Today, I had a chest X-ray. I thought everything was okay, that is until the tech gasped slightly and muttered, "Mother of God." I asked him what was wrong, and he kept insisting he had no idea what I was talking about. Now I'm so upset I can't even sleep. 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 went to the hospital for a scan. The tech went wide-eyed and stared at his screen in horror before realizing I could see him. He wouldn't tell me what he saw, apparently only my doctor is allowed to do that. So now I have to wait for god knows how long to get my results back. FML
Today, I went to get an ultrasound of my reproductive system done because I was having some abdominal pain. Everything was fine until the tech suddenly gasped and said, "Oh my God! You have two uteruses! Want me to print off a picture so you can show them off to your friends?" FML
Today, I woke up my friend and had him take me to the ER. I had trouble breathing and my chest hurt, so the doctor put me on an EKG and took X-rays. I had strained my chest lifting weights at the gym earlier that day and pulled a muscle, and now thanks to my massive anxiety I have a $700 hospital bill. FML
Today, I told my dad to go to the doctor, as he’s been hacking his lungs up every minute for a month, and I've not had a decent night’s sleep since then. He insists he’s not sick, and my mom yelled at me because she sleeps in the same room and is able to sleep through it. FML
Today, I learned I'm claustrophobic by having a raging oh-god-I'm-gonna-fucking-die panic attack while I was stuck inside an MRI scanner. FML
Today, I woke up with chest pain. It hurt just to breathe, but my parents made me go to school anyway. We're now sitting in the emergency room. FML
Today, my doctor told me to take off my pants so she could do a checkup. When I took them off, she gasped. When I asked what was wrong, she said she was expecting something else. She thought I was a dude. FML
Today, I went to see a doctor because I have been feeling of pressure in my chest. After running numerous tests, I was told I was perfectly healthy and had nothing to worry about. I made it as far as the front door before I collapsed and had to be rushed to the hospital. FML
Today, I went to the doctor's because I could feel something solid in my breasts, and I wanted to get it checked, just to be safe. Turns out it was my ribs. Oops. FML
Today, I went to get an MRI for preventive care. The diagnosis was great, but I ended up having complications with the contrast, so now I have terrible muscle pain and have to see more doctors. I have mixed feelings. FML
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DocBastard 40
Actually, he can't say jack shit to him. He's a tech - his job is to take the X-ray, not to interpret it. It would be ethically reprehensible for the tech to tell him anything. It's just as wrong for the tech to say what he did.
DocBastard 40
Wow, the amount of ignorance swirling around here is staggering. You're all wrong. The tech is not supposed to say anything, so no one got trolled. And the amount of radiation from a chest X-ray is 0.1 mSv, or the same radiation you're exposed to just living for 10 days.
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Comments (274)
Carrikins 8
Metal boob job?
killaKT 2
When do you get your results
thedavidharrison 0
Why did this get so many thumbs down? Okay so if something us horribly wrong, would you rather have a tech not tell you, then you go home like nothing wrong and then die from whatever is wrong with your chest. Or would you rather have the tech tell you that theres a problem so you can see a doctor and get it fixed?
charmanderCHAR 5
It got thumbs down because OP is an idiot for not being adult and going to a higher source of power, and demanding to know why that twat of a tech said what he said. I would be furious.
rightside5 2
Either he has a sick sense of humor, or you better demand answers.
TungstenLildog 10
Report the tech to the other people in the facility. he was obviously not supposed to say that!
PlaySpades 21
You really shouldn't have to be in the medical field to know that tech isn't the same thing as doctor.
random1st 2
I think OP is a little worried and maybe thought he heard it but the technician was just saying something else like sweet man your good or something and interpreted as something else
aileen15 15
techs are not aloud to tell u they'll get In trouble big time when I had a ultrasound of my tummy for pain I asked him if everything was ok he said I can't tell u the doctor will n turned out everything was ok which was stupid but it's pretty ****** up the tech gasped and said that I'd be dead worried too what a dbag! sorry OP
jmcgirl 3
It's not up to the technician to make a diagnosis -they are just there to provide info to a dr who makes an informed diagnosis. Maybe he just said that cos he ate some bad sushi. Coulda been so many other reasons to say that.
zenrael 21
Maybe he wasn't commenting on u but was on fml while administering the x rays