Friday, March 7, 2003
Got an MRI done at Davies on my knee. My physical therapist was almost positively certain that the MRI would not turn up any problems, and she was right. Everything looked in order on the final films. The MRI experience was cool: part day spa and part amusement park ride. I changed into shorts and a t-shirt, removed all metal from my body, and lay down on a comfortable bed which was pulled by a motor into a gigantic magnet which magically enabled the friendly specialists behind the glass window to see inside my body. The process was very noisy. They offered me 29 db earplugs before I lay down, but I stuck my nose in the air and said, "I've got 30 decibal earplugs. Thanks, but I'll use my own." When inside the device, my face was about 3 inches from a microphone and speaker which let me talk to the specialists behind the window. Looking down along my body was like looking into an unusually lit tunnel. I couldn't see very far without lifting my body up, which would have probably ruined the scans they were making. Looking up, my field of vision was entirely consumed by the giant magnet, which was encased by metal the color of beige eggshell, and which curved upward and outward. The noise was like a sewing machine crossed with a jackhammer. Helped out and took photos at the White Coat Ceremony for the Class of 2004. Spent the rest of the day working on changes for James to the academic prerequisites section. It's finally taking shape, and I'm feeling better about it now.