MRI scan small bowel

Hi,saw my consultant yesterday and he is booking me in for a MRI scan of small bowel as he thinks the pain I've been getting might be due to a small blockage or thickening
But in true form the day I went to see him had no symptoms or pain typical,did say that I had been on soft/liquid diet got a few weeks and had just started eating more normal food as he felt better so now have to wait for appointment
Has anyone had one of these before and are they good at finding what's up ie inflammation and other things
Didn't realize you had to drink so much stuff before you have it done then be injected with dye
Hope I can stay still long enough

Thought it might haven't got a date yet but will keep you upto date with things
Sounds like things are changing in my insides

I had the MRI about a year ago. The GI wanted to do it since I was having pain in my upper left abdomen. So he did a full bowel series with an MRI.  The MRI itself was fine - I had to lie on my stomach so that took away the clausterphobia I get when in those things since I could look out.

But it was the 4 bottles of barium I had to drink beforehand that sucked.  I think I had to drink a bottle every 20 mins or something.  Impossible.  Then they injected something in me to slow down my digestive system.  The injected some dye in me too about 1/2 way through the scan.  The worse part was that the stuff they put in me to slow everything down made all that barium sit in my stomach. It ended up coming out all over the floor of the entryway of some admin-type building at Mayo. I feel sorry for the janitor that was on duty that day!