In a message dated 98-08-28 02:39:47 EDT, you write: << Debbie, When I went for my MRI I was told that 6 out of 8 people need to be sedated to get into that machine. I was put on Atavan because the first time I had a panic attack. The second time I too slept though most of it. Dear Marling and List, This is where a good fantasy life can help. I was a bit apprehensive about the first MRI I had , but straightened out immediately when the first racket went off-- it sounded exactly like sitting in the back seat of an F-16 while the pilot fires the gatling cannon. This in turn led me to remember the great flights I was privileged to enjoy back in the very early eighties and from there on it was memory city. This may not work for all, but the next MRI you get, try to imagine you are in a great airplane strafing the hell out of a target. Anti -violence types can vary the imagery to. imagine you are strafing abandoned, parked logging machinery. Regards, WHH 55/19 >>