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Alexa Mikhail

This mom’s whole body MRI scan revealed a potentially life-threatening 'ticking time bomb'

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Sarah Blackburn was one of many who jumped in on the hype to get a full-body MRI. The test as a preventative screening tool has been gaining popularity in recent years. Many already healthy individuals take the scan hoping to be reassured that nothing is out of the ordinary. But Blackburn had quite the opposite experience. 

“I had a full-body MRI just for fun. No symptoms whatsoever,” Blackburn says in a viral TikTok video about her experience earlier this year. “Now I am scheduled to have an organ removed in two weeks.” 

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