What being in MRI machine is really like

I VOLUNTEERED to have an MRI scan to experience what it is like and within minutes I learnt that it is not very pleasant.

- By Hanna Geissler

The white tube I'm lying in feels like it is rotating, and the cacophony of mechanical whirring, chugging and beeping is uncomfortably loud - even through my ear plugs. I'm not usually claustrophobic but for a moment I feel panic rising. I close my eyes, take some deep breaths and pretend I'm in a yoga class practising Shavasana - known as a corpse pose or lying flat on your back.