rtfMRI Scan No. 5

Today I had my fifth rtfMRI scan in the chronic pain treatment study, and this time I alternated between using the successful strategies for increasing and decreasing my pain found during the previous scans (the affective strategy, using the feelings of anger, discouragement and frustration for increasing, and the discriminatory ( Read more... )

rftMRI Scan #4

Yesterday I had my 4th rtfMRI scan in the chronic pain treatment study, and this time I alternated between using the successful strategies for increasing and decreasing my pain found during the previous scans (the affective strategy, using the feelings of anger, discouragement and frustration for increasing, and the sensory strategy ( Read more... )

rtfMRI Scan No. 3

Wednesday I had my third rtfMRI scan in the chronic pain treatment study, only this time I alternated between using the sensory strategies and the affective, or emotional, strategies for increasing and decreasing my pain. This was so find out which strategy worked best for controlling the activation of my brain's pain centers ( Read more... )

rtfMRI Scan No. 2

Today I had my second rtfMRI scan, utilizing the sensory strategies I'd been practicing all week to increase and decrease my pain. And this time in the virtual reality goggles I got to see a flame that rose and fell according to how active the pain centers in my brain were. During the previous scan they identified the parts of my ( Read more... )