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Ms. Toad

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13. Yup.
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 08:07 PM
Sunday

They usually guard the MRI room very carefully because of the dire consequences of something going wrong. It sounded like the guy's wife asked the attendant to get her husband for assistance, got no response, so the guy responded.

My daughter has a scan every year - and occasionally I have been allowed in with her. They have had quite the routine to make sure that not only does she not have any metal, neither did I. Aside from the human cost, it can cost $50,000 or more to shut the thing down, which they have to do to release anything which attaches itself to the machine (like a heavy chain, a metal wheelchair, etc.) And it may have to be off for a few days.

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Yikes! ProfessorGAC Sunday #1
Scary but they do warn you malaise Sunday #2
20 lbs, plus a large lock. n/t Ms. Toad Sunday #4
I saw that malaise Sunday #6
Yeah, I Read That Afterward ProfessorGAC Sunday #10
Yup. Ms. Toad Sunday #13
That's a terrible Greg_In_SF Sunday #3
Literally malaise Sunday #5
That's an interesting case. Disaffected Sunday #7
Thanks for this malaise Sunday #8
Same thing ForgedCrank Sunday #16
Yeah, I don't quite understand it either. Disaffected Sunday #17
I guess he hadn't watched "Final Destination: Bloodlines" Fla_Democrat Sunday #9
. dalton99a Sunday #11
Don't they tell you to take off anything metallic before you enter a room with an MRI? sakabatou Sunday #12
Wife called him in the room malaise Sunday #15
Just to confirm that gold is not a problem. LAS14 Sunday #14
A 20lb chain with a large lock!? K. Chellee Sunday #18
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