FYI.....LET'S TALK ABOUT BOOBS.
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| NO.....WE WON'T BE TALKING ABOUT "THOSE" BOOBS..... YOU KNOW THOSE MEN THAT THINK WOMEN HAVE IT BETTER THEN THEY DO.....THOSE BOOBS THAT REFUSE TO GO SEE A DOCTOR NO MATTER HOW SICK THEY ARE.....BECAUSE THEY ARE TOUGH... THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TOUGH IS.... NOPE....TALKING ABOUT OUR BOOBS.... THOSE TWO THINGS WE HAVE THAT MAKE IT HARD TO FIND A STRAPLESS BRA THAT WILL ACTUALLY STAY UP WHERE IT BELONGS NO MATTER HOW BIG OR HOW SMALL THOSE BOOBS ARE.... YOU FIND YOURSELF OUT IN PUBLIC AND WONDER WHY PEOPLE YOU ARE TALKING TO ARE STARING AT YOUR CHEST....WHILE YOUR STOMACH SEEMS TO HAVE GROWN A LUMPY INNER TUBE.... BUT THAT WILL BE A STORY FOR ANOTHER TIME... |
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| I'M TALKING ABOUT THIS MACHINE...... THE ONE THAT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR IN A "PANINI PRESS" ONLY YOU COME AWAY WITHOUT THOSE DECORATIVE GRILL MARKS.... WE ALL HAVE TO HAVE IT DONE ONCE A YEAR LIKE CLOCK WORK AND FOR THE MOST PART WE ALL HATE TO GO.... WHO WOULD ENJOY GETTING A BODY PART SQUEEZED IN A VISE..... WELL....MAYBE SOME MEN BUT LET'S NOT GET INTO THAT I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE MAMMOGRAM VERSUS THE ULTRA SOUND.... I HOPE YOU CONTINUE TO READ THIS IF THIS WILL ONLY HELP ONE PERSON FROM GOING THROUGH WHAT I HAD TO GO THROUGH YESTERDAY..... I KNOW I CAN NOT BE ALONE WITH THIS ONE... I WALKED IN TO THE IMAGING CENTER PROMPTLY AT 1:00 P.M. FOR MY SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT.... TO WHICH I TOLD THREE PEOPLE AT THREE DIFFERENT TIMES THAT I WOULD BE BRINGING IN ORDERS FROM MY DOCTOR TO DO AN ULTRASOUND INSTEAD OF THE TYPICAL MAMMOGRAM.. I HAVE A SMALL PROBLEM WITH ONE ARM....IT WILL NOT RAISE SINCE I BLEW OUT MY BICEP MUSCLE....ALONG WITH NASTY SCAR TISSUE AND ALL SORTS OF OTHER ISSUES.. ONE SMALL PROBLEM......THEY SAID NO......NO YOU CAN'T HAVE DONE WHAT THE DOCTOR IS ORDERING.... YOU "MUST" HAVE THE MAMMOGRAM FIRST AND THEN IF WE SEE SOMETHING WRONG THEN YOU CAN HAVE THE ULTRASOUND... WHAT????????? THE OFFICE MANAGER QUICKLY TOOK ME OFF TO THE SIDE LIKE I WAS THERE BEING TREATED FOR LEPROSY AND JUST BEGAN TO APOLOGIZE.....FOR WHAT I DON'T KNOW.... IT SEEMS THE RADIOLOGIST WAS THE ONLY PERSON WHO COULD "APPROVE" OF THIS REQUEST AND THAT IT'S JUST NEVER DONE.... EVER..... OH THEY TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO ME ONCE AGAIN ABOUT GETTING IT DONE FIRST AND THEN HAVING THE ULTRASOUND... THEY SUGGESTED I ONLY HAVE THE NON-INJURED SIDE DONE LEAVING THE OTHER BOOB OUT IN THE COLD.... I HAD TO MAKE THIS APPOINTMENT ON THIS SPECIFIC DAY AND TIME BECAUSE "MR RADIOLOGIST" WAS ONLY THERE ON TUESDAYS....AND ONCE AGAIN THIS BOOB WAS THE FINAL SAY.... OF COURSE "SAID BOOB" WAS OUT TO LUNCH BETWEEN 1:00 AND 2:00 AND MY APPOINTMENT WAS AT 1:00.... SO THEY HAVE ME COOLING MY HEELS OR SHOULD I SAY BOOBS IN THEIR LITTLE PRE-WAITING ROOM TO SEE WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DECIDE. AT WHICH POINT I SAID TO THEM.... "ISN'T HAVING AN ULTRASOUND BETTER THEN HAVING NOTHING AT ALL?" I MEAN YOUR READY TO HAVE ME WALK OUT BECAUSE THE MAMMOGRAM IS MUCH BETTER THEN AN ULTRASOUND DESPITE THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE THE MAMMOGRAM FIRST AND THEN "IF" THERE IS A PROBLEM...... THEY FOLLOW UP WITH AN ULTRASOUND..... THIS MADE NO SENSE TO ME AT ALL.... NOW I KNOW THAT I HAVE DISCUSSED THIS WITH JERSEY NUNZE AND SHE GETS THE ULTRASOUND SO I KNEW THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE.... I E-MAILED MY LAWYER-ON-RETAINER.....THE DAUGHTER ASKING HER ADVISE... GET NAMES....ALWAYS GET NAMES.... I FELT LIKE GEORGE KELLERMAN IN THE "OUT OF TOWNERS" I WAS READY TO GO HOME AND PROMPTLY REPORT EVERYONE INVOLVED..... ONCE I ASKED FOR THE NAME OF MR RADIOLOGY THINGS SEEMED TO HAVE CHANGED.....A LOT OF APOLOGIZES FROM THE STAFF AND THE WORD CAME OUT THAT YES THEY WOULD DO WHAT "I" WANTED AND THEY WOULD "ALLOW" ME TO HAVE AN ULTRASOUND.... LIKE THEY WERE DOING ME A PERSONAL FAVOR... AT WHICH TIME..... BEING JERSEY SNARKY....... I POINTED OUT THAT IT WAS NOT ME WHO WANTED THIS DONE IT WAS DOCTORS ORDERS.... |
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| THREE HOURS LATER...... I HAD ONE BOOB SQUEEZED IN THE MAMMO MACHINE..... AND THE OTHER ONE SAVED BY THE GENTLE MASSAGE OF THE ULTRASOUND MACHINE.... THEY GOT PERFECT READINGS ON BOTH AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY EVERYTHING IS FINE....IT WAS MY LUCKY DAY BECAUSE MR. RADIOLOGY WAS ABLE TO TELL ME RIGHT AWAY THAT ALL WAS WELL.....SEE YOU NEXT YEAR! SO NEXT TIME YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME INVASIVE TEST DONE AND THERE IS SOME REASON WHY YOU CAN'T....DON'T HAVE ANYONE TELL YOU IT CAN'T BE DONE......CAUSE A FUSS.....ASK FOR NAMES... TALK LOUD SO OTHER PEOPLE IN THE WAITING AREA CAN HEAR YOU... GET ON YOUR CELL PHONE WITH A FRIEND OR RELATIVE AND AGAIN COMPLAIN LOUDLY..... BUT DON'T HAVE SOME STRANGER TELL YOU WHAT YOU "HAVE TO HAVE DONE".... IF YOU FEEL IT JUST ISN'T RIGHT FOR YOU.... THERE SEEMS TO ALWAYS BE AN ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION.... YOU JUST MIGHT HAVE TO FIGHT FOR IT.... AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ON THE SUBJECT..... |
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| AND I JUST THREW IN THIS PICTURE BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT A MAN WOULD LOOK LIKE IN OUR POSITION..... PRETTY PITIFUL DON'T YOU THINK..... KEEP HEALTHY OUT THERE LADIES!! |
Comments
On a personal note: I always crack up when I get my mammo because 1) I'm short and 2) gravity has played a cruel trick on my upper torso. So it is always interesting how the nurse technician has to get me and my "upper torso" at the right height and angle to get good pictures! She's usually exhausted when she's done with me! LOL just sayin...
I could write a book on hospital/doctor/health insurance procedures, rules and regulations. So much for patient care and 'stress, the silent killer.' :/
I'm sorry you had to experience so much aggravation to find out all is well.
I'm with you, NEVER settle on what some employee who doesn't want to take ownership of a situation or unable to think outside the box tells you.
Your Friend,
Deborah
FairfieldHouseNJ.com
Glad your results were all fine. That's the important part! ~ Sarah
You are one hilarious chickie... Loved the post and I'm glad to hear your girls are just fine...
xoxoxox
Spencer
Love,
Sue
Only you could turn what sounds like a pain in the __s situation into something so funny. Sometimes the blinders that people wear kill me. Thank you for the laugh and I am glad you are OK until next year.
hugs,
Donna