Getting My MRI in Moscow

I am presently in Moscow, where I have just had my MRI to check whether the HSCT treatment has worked or not. Of course, I could have got to my MRI done in the UK. But, as some readers might recall, there was quite a significant difference between the MRI scanner in Winchester, back in the UK, and the one that they used prior to my treatment in Moscow. When I had my last MRI done in the UK, I think sometime in February, it registered three lesions on my brain and spinal cord. However, when I had my MRI scan prior to my treatment in March, in Moscow, they found eleven lesions. This seems to be because the machine in Moscow is a 3 Tesla machine whilst the one back at home was a 1.5T machine. Being twice the resolution in Moscow, the machine found more lesions on my brain and spinal cord. As a result, it would be rather silly of me not to get a like-for-like comparison by using the same machine to compare my before and after results.

Pretests Done; Day Off!

So with the first few days been filled up with pretests to make sure that you are ready for the treatment, you finally get a day off. It's still nerve-wracking wondering whether you have passed those tests and that your journey all the way out to Moscow isn't wasted, and that they won't send you home with your tail between your legs because you have some risk that you weren't aware of.

With those tests out on the way, you get a day off early in your treatment cycle. This is great because you are still fairly able in body and mind to be able to go and see Moscow. There is a chap called Alexey who has now made it his job to sort things out from patients in the clinic, one of those things being day trips around Moscow. I was lucky enough to have a neighbour in the next room called Frank from Norway, who at the time and his girlfriend Julianne with him, and we took a day trip together.

Check out the video where I explain everything and you get to see some of my experiences from my day-off in Moscow!

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The Ukrainian restaurant (there's a chain of them) was well worth visiting,

Definitely not vodka. Definitely water.