What You Could Do To Make Your MRI Testing Day Better

Small mercies

Between 1996 and 2021, I’ve had four surgeries and more ultrasounds and MRIs than I care to count. Cancer screening is a big thing, kiddo! Photos and collage by and of author.

Keith Dias in this soulful story tells us how he takes his kids to McDonalds’ for breakfast while his wife has her bi-annual MRI. With the specter of the Big C looming, MRIs are dreary things to have to have. The machine can make you claustrophobic and the entire experience is depressing.