No MRI with new tattoos?

I have had a new set of symptoms crop up that have gradually been getting worse. I saw my neurosurgeon, he wanted to do steroids but they make me super sick and make my blood sugar skyrocket which makes me feel like I have the flu. So he ordered an MRI. The soonest the hospital could do was a month out. I went to have my MRI today and they asked the standard questions… then the question “when was your last tattoo?” It caught me off guard but it was about 2 weeks ago. She said. “Well we can’t do the MRI today. It has to be at least 6 weeks old before you can do the MRI.” I was flabbergasted. I’ve never heard this before. I have tons of tattoos, and no stranger to MRIs either with 6 back surgeries under my belt. I did some searching and from the majority of what I read, that it’s not actually a problem anymore and the only thing that’s likely to happen is slight discomfort, if that. So… 4 more weeks until the MRI and then probably another week or more for the follow up. Meanwhile my symptoms just keep getting worse. Has anyone else had this problem?