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Posted on 08/24/2004 9:20:46 PM PDT by Edit35
Several months ago, John Kerry fell off his bicycle while riding in Boston, and subsequently told reporters that he got an MRI just as a precaution.
Now, considering that he also claims to have shrapnel in his leg from Vietnam, doesn't it make an MRI impossible due to the metal's magnetic interference.
This is my first vanity post, so forgive me. But I just heard WPHT radio host Rolleye James talking about the impossibility of Kerry getting an MRI with metal in his leg, and I thought I post the info.
I never had an MRI so I'm not sure.
That's interesting and perhaps some doctor or nurse on board can tell us the answer.
Isn't that the BIG magnet??? would think if there is any metal in your body you would meet that magnet pretty darn hard...
I'm going to do a search and find out....
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It's OK - the shrapnel was actually rice.
Not if the shrapnel is long grain rice.
Hmmm, is rice magnetic? hehehe
Yes. And supposedly the nurse or doctor will tell you you can't get an MRI reading if you have any metal in your body.
Has Kerry been caught in another lie?
They asked me the same questions about having metal in my body. Rods, pins, screws, etc. If the shrapnel is lead would it affect it? Or is the shrapnel steel?
Great minds think alike..
Just posed the question to my physician-husband,
and after he thought about it for a few seconds only,
he said "I can't answer that question. I don't know."
No MRI if you have any metal in you (shrapnel, braces, pins, etc.)
It was a long and thorough questionnaire but it didn't seem to ask the big question: Do you have rice embedded anywhere on your person?
From a medical site...what do you think?
I have had an MRI and they asked me about any metal. I believe you are right, but it would depend on what part of his body they performed the MRI on.
Me, personally, I want to see proof that Kerry has shrapnel, as he appears to have lied about so much else. I think it's a case of he had shrapnel before he didn't have it.
Kerry'll probably just say it's the other leg/buttocks/whatever.
Just had one last week and one of the standard questions asked was if I had any metal plates, screws, pins, stints, or anything metal in my body that a magnet may attract.
There used to be a video of an MRI machine sucking an iron oxygen tank across the room and right into the machine. Dont mess with magnets.
You may be onto something here......
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