Monday, May 12, 2008

Scanning the Abnormal

Today I had an MRI on my knee. I tweaked it a few weeks back and after the most frustrating experience ever with my new insurance company I am finally getting it looked at by a specialist. I met with the doctor last Friday and he wanted to have an MRI done to see if there was any damage.

An MRI is basically a big Magnet and as the magnetic field is energized the atoms in the body react. A trained person can make out what is normal and what is abnormal by the images that are left. Normal tissue looks one way and abnormal tissue reflects the atoms in a different way. In my case they are trying to see if there is a tear in the tissue of the knee. I found it quite amusing today when the technician looked at the digital image of my knee and said, “There is a lot of inflammation in there”. I said, “I told you my knee was sore”. I have a really high pain thresh-hold so what I live with is more than most people can stand, but that is not the point of this post.

Normal verse Abnormal, both are made of atoms, both are in the same body, but they both react differently to the same situation. We our life as normal as possible, reacting to situations the way we are suppose to , but what happens when there is a slight abnormality in us and we react to common situations in abnormal ways? We over-react, we are too sensitive, or we fly off the handle during times that are normal. It is due to the slight tears in our character that can be caused by circumstances and pain. These tears are not visible and are not dealt with until we submit to a scan by a trained eye. It is only then when the tear is correctly diagnosed that we can receive the correct treatment and be made normal again. Allow your character to be scanned and you will be our running and jumping like a child again soon.

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