MRI Oxymoron Directions

Well it happened last night. I finally had the MRI to try and figure out what is going on with my neck and shoulder. I arrived right on time for check-in, filled out my paperwork and prepared to wait for my appointment. I was utterly shocked when they promptly called me in - no waiting. Wow! I had to change into one of their gowns and then proceed to the very cold MRI room. The nice part was that they had oh so warm and toasty blankets waiting for me. The tech went through the normal questions then had me lay on the scanner, and in I went.

First scan was 1 minute, went fine. Next one was 4 minutes, and apparently I failed. I was told I was moving too much. Ok, I can relax. For previous MRI's I've just gone into a sort of awake sleep phase (that way my eyes are closed and I can trick myself into believing that I am not in a coffin type device.) Anyway, I failed it the second time too. He then asked me if I was sleeping, and I said yes. He claimed I couldn't do that, that I had to stay focused. He then told me to relax and tried again. Now how am I suppose to stay focused and relax all at the same time? Anyway, I failed again, so he pulled me out, put extra blocks around my head to imobilize it, and back in I went. I apparently passed and we continued with the rest of the scans for my neck and shoulder. It took about an hour total, and now I just have to wait for the results.

BTW, I was not moving. Just for the record. Apparently the neck scans are very sensitive and even deep breathing can screw them up.