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Old 07-06-2012, 05:55 PM   #2
tricia keegan
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Re: Extreme fear of mri's

Hi Dixie and I have the same problem, what helped me was to close my eye's before going in the scanner and keeping them shut for the whole process until they brought me out and while in there I imagined I was lying on a gorgous beach,not easy but it can be done
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