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SpitFire
Depends on what day of the week it is!
posted by
bwFrampton
on July 4, 2005 at 12:23 AM
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Brimstone,
Yeah, but do they send the physician in, or a shrink?
posted by
SpitFire70
on July 3, 2005 at 12:41 PM
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SpitFire...
I start singing once I have waited more than five minutes in the exam room. Loudly and offkey - (okay, loudly on purpose - offkey, I cannot help).
It really doesn't take much longer after that!
posted by
bwFrampton
on July 2, 2005 at 9:00 PM
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Timmy,
I hear ya. I wouldn't go to the doctor when I was almost positve I had an ulcer back in 1997. I waited til I was doubled over in pain (where the hell did the term "doubled over" come from anyway??) So, like, yeah. It takes a lot for me to go, too. But now I just have one question for ya, Timmy. Why do you wear those paper dresses around the house? Ooops. Sowwy. I suppose I wasn't supposed to make that public.
posted by
SpitFire70
on July 2, 2005 at 5:13 PM
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Krisles,
SSSSHHHHHH!!!! Not so loud! Everyone may hear you say that and then my reputation is ruined!
posted by
SpitFire70
on July 2, 2005 at 5:10 PM
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kingmi,
Well, that makes me feel a bit better. Yow. I was feeling some sympathy pains for ya there!
posted by
SpitFire70
on July 2, 2005 at 5:09 PM
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Spitfire
(
hack)(hack) Thanks...I knew you were really a reasonble woman behind that wild-eyed look!
posted by
Krisles
on July 2, 2005 at 5:08 PM
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krisles,
Sorry 'bout that chokehold thang. You can breathe now, right? K, so I get a bit pissy when anyone tries to make sense out of my rants.
Far be it for me to get too serious, but just for a second, lemme say that , yeah, I actually do understand to a degree (damn, this is gonna ruin my post here) but I run an animal hospital and though it's not exactly the same as a human facility, I know emergencies come up and certain clients ask a gazillion questions and go on and on and on about stuff and that, in turn, holds up the waiting patients. So, yup, I get ya. BUT, at least we don't make our patients wear paper dresses. We just stick stuff up their butts. So, HA!
posted by
SpitFire70
on July 2, 2005 at 5:06 PM
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Spit, Sorry, what I meant to say was, I wouldn't touch that one with a...
but I was distracted...LOL
posted by
kingmi
on July 2, 2005 at 5:03 PM
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Actually, kingmi,
it sounded kinda painful.
posted by
SpitFire70
on July 2, 2005 at 5:00 PM
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mary,
That's exactly what they do! I swear it
has to be!
posted by
SpitFire70
on July 2, 2005 at 4:59 PM
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SPITFIRE
See? That's where guys have it all figured out. We get teased for things like not asking for directions and the like. I won't go see a doctor unless I am dying. And, since that is the case, I get whisked away to the hospital in a speeding ambulance where I am admitted right away and get to see more than one doctor at a time!! No paper dresses (at first) either!!
posted by
TIMMYTALES
on July 2, 2005 at 4:59 PM
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Oh, Ariala,
You know you'll never join the herd and you know it. The only reason I do is cause, well, I had to. But, only for necessary medical reasons!! Otherwise, no friggin' way!
posted by
SpitFire70
on July 2, 2005 at 4:58 PM
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Aw, comon now, Taps.
You know you love that paper dress!
posted by
SpitFire70
on July 2, 2005 at 4:56 PM
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katray,
yeah, guilt sometimes works wonders!! I once asked a doctor if
I could keep this fasionable attire cause I had a party to attend that night.
posted by
SpitFire70
on July 2, 2005 at 4:55 PM
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SpitFire70
I think it must be safe to say none of y'all have ever worked in a doctor's office! Dang! With the impossibility of timing how long each appointment will take because of the folks who will ask a kazillion questions and who don't listen, etc., etc....and the emergencies that come up with the sick kids and sick parents that we all want to have squeezed in...and the folks in the hospital that the nursing stations call about and phone calls from pharmacies with questions that have to be answered..and insurance companies and other doctors on consults...so, do you really want to add the extra time everyone would have to wait if we all got to sit out in the more comfortable waiting room until the exact moment when the doctor would be available to go into the exam room to bring you in and put you into a nice comfortable gown...and pay the price for the fewer patients....
xxxxxxxxxxx...help....(spitfire just put a gag on me for ruining her nice rant with reason and the other side of the story and all thatxxxxxxxxxx)(One quick hint while I have her overpowered: call before you even leave your workplace to see how far behind the doc is running...)
posted by
Krisles
on July 2, 2005 at 4:53 PM
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Rach,
No, silly! You should be wearing your own clothes in the "real office!" But, what do ya do while waiting in the paper gown in the exam room? I find lots of stuff to entertain myself. Well, not lots, but
something! I also tend to notice how white my skin looks under those damn bright white lights. Always makes me wanna run out of there and hit the beach or a tanning salon!
posted by
SpitFire70
on July 2, 2005 at 4:51 PM
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Brimstone,
Sounds interesting. Need a bit more detail here, though. What is it exactly that you
do?
posted by
SpitFire70
on July 2, 2005 at 4:48 PM
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sf, uh-oh. I plea the 10 foot pole. Ooops!
That didn't sound right either.
posted by
kingmi
on July 2, 2005 at 4:47 PM
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spitfire,
ew, but it wouldn't surprise me. The cold, clinical atmosphere is very much: "We are the authority, we have clothes. You, you naked worm, are our lab rat." They don't listen well, either. Something in med school must short circuit their ears.
posted by
Blanche.
on July 2, 2005 at 4:47 PM
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kingmi,
Shifting and shifting is correct, but add all the other mischief I get into in there when left alone...unsupervised. hehe
posted by
SpitFire70
on July 2, 2005 at 4:44 PM
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mary,
I can understand it at the gynocologist, but when ya go to the doc for like, headaches or something? Come on! I think they just do it to mock us. Like, a people watching study. I bet they have little hidden cameras in the exam rooms just to see what we're doing. Like lab rats. Yeah, that's it.
posted by
SpitFire70
on July 2, 2005 at 4:43 PM
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blackcat,
I don't think I'd want my doctor in a paper dress while examining me even if it would make it fair. Eeeew. Oh, and just one question, um, are you saying dental hygenists and dentists
don't make you undress? Uh-oh.
posted by
SpitFire70
on July 2, 2005 at 4:41 PM
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Flight,
I know! It's crazy! But, I avoid my doctors for other reasons on top of this one!
posted by
SpitFire70
on July 2, 2005 at 4:38 PM
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Yup, Passion, it is.
And we play it cause we have no other choice....and they know it.
posted by
SpitFire70
on July 2, 2005 at 4:37 PM
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Spitfire, you're right...I'll have to join the herd soon...
posted by
Ariala
on July 2, 2005 at 4:36 PM
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BAM,
That's too funny! Good for you!
posted by
SpitFire70
on July 2, 2005 at 4:36 PM
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Ariala,
That's cool and all, but seriously, you can't do your own sonograms, x-rays, and blood tests for yourself. I hope you at least go to a doc when that's needed! (Or
can you do them for yourself?)
posted by
SpitFire70
on July 2, 2005 at 4:32 PM
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I can't laugh right now, Spitfire. Its been too short a time since I was there. I haven't yet got over the shock. LOL
posted by
TAPS.
on July 2, 2005 at 4:18 PM
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Perfect descriptions Spitfire
That lonely feeling of vunerability is terrible; I've had panic attacks in those exam. rooms! Made the doc. feel a little guilty for taking so long though, so it wasn't all bad. ;)
posted by
Katray2
on July 1, 2005 at 10:23 PM
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LOL
Well, I don't follow the herd in that I won't go into the real office with the paper gown still on. Nope, if I gotta go in there, I'll at least be wearing my own clothes!
posted by
RachelAnna
on July 1, 2005 at 9:24 PM
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SpitFire
To be true, I don't think I wait all that long...see, I'm an "awkward moment singer" and as vocally poor and loudly offkey as the worst airport lounge lizard in history.
Try it. I'm telling you, it works!
posted by
bwFrampton
on July 1, 2005 at 9:05 PM
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Spitfire, Now I have that image of youin the waiting room,all that paper
shifting and shifting. LOL
posted by
kingmi
on July 1, 2005 at 8:56 PM
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spitfire,
that damned paper gown is drafty, and who can read magazines with yo business hanging out like that, especially if you're going to have a more up close and personal exam.
posted by
Blanche.
on July 1, 2005 at 8:19 PM
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spitfire...
ROFL at the comment about sitting on the paper that's like deli paper! Thanks for that laugh! Yeah doctors are the worst... I think they should have to wear that stupid paper dress thing while they examine us! They rank right up there with the dental hygenists that ask you a question at the same second they put that suction tube in your mouth. But at least we're still fully dressed there!
posted by
-blackcat
on July 1, 2005 at 8:19 PM
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This is hilariously factual! Thus, no herd mentality here. Even my doctor is amused at my excuses for not seeing her more than once a year...if that. (May avoidance always be possible.)
posted by
reasons
on July 1, 2005 at 8:17 PM
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Behinda--You milked the bastard??? LMAO
Spitfire....It's IS a silly little game they expect us to play, isn't it?
posted by
Passionflower
on July 1, 2005 at 8:10 PM
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Guilty as charged - Mooo, MOOO, following the heard...with a twist...
Had an appointment with a doctor. He allowed me only 4 minutes of his time. I timed him, because I was already po'd that HE was 20 minutes late for MY appointment. 4 friggin' minutes - $125.00.
So three months later, I played a little game. This time HE was only 10 minutes late for MY appointment. Instead of telling him, "...things are fine, meds are grate, now sign the damn refill," I mumbled on about pictures on his walls, asked him if anyone ever told him he looked like Steve Martin, and milked the bastard for an extra 20 minutes.
posted by
behindamask
on July 1, 2005 at 8:07 PM
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Spit, I don't...I self-diagnose, use homeopathy and avoid doctors as much
as I can.
posted by
Ariala
on July 1, 2005 at 7:59 PM
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