Today, I had to X-ray an 81 year old lady. The clothes she was wearing would show up on the X-ray so I had to make her change into a gown. I found out the hard way that 81 year olds still go commando. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I asked a guy to change into a gown for an X-ray exam. I asked him to leave his underwear on, everything else off. Apparently he was going commando, as he left skid marks on my table when the exam was over. FML
Today, I found out my grandmother doesn't wear underwear when she bent over in front of me in her inappropriately short nightgown. FML
Today, I was installing TVs in a hospital. When I knocked on a door, a female voice asked me to come in. I opened the door to see an 80 year old woman standing in front of me, naked. She then complained when I hesitated to help her to put some clothes on. FML
Today, my 76 year-old mother-in-law stayed the night at our house. I bumped into her on the way to the bathroom during the night. She discovered I sleep naked. Sadly, I found out that she does, too. FML
Today, I had to explain to my 65-year-old mother that it is inappropriate for her to walk around in front of me in her underwear. Her response? "Too bad." FML
Today, my boyfriend and I went to see his 72-year-old mom who just had minor surgery on her abdomen. When we asked how she was healing, she lifted up her nightgown to show us a bruise near her belly button. She wasn't wearing any underwear. FML
Today, I worked in a clinic as a intern. A nurse was called to dry a woman's hair. I followed her, trying to be a good intern. After the nurse was done, the 72 year old woman took off her bathrobe. While looking at me she sat down, her legs wide open. And, yes, she knew she was naked. FML
Today, at work I had to convince an 80 year-old mental patient that she's not Ke$ha and that she really has to put her clothes back on. FML
Today, I turned around after loading the washing machine to discover my husband's 89-year-old grandmother dropping her pants. She looked at me and said, "I hope you don't mind but when you got to go, you got to go." She then sat down on the toilet and let out a loud, long fart. FML
Today, I saw my 89 year-old grandmother naked. She just moved in with us and apparently, she has an "open door policy." FML
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HorsingAround 0
hahahahaha i feel you.. im an xray tech too and old people love to be naked in front of us .. i really dont get it
ohhoho 2
@3: The OP didn't have to watch her change. Go look up how a hospital gown works. It's a giant loose garment that ties together at the neck at the back. There's a giant open slit from there on down. OP, grow up. I work with seniors in both my work and my volunteer job. When people get old and alot of them do not care what others think of them anymore. Sometimes I admire their freeness from self conciousness. This is not a FML.
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Tootsiee 0
The fact that you were watching her is disturbing. Glad my grandmother's won't be coming to you, I'd had to chop off your short leg.
Linesksc 0
Umm I'm pretty sure I'm calling fake on this one. Going into this kinda profession you know that your going to see people at the well, 'worst times'. I'm pretty sure that the professional thing to do would be to leave the room while the patient gets undressed, and another thing, they act like this over some poor old lady getting changed, I would really hate to see them if they had to x-ray something really gross, like someone who has been maimed or has a grotesque injury that needs to be x-rayed or scanned. Really, you need to get another job because your clearly not cut out for it.
chibikari 0
Not iTouch. iPod Touch! I know I hate correcting people but it's because this guy I know makes me say iPod Touch. iPod Touch FTW!!!
CallMeHush 1
I call mine an ITouch also, I paid the money for it, I'll call it Dave if I want to. Just saying.
vgman88 4
mlia
MidgetMonster 0
lmao@perdix
TurtleHabitat 0
mine is called iTurtle
Loserly 0
Anything metal will show up on x-ray, as well as thick materials like denim. #55, nice try, but you're actually very wrong. The radiological TECHNOLOGIST is the correct term for the person who takes the x-rays. This is a real professional term, because we are professionals. Technician implies someone who would work on the x-ray machine, not a person who takes x-rays on patients. The Radiologist will NOT take x-rays of patients normally unless they are being seen for a fluoroscopic procedure. Routine x-rays are taken by technologists, and OP could possibly be a student in the field. Newsflash for OP, there are much worse things than seeing the genitalia of the elderly if you're going into this field. It's almost an everyday occurrence when working in places like the ED and OR. Just wait until you learn how to do a barium enema.
Loserly 0
Also, I doubt OP was watching her change. Some positions in radiography require patients to be laying down and lift their legs up. There is even a view where the central ray of the x-ray beam is centered right at the genitalia. This view is done on patients who sometimes are straight from surgery and not wearing any undergarments. You have to be pretty professional about this stuff and not get freaked out like that over OMG nudity?!?!
Loserly 0
Also, OP was not watching the patient change. There are procedures that require patients to lay on their backs and lift their leg while wearing a hospital gown. There is one post surgery procedure that is centered directly at the genitalia to see the hip joint on patients straight from the OR who are not wearing any undergarments. You have to grow up and be professional about it and not freak out over OMG NUDITY!?!?!