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Wow, I had no idea that so many players that are true warriors, I stand in awe of all of you. I am totally out of my league (just entering high school this Fall) but I can offer prayers at my iftar (breaking fast time) before I eat my dates as Ramadan is coming to a close, it is said that the prayer of a fasting servant is always answered by God. So God-willing, that could be my positive contribution to your difficult procedure. I will ask God to give you health that heals and peace for your procedure, ameen (may God make it so). 

I'm not currently listening to anything, but I've been listening to a lot of St. Vincent, Kate Bush, Tori Amos, and Heart lately. Those are some of my favorite artists and I usually listen to them a lot, but I've been on a particular kick.
 
I agree, there is so much good music to discover and listen to! Also I love Repo!

Thank you everyone for this outpouring of support and tips. You have been extremely helpful and it means a lot to me. <3

loveyouanyhow; That was definitely my experience with contrast dye lol. I was more concerned about the overwhelming feeling that I had wet my pants than the taste.

Thank you for the prayers, midnight. I appreciate them.

Welcome to TDN forums, kiraush!

This is a very awesome community of people and I am sure you will make tons of friends. Feel free to send me a nf request on neo!

Sending my best wishes to you for your Poogle hunt; they are very cute. What is your favorite color of Poogle?

Wow, I'm amazed at how much some of the items cost!! I thought I played a ton but apparently not lol. 

Thank goodness! I can sleep through just about anything so that would be excellent. Plus, I'm not sure if I'll get any rest the night before (yay painsomnia and sleeping problems) so I will appreciate a good nap!

I've only personally had one MRI, and man was it uncomfortable! I definitely could've used one of those foam wedges. I would have asked for one if I knew about it...
 
I was pretty nervous at first, but everything went smoothly. c:
The hospital that did mine had noise-cancelling headphones with music playing. It helped me keep my mind off of it a bit I suppose.

Hi Dana, good luck luck for the procedure. Does your lab have an open air MRI? I have bad claustrophobia and was given the option to do the open air for a brain scan (among other things). Check if that's an option if you're worried.

Definitely ask for the wedge, it makes a massive difference, it takes the pressure off the base of your spine. Having an MRI's just like lying on the floor with no pillow because it's a hard surface and your head's not raised, so when your legs are lifted the difference it makes is huge!
 
Do you know what they do for noise control where you're going? The hospital where my scans are done just give people foam earplugs, but a lot of places give you sound cancelling earphones and you can listen to music rather than the dubstep banging of the machine!
 
Angelo's a radiologist, he might be able to give you some professional advice if he sees this thread. :yes:

Dana, first off *big hugs*. Seems life's giving you more than your fair share of trials! I have MS and have had plenty of MRIs so I can hopefully answer some of your questions about both things. Is your MRI going to be just your head, or your spine too? The head scan's 20 minutes, it's an hour if they're doing your spine too.  When I have an hour's scan they give me a foam wedge that goes under the knees/lower legs, that makes it miles more comfortable lying on the flat surface of the machine.
 
I don't like the enclosed space, but where I go they have a contraption with mirrors that they fit above your head so you can see down into the room, and also gives the impression of height above your head which really helps. My main worry is always sneezing or something, lol. It's never happened so far though, it seems I'm really good at keeping still, they compliment me on it.
 
You might have to have a contrast injection. I have to have one every time I have an MRI, though I didn't for my first one...hmm. The contrast is to help highlight new lesions, so they'll have nothing to compare to on your first scan, so I guess you might not have that this time. Of course because I'm in the UK they might do things differently anyway.
 
I'm not managing well with useful things to say here >_< MS for me mainly means a whole lot of cognitive problems, information retrieval being a BIG one of them, so I'm floundering a bit here. :*

Hi, everyone!
 
I just wanted to share my excitement about finally seeing Florence and the Machine! They have been one of my favorite groups ever since their first album, Lungs, came out. Florence Welch is so talented and is honestly my life.
 
I'm going with two of my best friends and I couldn't be happier!

Thanks, everyone! It was definitely an amazing show and I had a fantastic time. I lost some of my voice, but that's okay :laughingsmiley: 

I would definitely go again and recommend seeing Florence if you enjoy their music. Of Monsters and Men opened and they were also really good.

It is okay to use a neopet as an avatar! Neopets actually endorses TDN as an official Neopets fan site, so I'm sure it will be okay.

Hi, everyone!
 
I just wanted to share my excitement about finally seeing Florence and the Machine! They have been one of my favorite groups ever since their first album, Lungs, came out. Florence Welch is so talented and is honestly my life.
 
I'm going with two of my best friends and I couldn't be happier!

Hi, everyone!
 
I just wanted to share my excitement about finally seeing Florence and the Machine! They have been one of my favorite groups ever since their first album, Lungs, came out. Florence Welch is so talented and is honestly my life.
 
I'm going with two of my best friends and I couldn't be happier!

Hi, NeoStep! Welcome to TDNForums! I'm new here too and am really enjoying it so far. The black dot under members is supposed to be there but I don't remember what it is for at the moment.

I got the lab map a while ago and since then have sporadically been trawling the pound for pets to zap and return. I kind of gave up on it after a while though, lost interest I suppose.
 
I started doing it again last week; picked a yellow Usul because the name, Braiket, wasn't something hideous full of numbers and underscores. They changed gender on their 2nd zap, and then to grey on their 3rd so back to the pound they went.
 
I'm not one to check up on previous lab rats, but when I posted the zap in the lab ray thread I pasted the new grey look via their image on Dress to Impress, and when I visited the thread today I saw Braiket all customised!
 

 
So now I'm totally thrilled that someone's got a pet they clearly wanted, and I'm super motivated to keep up with the zapping now :D I REALLY like the look the new owner's gone for! I'm SO glad I posted the image so I got an easy way to see that he'd been adopted, I'd not have known otherwise. :happydance:
 
My new lab rat is a green Yurble

His name's pattappon, I'm hoping he'll turn either Pirate or Maraquan without changing species, especially Maraquan because that looks amazing. Look at this, just how adorable can you get? But I'll be happy with anything interesting.