Boulder MRI

Not always the most on-time for appointments. I had noticed in one of the many forms I'm handed to sign in and around the time the HIPAA shows up again, I was informed that this MRI was partially owned by the doctor that prescribed my imaging specifically at this lab. I had to chuckle as doctor's being self-serving is about as unusual congressmen lying. The technicians I've had there have been helpful, although sometimes not as attentive as they could be. They had me put my glasses down and as I did they reached to steady the glasses from falling off the edge of the window sill, and attempted to bend the glasses where I had pointed out "it's broken here, it doesn't bend" which they hadn't heard clearly and didn't say so, then broke my glasses. Not listening well is such a common human foible, not peculiar to them. I've had a lot of MRIs there and elsewhere. They do seem a bit "distant", which can be distressing if MRIs are already claustrophobic for you. I'm not claustrophobic, but I can definitely understand how people would be during that. I thought it was just in my own mind that I could feel myself getting "warmer" or have muscle twitches while scanning. The tech told me that was real and I wasn't imagining it. It is an amazing technology with amazingly large energies involved. Always ask for a disk copy before you leave, for any imaging. Only adds a couple minutes and frees you from "complications" created by grumpy staff in medical records. Sign the release form for your records 1) to yourself then 2) the requesting doctor, and be detailed and articulate about needing those in a timely manner, and when exactly can you expect to get them... prevents a lot of hassle.