Motiva implant MRI warning
So tomorrow im going in to brisbane for my 2 year mri. For some reason, Im not sure why, they agreed mri is best diagnostic tool for me but I dont get mammo or ultrasound. Thats ok by me. Im a bit nervous actually as my left (and only real) breast has been sore. I first noticed on holiday in january when my fella gave me an enthusiastic hug. So im suffering a bit of scanxiety. Cant be as bad as last year. And i had sort of pushed this to the back of my mind. So i had the needle in my arm, had signed all the forms awkwarded myself onto the tray. Slid into mri tunnel. Then they stopped the scan and said i had metal in me and they couldnt proceed. I had no idea what on earth they were on about. So then i got thrown out in the waiting room with men, in my gown, no bra, blubbing away with no idea what was happening. I then got a free chest xray (clear) Luckily my surgeon was soon available and he came down to reassure me and talked to them just before they almost sent me home. So apparently the Motiva implant has a metal microchip in it for identification purposes like in case of a recall they can scan you to check batch number or expiry date etc. They can do mri but have to set machine at a different speed. Once this was all revealed i was right to go. I had no idea about any of this. Glad i know now as im flying soon and will also take my evidence with me in case metal detector goes off. So tomorrow im armed with all the facts. If you have a modern implant might be worth mentioning this if you need mri. Another supressed trauma.
