I had to go to the hospital today to get a head CT… of my sinuses.
I realize that doesn’t sound traumatic to you, but I spent an entire twenty minutes in the waiting room playing through the soap opera-esque scenario of getting “the call.”
Obviously it would be a tumor or something totally inoperable. I envisioned my poor motherless children at my funeral and wondered how long Zeb would wait to start dating. (At least fifteen years.) I was lost in this familiar daydream (read: what I do every single time an airplane takes off) when the Radiology Tech called my name.
RT: Robin O’Bryant?
I walked towards her as two nursing students in their bright whites approached us.
Nursing Student to RT: Do you know where they are giving the influenza shots?
RT: I don’t know. They are giving flu shots on the 5th floor. **They could be doing those there too?
Me: *slaps self in face*
This is why every health care encounter I have scares the chit out of me.
Dramatic diagnosis: I have chronic sinus issues. In lieu of flowers, send Mucinex-D.
**This is alarming because flu IS influenza. If you didn’t know that, I forgive you. Unless you are a medical professional and then I do not.
Did they scan your head for the images of your sinus, or your ankle?
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Paula! That happened to me ! It took a year but my smeller came back….annoyed the crap outta me!
So glad you are ok, and oh, oh, how I know this feeling.
This was my February 2011–here, read! Warning: language!
http://enderfem.livejournal.com/2011/02/28/
Not okay. It’s like, one time, I had mono and I just thanked my lucky starts it wasn’t mononucleosis.
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Shared this with my mom who’s worked in the health care industry for decades and one of my besties who is in her senior year of nursing school! I’m sure their going to get a serious hoot out of it! Alabama health care isn’t much less scary! BTW – just bought your second book!!! LOVED the first one – laughed so hard there were tears streaming down my face most of the book!!!! Read half of it to my husband because I’d say, “Hey, listen to this funny part”…then I’d proceed to read pretty much the whole chapter because the funnies never ended!
Thanks Heather!! Please leave an Amazon review of the books if you can! It’s a huge help to me!
Yikes. and Yikes.
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Hilar.
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LOL that’s awesome. and sad. very sad. kinda scary actually… but hey, doesn’t say anywhere medical personal has to be smart. wait… no
Wow…just WOW!