Me neither..the idea alone makes me very anxious. I'm doing breathing exercises now I will be asking my doctor for some anti anxiety medication but it might not be enough to 'keep me still'. I guess I just had a bad experience in the past and can't stop thinking it will be even worse this time. My GP was already very irritated with me last time when I told him I was a bit scared. He looked at me like..so what? : )) Last time was more of an emergency situation though so I told myself I had no other choice. Plus to be honest I had no idea it would be that narrow in there. Sometimes it's better to not look up things online.
There is a webpage with all the hospitals in my country that have this new model. Nothing very close to me and apparently there is a long wait list everywhere. Overweight people and people with claustrophobia are given priority. Anxiety aside it is quite impressive that they built an open MRI..and damped the noises. I can only imagine how hard it was for people to get through the procedures when the first MRIs came out and scans took half an hour or longer. I should be thankful that things are much easier now. Maybe I can think of something to reward myself with after its over