anyways, and MRI prints are way more detailed and awesome than Xrays.
As for the needle in the spine... been there too. It does sound crazy and painful, but it really isn't so bad nowadays. (Realizing now that as I write this, you must have had the procedure yesterday so you've already ben through it all. Oh well.)
Seriously, I know you have this aversion to lying around when you're not feeling well, but don't push this one. Drink a lot of caffeine and stay on your back as much as possible. You want that needle hole to patch up as quickly as possible, and being up and moving just means you'll be leaking more cerebral-spinal fluid than you really want to. Losing CSF pulls on the brainstem, which is somewhat important as I hear.
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As for the needle in the spine... been there too. It does sound crazy and painful, but it really isn't so bad nowadays. (Realizing now that as I write this, you must have had the procedure yesterday so you've already ben through it all. Oh well.)
Seriously, I know you have this aversion to lying around when you're not feeling well, but don't push this one. Drink a lot of caffeine and stay on your back as much as possible. You want that needle hole to patch up as quickly as possible, and being up and moving just means you'll be leaking more cerebral-spinal fluid than you really want to. Losing CSF pulls on the brainstem, which is somewhat important as I hear.
OK I'll stop lecturing now.
Get well!