It was so weird -- I showed up early for my MRI yesterday, and they scanned me early. There I was, scoping the waiting room chairs, and working out how to best nap, and bam! They were dragging me away.
Jayne is a girl's name.
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Natter 36: But We Digress...
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Jun 10, 2005 7:28:23 am PDT #1018 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hil R. - Jun 10, 2005 7:30:09 am PDT #1019 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I've had to have x-rays taken of my hip joints every few years since I was about 14. I generally have to go through an insane amount of "No, I'm really really not pregnant. Yes, I'm absolutely positive about this."
Connie Neil - Jun 10, 2005 7:30:36 am PDT #1020 of 10001
brillig
Has anyone had to get an x-ray recently? Am I supposed to go to the emergency room? Will it be as wildly unpleasant as that time in college when I had to sign forms in triplicate that I wasn't pregnant before they'd treat me?
Did a doctor tell you to get an x-ray or do you just think it's a good idea? If you're going in without a referral, the ER would probably be the best bet, if it's something like, "I just hit my leg very hard against something and I'd like to make sure it's not broken."
Ginger - Jun 10, 2005 7:33:16 am PDT #1021 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
They always ask you if you're pregnant. You have to state why you're sure you're not pregnant. My HMO has checkboxes for things like "Use birth control" but not for "Haven't had sex this century."
§ ita § - Jun 10, 2005 7:34:50 am PDT #1022 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You have to state why you're sure you're not pregnant
Really? I never have.
-t - Jun 10, 2005 7:36:22 am PDT #1023 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, that's why they gave my friend a pregnancy test when she broke her ankle. She broke it falling our of her boyfriend's loft, so the pregnancy test was kind of confusing.
tommyrot - Jun 10, 2005 7:37:48 am PDT #1024 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oh, that's why they gave my friend a pregnancy test when she broke her ankle. She broke it falling our of her boyfriend's loft, so the pregnancy test was kind of confusing.
She fell on top her boyfriend's penis?
-t - Jun 10, 2005 7:40:40 am PDT #1025 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
She fell on top her boyfriend's penis?
Well, no. Which is why we couldn't understand why she needed the test.
shrift - Jun 10, 2005 7:41:00 am PDT #1026 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I'd call your GP or check and see if your insurance has a nurse-advisor number.
IIRC, my doctor's office has a triage nurse. I'll try that when I'm done eating lunch.
It's not that much of a hassle, but perhaps I'm too used to it.
Perhaps it might be a good time to mention that my aversion to hospitals and doctors borders on the pathological.
In college they always think you're pregnant.
And for guys, it's STDs. I remember this one classmate of mine -- he went to the health center, they tried to tell him he had VD, so he went to the real hospital, and they told him he had a bad case of food poisoning. To which I responded, "What, you were having an orgy with a raw chicken carcass?"
Did a doctor tell you to get an x-ray or do you just think it's a good idea?
I don't think it's a good idea. But a former-nurse coworker of mine just gave me a lecture and the stinkeye, and pretty much ordered me to go get an x-ray right now.
To which I responded, "Can it wait until after lunch? I already paid for it."
Connie Neil - Jun 10, 2005 7:41:12 am PDT #1027 of 10001
brillig
When I was in the hospital and getting lung x-rays, they never asked me if I was pregnant. Actually, I haven't had a doctor ask me that in ages. Huh. Gosh, maybe they're actually looking at charts and expecting me to be intelligent enough to let them know if something that big happens.