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Project Results

These are some of the activities I did while being tested. Check out the test I did while in the MRI for at least an hour and a half!

• Vision Testing.
• Balance Testing.
• Blood draw - 12 vials.
• Ability to feel pin pricks on hands and feet.
• Strength of arms, legs and neck muscles.
• Ability to recall a list of 20 words during the course of the testing.
• Ability to recall lists of numbers read to you in groups from 2 to 7 numbers.
• Ability to recall lists of numbers read to you in groups from 2 to 7 numbers - but repeated Backwards!
• Read a list of words and tell what the words mean.
• Tell how two words are the same - such as - War and Peace - Hate and Love.
• Draw various line drawings from a book as close as possible to the original.
• Draw the most difficult without looking at the original.
• Review faces or eyes and decide the definition of the look such as mad, scared, jealous and so on.
• Use colored blocks to create patterns that match an original picture.
• Use a mouse to select a match or no match on a computer screen for the following: A square will appear for a second, then a word will appear for a second, select one of the keys if the color of the square and the color of the word matches. If the square is red, the word is red - one choses - Does Not Match. If the square is green word is blue - one choses - Does Match - because the items are both green!
• Go to the MRI scanning room for a brain scan.

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I put on scrubs and entered the MRI Testing room. I sat on the table and had a heart monitor put on my finger and an oxygen monitor put on my chest. I had a squeeze bulb to press in case I needed to stop the MRI test. I laid down and they put my head in the vise like padded holder and then strapped my head down so I couldn't move it. They also put a plastic mask over one's face to lock you in even more and a mirror is on the top of the mask. I was slowly pulled into the entire MRI tube and there I was asked if I could see the mirror above me. They said I was going to have a scan of the brain for five miutes. Then they were going to run the same test I had taken before entering the room. This test would run for about five minutes also. The MRI would take pictures of my brain and how it fired the neurons as I completed the following task. Use a mouse to select a match or no match on a computer screen for the following: A square will appear for a second, then a word will appear for a second, select one of the keys if the color of the square and the color of the word matches. If the square is red, the word is red - one choses - Does Not Match. If the square is green word is blue - one choses - Does Match - because the items are both green!

After the Matching Test I was told I had to stay still and they would run a 10 minute scan with my eyes open all the time, no sleeping.

Then they ran a scan for about 45 minutes or so and I could close my eyes and sleep if possible. I have had multiple tests in an MRI and this one was probably the loudest I have ever heard. It is a GE Imaging MRI.

I never moved the entire time so the scan was a success. I had a horrible cramp in my left leg in the middle of the scan but I was not going to move and ruin the scan because then I would have to take it again!

And to finalize the testing, we went back to the office and I proceeded to do the same test on the laptop again, match the color of the square with the color of the word!

And I qualified for the $200.00 fee for doing the testing! They want me back in a year and a half for another set of testing!