Sharon, although your upright position was more natural, I'm sure it was mortifying (all of this is mortifying!) Yes, TE Marie, it was very messy. They gave me brown paper towels to clean up. Really? I told them they need to have scented baby wipes available although, you're right, a shower would have been indicated. Then when I took my gown off to throw in the hamper, I must have accidentally swiped it on the wall because I had to clean that up, too. Just when I didn't think it could get any worse. I'm sorry people were in there with you for your test. I can honestly say, being alone is no picnic either. I didn't hear my tech's voice through the earphones for at least 20 minutes. I started to panic that he had a heart attack or something at the controls and that I would be in that MRI machine forever until someone came and found me. BTW, my surgeon said there was mild pelvic dysfunction, nothing beyond normal limits. He also said that the techs told him that I must have a stricture because I couldn't push all of the gel out. He laughed and said he knows I don't because he just examined me. Had I been more nervy, I would have asked him why the hell I had to have that test. Inconclusive results and results he poo pooed.