MRI Prep

Routine MRI tomorrow. I have to do prep work since I had an allergic reaction to the gadolinium last time with the hives near my eye. (See the older post in 2010 but I posted the picture below. It was taken several hours post allergic reaction and post Benadryl.)
I've been debating which is worse for me, the MRI or the CT scan. Gadolinium or radiation? This round I chose what I feel is the lesser evil to be the MRI. My prep work consists of Prednisone 50 mg tablets 13 hours, 7 hours and then 1 hour before my MRI. I also take Cimetidine 300mg an hour prior to the MRI as well as 50mg of Benadryl. Lucky me I was also told that they have a crash cart on site.

I'll know to schedule my MRI earlier next time. 13 hours prior to my 4:30pm MRI means I take my first Prednisone at 3:30am. This would be the reason why I'm writing this at midnight. I figured I mind as well stay up rather than wrestle with sleep to get up to have a snack (take w/food) and my meds and then try to go back to bed.

There you have it. My MRI prep for hopefully my only cancer surveillance scan in 2011.