so some of you may know that since october 2013, i've been dealing with severe joint pain and no one really knows what exactly is wrong with me other than the fact that i have hypermobile joints. basically i get horrible pain in my hips (sometimes to the point that i'm in tears from trying to walk) as well as my knees, i've felt one of my knees slip out of joint twice just from trying to stand up, and i'm starting to get pains in my finger joints. and to add onto it, i'm pretty much immune to any non prescription painkillers and my dad thinks it's nothing serious and therefore doesn't really want to pay to have it examined more (my last inconclusive visit to a specialist cost us like $218 out of pocket)
so basically, i can't run, walking is a struggle, i can no longer march for jrotc, the pain gets to the point where i'm in tears, but no one knows what's going on and i'm immune to painkillers and my dad thinks everything's fine.
so with that backstory out of the way, this morning i noticed some severe swelling in my hip (which is still hurting like forget even just sitting down) and i wrote a note to my mom about it. she apparently scheduled an MRI for me sometime in the hopefully near future despite the lady at the hospital saying that we wouldn't get anything out of it (to which my mom responded with "do you really want me to go home and tell my 15 year old daughter that she's just going to have to deal with unexplained joint pain possibly for the rest of her life?")
anyways my joint pains aren't really the main point of this thread. i'm just wondering if any of you guys have had to get an MRI done and what it was like. i've been through a CAT scan a few times in 1st grade back when i had appendicitis and i also had an inconclusive x-ray taken of my hip last year. i've just never had an MRI done before so i want to know what to expect.
