Where is my lollipop?

Don't you love new technology ... especially in the medical field. Tests today can detect so much more than when I was young. I'm appreciative of that and want you to know this is not a jab at my friends who work in the medical profession. However, I do have concerns about one particular machine.

Today I had an MRI because I've been having horrible headaches. As the tech prepared me for the test I as thinking claustrophobia would get to me, and I wouldn't be able to finish the test. I really did okay with that but what did bother me was the awful noise from the machine. Who makes these things? I had earplugs but the noise penetrated. Between the noise and the vibration from the machine, I just about went bonkers.

I kept trying to go to a happy place in my mind but couldn't find one. (This is a topic for another blog) It just seemed to get louder and louder. After the first part of the test they slid me out to put an IV in. I had this helmet thing on, earplugs in and had to lie still while they put the IV in. I started bleeding heavy from the stick, and when I finally realized they were asking me if I was on blood thinners, I answered, "No, but I drink a lot of water." My answer had to be very loud because I couldn't hear my voice because of the earplugs. I'm sure I was yelling, and I can tell you that they were laughing their asses off.

We finished the test and after everything is unhooked and the helmet is off my head was really throbbing. I looked at one of the techs and asked, "Don't I get a lollipop?"

He laughed and said when I started bleeding they got nervous and ate them all. In the end I have two questions: (a) Why can't these machines be quieter? and, (b) I was a good girl so where is my damn lollipop?"