question about Dr potter 3T MRI

[jen9952]

Hi, I lucked out an got an earlier appointment , my new appointment is Sept. 2nd, can anyone who had and MRI by Dr Potter tell me how long did the whole thing take? I am trying to make travel plans, and I want to do it all in one day .. and i need to know how long to give myself between flights
Thank you
Jen

[nyt]

MRI takes about 1 hour. They were running about 15 minutes late when I had mine so you should take into account they will probably be a little late. Depending on which airport you fly into the taxi ride is 20-35 minutes, of course, depends on traffic. To take public transportation could take about 1 hour from either airport. If you take a taxi, make sure you go outside the airport and go to the "yellow" cab stands. There are other taxi drivers that come into the airport and ask if you need a taxi. They charge alot more money and take advantage of those with less knowledge that there are standard fares from both airports to get you into specific areas in the city which these other taxi drivers don't do. If they get caught they get in alot of trouble. I scheduled my MRI in the afternoon but I have a friend that works in a building 1 block from Dr. Potter's MRI facility so I just hung out with her while I waited.

[jen9952]

Thank you , I will be arriving at LaGuardia at 7:30 am my appointment is at 9:30 am and my return flight leaves 9:30 pm , so it is going to be a long day!! I still have no idea how I am going to handle the pain ...lots and lots of drugs I guess.

Thanks,
Jen