MRI with contrast

[Busgirl 0]

Just wondering...

Aside from symptoms I'm having..right now I'm worried about the contrast dye with an MRI I'm supposed to have. Actually, had to reschedule it yesterday because I wasn't aware I would have to 'pump and dump' for three days while breastfeeding. Was shocked about that. I'm worried enough about side effects and then they tell me I can't breastfeed. I have big issues with taking anything, I mean pills or injections. Feeling the effects of whatever it is is what scares me. Minor sensations to big side effects. If I can feel it in any way, I'm going to freak out. Knowing that it's bad enough for your body that they want you to dump your breast milk scares the crap out of me. Anyone else get freaked out like this? And if you've had the contrast.. have you felt it? How so? I'm freaking out enough as it is with the symptoms I'm having. (Scared of brain tumor....still.) Worrying about this is just too much for me right now. 

TIA

[NervUs 140]

Why are you getting the MRI?

I ask because I see a lot of people on here push for MRIs or other serious testing, even though the recommendation was not initiated by a doctor. If this is voluntary and to appease you, skip it.

I have had MRI with contrast for a lump in my urethra. Yes, I felt the contrast. It makes you feel like you have wet yourself, but that was the extent of it. A small number of people end up with an allergic reaction, but I did not. Overall, I didn't find it a big deal but, as I said, I wouldn't go through with testing like that if there wasn't a good medical reason. I have refused tests before (I had a very zealous breast doctor send me for a PET scan and I refused b/c of the breastfeeding issue and am very glad I did, since the insurance company would have refused to pay and the next step would have been biopsy, which I went through with, and it was negative for cancer).

[Holls 1505]

I've had contrast a few times.. yes it feels like you wet yourself.  That's it though. I did what my drs thought was best.. I figure the test out weighed any risks... I'm with nervus as well..  in pushed for 2 CT scans.. and didn't need them. Dr arranged for 1 after I had diverticulitis and that one I did need.. it was an e.r. visit. 

[Busgirl 0]

I've seen reg drs, neurologists and one neuro opthamologist. One neurologist gave me an MRI in 2015, but I was pregnant so it only lasted 15 min. and without contrast. It was normal. Neuro opthamologist ordered one early last year. Admittedly she said she would bet it wouldn't find anything. I was too scared to have it done tho. So it's been awhile since it was actually ordered, but since I still have symptoms I just can't stop worrying. I decided to go ahead and have it done, so I can get past this.  All drs have said they didn't think anything was wrong really. I've had this one symptom since 2012. I didn't have health anxiety then tho so I didn't even think anything of it, but when I got pregnant in 2015, I woke up one morning with a lump on the side of my neck, behind my ear. I googled, because at that time I didn't know I shouldn't. And of course I've been worried about a brain tumor since then. I've also had a weird headache since then. But the main symptom I've had since 2012 is eye jerks. Not twitching, but my eyeball(s) actually jerk back and forth up to four times at a time. And since I got pregnant, they started to roll a bit, in low lighting or when I'm tired. So, that symptom alone is quite enough to worry me. My eye doctor, the only dr so far, is the one that thought there might be something to worry about and sent me to the neuro opthamologist. I've been really good actually..  avoiding posting here. Avoiding googling, although I have been dying to. I think I'm overwhelmed right now tho. I want this to be over with so badly. Thanks...and sorry this post was really all over the place.