[JavaWolf]

Wow... I feel for you. When I had an MRI done they didn't ask my preference. I got stuck with a painful mix of country and "modern rock". One of the worst 45 minutes of my life.

 

[Photo Matt]

I once had to have a shot of novocaine to the nose at the doctor's office. A very pretty nurse gave me the shot, and the pain made my eyes tear up involuntarily. So much for impressing the nurse! Even worse, that Kenny G song that was so popular at the time was playing on the overhead speaker. I feel for you!

 

[LoVeTheBlues]

Good to know, if I have an MRI, I'll bring my own Kenny G

 

[Canadiain]

Hey, this could catch on in the UK and Canada....as word spreads of the horror, waiting times for scans will mysteriously drop, and the government can take the credit for a cost effective way of reducing waiting lists

 

[Rick Adams]

Heh, poor old Al, that made me laugh and wince in sympathy!

 

[potiphar]

An MRI technician told me the only recorded fatality in a scanner was when somebody was unlucky enough to have a heart attack whilst being screened. The technicians called the cardiac arrest team, but forgot to switch the machine off. So the nurse rushes in with a large oxygen cylinder... which promptly gets sucked by the magnetic field into the tunnel. Nasty. No more Kenny G.

Of course, I don't want to put any of you guys off.

 

[hakukani]

Not quite true. It was actually a six year old boy, and his oxygen tank failed. Here's an interesting link to different accidents:

http://www.mindfully.org/Technology/2005/MRI-Magnet-Accidents19aug05.htm

...and in the spirit of this thread, I must include a link to the 'Music for Magnets' site with the 'top tunes' techs like to play for their patients.

http://www.users.on.net/~bsm/greg/music/

 

[jazzbluescat]

Hey, this could catch on in the UK and Canada....as word spreads of the horror, waiting times for scans will mysteriously drop, and the government can take the credit for a cost effective way of reducing waiting lists

Heck, don't limit it to scans, apply the KG cure in all hospital ERs too.....or, maybe I could just load a KG disc in my boombox and play it in the ER when I "visit." It'd clear the ER waiting room, might even help Medicare. :twisted: I digress.

 

[LazySaxman]

So, did he just hold one note for the whole 45 minutes or what? :laughing:







:help:

 

[gary]

So. Al. How goes it?

 

[Joe Jazz]

I of course requested smooth jazz during my last(and first)MRI. It helped me fight off the minor claustrophobia and the worry that they would pull me out of the tube without warning and break my arms......it was a bit of a tight fit . No Kenny G, doggone it!

 

[Phil Emerson]

Someone told me G is a great player

....... and grossly misrepresented. I am told he has a fine technique and superb tone; that his phrasing is as lyrical as Shakespeare and his command of rhythm second to none.

............... just out of interest does anybody agree with my learned friend's diagnosis? I wouldn't know myself as I always heard the word as 'kenigy' and assumed people were referring to some trendy drink favoured by athletes.

silly old me.

ps I also have had an MRI scan where my musical centre was found to be missing - oh well, that explains a lot - bye bye

 

[milandro]

Funny, here in France it's exactly the opposite: we say IRM ....

Besides being the only Folks in the world who call the Computer an Ordinateur......and anything digital, numerique, you probably do many other and more interesting things upside down and back to front there in France! ....as much as we do in Italy ( I am Italian besides being Dutch....it's a long story )

However Kenny G is a torture Guantanamo style indeed or probably was integrated in kind of shock therapy.....new horizonts of medicine you see....
seriously,hope you are alright Al?

 

[Joe Jazz]

Anybody know any Kenigy drinking songs?:shock:

 

[Jazzed]

I had a MRI this week too. I was assaulted by smooth jazz as well; they didn't ask me what I wanted to hear. It was messing with me because the music was in 4/4 but the MRI machine "pulsed" in rounds of 10. The clashing tempos really were unpleasant. I would have rather had no music at all.

 

[betelsax]

Al's MRI scans, before and after:

 

[hakukani]

<engage Deniro voice>

Kenigy? Kenny G? Kenny....Geeee? Ken edgy?

 

[JimD]

That's what's known in the trade as aversion therapy. I spent one summer working as a lift man and the store played the same three Manhattan Transfer songs over and over and over for two weeks; they were coming to do a gig. I run screaming if I hear even a note of them. With the MRI the obvious choice is Heavy Metal.

 

[eidollon]

I was forced to listen to 45 minutes of Kenny G.

Naaah ... what you heard was just a machine beeep - not Kenny G doing 45 min circular breathing.

 

[jrvinson45]

Don't fret betelsax,
I thought it was hilarious!
Well done.