So today I had the pleasure of experiencing my first MRI. All I can say is that it is an experience.

The staff was great and accommodating but overall it was an experience. She started off by inserting the IV for the contrast. Since it was a breast MRI, you lay on your stomach and you boobs hang down into these two basket like contraptions. Your hands lay straight forward like superman and you have to lay still.

I was given headphones and she started to roll me in. I could feel my butt touching the machine and I knew I had to control my breathing. I took the opportunity to pray and thank God for all my supportive friends and family and for allowing me to go through this journey with a sense of peace. The first set of pictures was 8 min, then 4 mins, then 1 min. She then injected the contrast. Then again 8,4,1! The music hardly covered the banging from the machine. But then it was all over. The 25 min test seemed like an eternity. It was an emotional experience but then again lately it all has been.

I know that this will be a routine test for me. I’ll have to get this done every six months or so but as my sister says, “it’s your report card to show your progress”!

I got this! I am blessed!