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Originally Posted by DeepImpact
When I had my first colonoscopy, I brought the pics home to prove to Wifey that my head's not up there
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Well, we still have to wonder...since your screen ne Is: DEEP impact.
Actually an impacted colon might require surgery.
So..did you tell your doctor: " please go DEEP, give Me pics so I can have an IMPACT on my wife?"
Listen people, when it comes to healthcare, you ARE going to lose not a little dignity...but A LOT of dignity.
I've learned a little humor is needed in certain instances.
My old urologist (who treated my father's prostate cancer...and as my grandfather also had prostate cancer, you betcha he was thorough with me) anyway, one day after the Q&A part asked me to drop trou. As he got ready to "get busy down there" I decided to break the pure monotony that always happened.
Now this man is so straight laced professional you'd think he NEVER even smiles....so I said to him ' I'll show you mine if you show me yours'.
He looked up at me, smiled ear to ear and broke out in a hearty laugh!!
I'd never before saw him smile let alone laugh, and never saw him smile or laugh again.
I was just in the hospital ER just a few days ago.
They wanted a Doppler ultrasound of my legs, as heartbeat in my feet can no longer be felt especially as my Congestive Heart Failure is advancing.
She was working on the inside crease of my hip, pressing hard and trying with the wand unsuccessfully to move er um 'parts' out of the way. As she was pressing too hard on those part in the way, I said ' pause for a minute, and I'll move the monster out of the way'!
I think she laughed the entire rest of the exam! And she had to finish that left leg and then do the right (and again, I moved the monster the other way)
She regained her composure momentarily and said ' here's a towel for you to wipe up with.'
But, I said ' I've learned to have a sense of humor where such things in healthcare are concerned when you lose your dignity'.
She broke up laughing again and was still laughing as she wheeled the machine out of the room!!
OP, as a male I've had all sorts of things you'd never imagine pushed, pulled, inserted and (hopefully) extracted in places you can't imagine in ways you can't imagine.
Develop a sense of humor about it and go about your business
It's "All in a Days Work" to them!
Best