Had my routine 3-month interval MRI today at Cedars-Sinai. The appointment was at 9:30 AM so of course I left at 5:45AM to beat the SoCal crush up Interstate 405. Surprisingly, I arrived at 7:30 AM which gave me the opportunity to have breakfast.
I decided to check in early about 45 minutes before my scheduled time and was pleasantly surprised to get called in only a few minutes afterwards. The MRI went as normal. The vein at my right elbow even cooperated this time. It has been shy for the past two years, probably because of overuse from my two stays at the hospitals. So all of my IVs and blood samples have been either at the hands or forearms prior to today. As customary, I fell asleep due to the soothing beats generated by the MRI machine.
Since my scan was completed early, I decided to check in early as well for my meeting with Dr. Hu. Again, to my pleasant surprise, I was shown in and didn't have to wait long for Dr. Hu. The first thing he said was that everything is stable to my great relief. We both then went over my scan from about a year ago to days and everything looks the same. After viewing the scans, Dr. Hu mentioned that he'd like to keep me at the 3-month MRI cycle for my next two MRIs and then will likely move me to the 6-month MRI cycle. I am not sure how I feel about this yet. In a way, it's nice to be on a 3-month MRI schedule because there's less anxiety about what could be going on up there in my brain. However, I suppose the 6-month MRI schedule would in a way signify that circumstances are such that I needn't worry too much about things overall.
