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jbaudit
jbaudit Member Posts: 28
edited June 2014 in Managing Side Effects of Breast Cancer and Its Treatment

Anybody out there with advice for the claustrophobic?Pet/Ct scan being done to wife .She had to to be drugged and silly for MRI to go in

Please advise if anyone has done Pet/Ct as to this vs MRI

Thanks all

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  • mrsnjband
    mrsnjband Member Posts: 1,409
    edited June 2010

    A Ct scan go really fast and is short and you don't stay in it very long.  

    With a pet scan they will give her an injection and then she will have to sit in a dark room for about an hour and they do the scan.  The Pet scan is similar to the MRI but isn't that noisy.

    Hope this helps a little

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  • in_cognito
    in_cognito Member Posts: 429
    edited June 2010

    I was pretty freaked out during the MRI - but the CT was much more doable for me.  I felt highly claustrophobic during the MRI.  I did not feel claustrophobic during the CT at all.  The device is more of a donut shape and the MRI is more of a tunnel. 

    I haven't had a PET scan yet so I can't answer to that. 

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  • Alpal
    Alpal Member Posts: 1,785
    edited June 2010

    The PET/CT is really not nearly as confining as an MRI. There is noise, but not loud at all. It takes about 20 mins. Many women complain about the MRI, but not about the PET/CT. I bet she doesn't have a problem with it.

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  • jbaudit
    jbaudit Member Posts: 28
    edited June 2010

    To all you wonderful ladies, Thanks for taking the time. May god bless you all.

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  • Sassa
    Sassa Member Posts: 1,588
    edited June 2010

    I have a problem with a MRI and need Valium to be able to be enclosed in the machine.

    I have had numerous CT/PET scans.  Where I have my scans, the machine is open at both ends.  For 20 of the 25 minutes, my head is out of the machine.  I am only enclosed in the machine for a few minutes if the scan is a top of the head to mid thigh scan.  I can handle those few minutes. Most of the time it is from the chin down and I only go into the machine when the scan is finished to pass through to the exit end.

    I have no problems with CT/PET scans.

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