Twenty-six With a Bullet

Stressing tonight about Sunday’s MRI redux, I Googled “MRI and claustrophobia”. A dozen URLs later, I found myself downloading an MP3 that, with luck, won’t make the 25 Most Played list on my iPod: 23 minutes of sound from inside an MRI machine. Between now and then, I’ll do my best to simulate the experience, in order to stick with it, this time.

To play along at home, click the MRI MP3s URL on the Quack-free Reading list at right, download the file, get naked, lie face down on a hard surface, cover yourself with a sheet or towel, plug in your earphones, close your eyes... and try to relax.