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."

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."

You have to state why you're sure you're not pregnant

Really? I never have.

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.

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?

She fell on top her boyfriend's penis?

Well, no. Which is why we couldn't understand why she needed the test.

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."

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.

The last time I had an x-ray, I had to have other tests, too, including a pregnancy test. So, they knew I wasn't pregnant.

When Hubby was in hte hospital last, I was driving out of the parking garage late one night and had to stop as a black cat strolled across the entry way of the garage right in front of me. I'm afraid I yelled at it, something on the order of "Oh, you just stay the hell out of it, OK?" People looked at me funny.

Hee. I would so do that.