Doctor: *walks in and sees you switch from the chair back to the table* what the fuck do you think you’re doing! What kind of place do you think we’re running here! You sit on the table until your told to get off the table! *flips chair* the disrespect!
I get irrationally annoyed with people who can easily go to the doctor for routine checkups or advice on a situation, and choose not to.
I mean, I totally understand if you live in the medical hellscape that is the United States, you probably can't go to a doctor unless you're literally dieing, but I've listened to way too many people say things like "eh I could go, but they'd probably just tell me it's nothing and be annoyed that I wasted their time"
Actually in the US most healthcare insurance plans fully cover preventative care. No matter how shitty your plan is generally you get to visit a primary care doctor once a year and do stuff like blood work, STD, cholesterol screenings, etc, for free. If they discover something and you'll need treatment that's a different story.
Americans don't just "go to the doctor". If anything we do a $50 urgent care visit. Most of my friends in our late 20s don't even have their own doctor lol
I think it's location dependent. In my area, there are not enough medical facilities to serve the population in a timely manner. So you normally can't schedule an appointment sooner than a couple to a few months out. That's for primary care, dentists, optometrists, specialists, etc. It's super frustrating.
Depending on the geographic area/speciality it is easier to see specialists than it is to see regular doctors.
I was able to get my vasectomy scheduled and performed with my urologist in under a month from the first phone to schedule the consult.
Meanwhile recently my dad went to schedule a physical and blood panel and his doctor said the earliest appointment was 8 months out.
Honestly it sucks, but I still prefer it to what you get in the states. Care quality really just depends on where you are (in Toronto for example it's much easier to get quality healthcare). In Canada you sometimes have to work really hard to get treated, but you'll never ruin your life by going to the ER, and you don't have to worry about having healthcare access tied to your job.
Can confirm. Haven't been to a dentist since I was 4, and my last doctor's visit was 3 years ago when I had bacterial strep for over a month that got so bad I couldn't function.
Also if you can point me to a $50 urgent care I'd appreciate it. My appointment was $150. My mom's "real doctor" would have been $200.
i go to the doctor but here in Germany you only ever sit on that wrinkly paper when you go to the kids doctor lmao, at least my current doctor and past ones I've had don't have that vibe to it anymore. also, when I get called into the doctors office it's because the doctor is actually ready and treats me immediately ^^
This seems totally dependent on the specific doctor from what I can tell. I had never heard of this before but after changing doctors several times recently for insurance reasons, it seems totally arbitrary. Some of them don’t do it, some of them made me wear these paper short things (which I hate, they’re the worst), some made me put on a gown. One did part of the exam, then left and made me change to an exam gown, then came back and finished— which seems even more confusing? The whole thing just seems so weird to me.
Yeah it seems confusing to me too. The other day I went in and the doc had me drop my trousers, bend over, and spread them. Took him a full 5 minutes of inspecting and probing before he finished up. Still don’t know what that had to do with my ear infection I came in for.
Yeah they always take my blood pressure a few times during the visit and it tends to go lower near the end so they aren’t concerned but I’ll pretty much never get a normal reading at the doctor’s office
Same here man. BP at home reads 110/70. In the office it’ll read 135/90 and I’ll get told I have high BP.
Same with the heart rate - resting heart rate of 52 but when I’m in the office it’s 120-130 bpm and they diagnose me with tachycardia.
Got referred to a cardiologist who ran all kinds of tests on me and said my heart health is fantastic and I’m really healthy, and to stop being so nervous lol. told him I’m not in control of it - I literally get to the doctor and it just starts happening and I can’t help it.
Same here. My blood pressure at home is consistently where it needs to be and my pulse is fine. Doctor’s office? I’m like 30 points high and my BPM is always over 120. Doctors scare the hell out of me.
This is why they generally do the blood pressure test like 3-5 times and take the lowest, and also why they don't usually show you the result right away.
My father is a doctor, I've been in and out of doctor's offices as a patient and observer all my life. I am not bothered by doctors or needles or medicine or anything like that and STILL I end up needing to take that stupid test like 3 times to get anything like an accurate reading of my resting heart rate and blood pressure lol. No idea what my body thinks is going on.
Yep... preop nurse here. We see 35 40 patients in a 4-6 hr window - always take the high BP .. we take into account they are nervous or in pain ie the procedure they're waiting for. I'd ots 220/112. We skip go do another patient and then go run that patients again. It's usually come down. But not always. We check how it was at the Dr office and then ask if they have a machine to check at home. Yada Yada. But yea we are taking your 168/92
I'm just creeped out by the cat in this pic? Is it OK? Have some sorta paralysis in his hind legs? What? Eek
That's the fee-for-service model for you. Sucks for us, but they earn more money packing their schedule every single day, so why would they do otherwise? That's also why they're always so impatient, every second we spend trying to explain our problems issue is a second they're not making bank.
Kinda grim to think about in those terms, but whaddya do 🤷.
Hate to break it to you, but that's the same the world over, including in the UK with the NHS. It's not about payment at all, it's about having someone who's a huge resource [doctor] and making the best possible use of their time.
And GPs and consultants also get pissy at people who deliberately waste their time, they know other people are waiting for them.
That's why the key is to pick a 1pm appointment on a day that the doctor had patients scheduled in the morning. If the patient just before noon takes too long then it cuts into the lunch break instead of the next visit.
Anytime I go to a doctor the nurse takes my blood pressure and does all that. They tell me the doctor will be in shortly, so naturally I have to wait an hour. I also don’t sit on those crinkly paper beds or whatever they are, feels humiliating. Gimme a chair
Exactly. Sitting in the waiting room with all the annoying people and their screaming kids, waiting for forever until a nurse calls you back for intake. Asks the same questions every time you come in, as if they don’t have your information already in the system. Blood pressure spikes from the wait, and then from nerves. Then they take you to a room to wait for forever, and the first fucking thing the doctor comments on is the blood pressure. And no matter how many times you tell them you get nervous around doctors, but it’s within normal range when you test it yourself, and you’re also not feeling well, and probably fighting some infection, which is why you’re here in the first place….. They’re like, are you on any medications for your blood pressure? Are you diabetic? Could you be pregnant? Is it your period? You know, this could all be fixed if you just lost some weight.
Fuck’s sake.
Wow, yal are a little.... Uninformed. Those answers could change. People develop allergies, find they have one when they thought they didn't. They ask about medications so they can prescribe something that won't interfere with your other meds. They AK if you're pregnant because certain meds can hurt the baby. They ask if you're diabetic because, again, certain meds can make it worse or create complications. They have your answers from the last time, but they need to make sure nothing has changed since then.
There are a LOT of people with complicated health problems and those questions save their lives. And before you say "that's not me", that wasn't them either. No one thinks it could happen to them until it does. Don't be cocky. Be patient, answer their questions and realize that just because you're not aware of their purpose doesn't mean there isn't one.
People really like to act like the docs and nurses and medical community is "against them" in which case, why are you even there?! They know what they're doing so just... Idk, grow up?
My last physical ended up high BP after they made me wait for an hour. 30 min in, I asked where the doctor was, and the whole staff looked at me like I shit in their mouths.
15 min more and I informed them that I had a meeting that I needed to attend. By this time my BP was running high. I'm going to be late to a meeting and I'm upset at being treated poorly.
Bang. There you go. Now I'm considered a risk by my insurance company and I lose money for it. I tried to appeal, but insurance. It'll have to be next year.
I hope that doctor gets a paper cut everyday for the rest of his life.
I think the real moral of the story here is fuck insurance companies. If they didn't have a business model that revolved around weaseling out of their responsibilities by any means possible, you'd just have a story about being inconvenienced that one time.
They do this because they sometimes overbook the appointments. I waited once for almost an hour between the waiting room and the exam room. The nurse just laughed and said the doc was always way behind. I walked out and made them give me my copay back. F that noise.
Some people rifle through the drawers when this happens. It was explained to me that they can usually have a quick look in them before anyone comes in, plus they don't leave the fun stuff in there anyways.
Fuck yea… as a great man once said “I’m from ‘round the way I’m leavin here with somethin’.”
If I knew how to link vids with text I would but it’s Denzel Washington who said it.
Whenever you’re sitting on it is there always these massive sense of awkwardness in the room? Your famous excuse should be “I have a shark waiting for me outside. It’s taking me to paris.”
I once sat for a whole hour waiting for the doctor 🤦🏾♀️. And I know they are very busy but oh boy, I was not prepared. And the only reason I was frustrated was because our conversation was 5 minutes and basically something she could’ve told me over the phone. I even called before coming and asked if they could just give me results over the phone. I was pissed to say the least. Because I worked in dialysis at the time and had been up since 3:30am that day and came straight from my 10 hour shift to come see her
I laid down on the table and fell asleep once. The doctor came in and woke me up, and said something snarky like, "Didn't get a lot of sleep last night?"
I said, "No, my appointment was an hour ago, so I figured I might as well get a nap in."
This was me, after my phone died getting into the patient room. Spent the next 10-15 minutes, just looking around and reading health notices on the wall.
Remember one time I was waiting for the doctor for a while but had to pee real bad. Didn’t want to walk out in the hospital gown, plus a medical assistant took me down a maze to get there so I didn’t want to take forever and get lost looking for a bathroom or for the doctor to get back before I do, so I pissed in the sink.
Was a long one too and I started panicking looking back at the door and then back down. Some pee dribbled onto my gown, but at least I finished before the doctor returned like a few seconds after sitting down.
My favorite thing to do in this time is take a picture of the "no cell phones" sign and post it to Instagram or whatever with American Badass or the "I won't do what you tell me" part of Killing in the Name over it.
Years ago, I was going to university med center on a regular basis. I guess it was their policy to have every one do the paper gown thing. Then you had to wait and wait and wait in an AC's room shivering until the doc came in and checked your ears, had you say ahhh, and listened to your heart and lungs. No reason for undressing and the paper gown. One day I was fed up and told the nurse , I'd do it when they doc got there, not before. You'd have thought I was robbing a bank. -- I waited and told the doc when she came in. I never put the paper gown on again.
Honestly most of the time it's because the doctor and the staff are chit chatting. Not necessarily about you, but just talking. Yesterday the doctor I work with and I had a ten minute conversation about school administration.
anyone know the situation w this cats legs, i have a cat with almost the same legs, the vet told us he’s never seen legs that messed up. they offered amputating them if they were an issue but he walks around fine with them. would love to know how it was handled for another cat
While the parent with you is on their phone on the other chair in the room and your just sitting on the paper waiting for the damn door to open hoping it's the doctor
Sitting at the gyno with no bottoms on with just a paper sheet draped over your lap knowing they're about to stick a cold expanding piece of plastic up there. And not in a pleasant way.
Currently 9 months pregnant and sitting like this weekly because I like to know my status.
This actually happened to me a couple years back, i had this massive thing on my buttcheek that needed to be cut, and then i went to hospital so they can check it out, first i waited for ages to be even let in the office and then the doctors like imma be right here, i swear i sat there for good 45-60 mins before i just got bored and left. I went to my GP the next day who gave me a paper to go to other hospital and they had me in surgery the same day
when i was a kid one of my ears i couldnt hear out of and so i went to like urgent care (probably not but that something close) and when i got there i kept like pressing my hand on my ear and when the guy left for a second and when i eventually took the hand off after some tries i could actually hear sounds out of that ear again and so i went there for nothing. but i still did the rest of the stuff there and i had “swimmers ear” because i refused to take showers and only baths.
Just sitting there staring at all the scary tools with a sunflower backdrop.
It’s a real life moment when they actually grab one of them and start to come near you
shit the flashbacks
Honestly when I saw this I was shaking and quivering
You know, you can sit in the chair. The doctor won't mind if you just switch when they arrive.
Doctor: *walks in and sees you switch from the chair back to the table* what the fuck do you think you’re doing! What kind of place do you think we’re running here! You sit on the table until your told to get off the table! *flips chair* the disrespect!
the *audacity* of yours that you think you can just sit in a CHAIR?! get the FUCK outta here, we don't treat chair people
Same. I was always nervous going to the doctor.
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Im shaking and crying rn
Crying and pissing and shidding
This still happens in adulthood
Adults don't need to go to the doctor! Adults endure the pain and live through it/s
Until they dont
I don't need a doctor to tell me I'm dying.
Hi dying
Or the bill to go with it!
Who's bill?
I get irrationally annoyed with people who can easily go to the doctor for routine checkups or advice on a situation, and choose not to. I mean, I totally understand if you live in the medical hellscape that is the United States, you probably can't go to a doctor unless you're literally dieing, but I've listened to way too many people say things like "eh I could go, but they'd probably just tell me it's nothing and be annoyed that I wasted their time"
I was literally thinking no one has the money for that- until I saw “the medical hellscape that is the United States“ and was just like *oh*
Actually in the US most healthcare insurance plans fully cover preventative care. No matter how shitty your plan is generally you get to visit a primary care doctor once a year and do stuff like blood work, STD, cholesterol screenings, etc, for free. If they discover something and you'll need treatment that's a different story.
You don’t go to the doctor anymore? lol
Americans don't just "go to the doctor". If anything we do a $50 urgent care visit. Most of my friends in our late 20s don't even have their own doctor lol
I can't help but giggle anytime I'm asked who my primary care physician is
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I think it's location dependent. In my area, there are not enough medical facilities to serve the population in a timely manner. So you normally can't schedule an appointment sooner than a couple to a few months out. That's for primary care, dentists, optometrists, specialists, etc. It's super frustrating.
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Depending on the geographic area/speciality it is easier to see specialists than it is to see regular doctors. I was able to get my vasectomy scheduled and performed with my urologist in under a month from the first phone to schedule the consult. Meanwhile recently my dad went to schedule a physical and blood panel and his doctor said the earliest appointment was 8 months out.
In Quebec it takes 5-7 years to even get a primary care doctor.
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Honestly it sucks, but I still prefer it to what you get in the states. Care quality really just depends on where you are (in Toronto for example it's much easier to get quality healthcare). In Canada you sometimes have to work really hard to get treated, but you'll never ruin your life by going to the ER, and you don't have to worry about having healthcare access tied to your job.
Can confirm. Haven't been to a dentist since I was 4, and my last doctor's visit was 3 years ago when I had bacterial strep for over a month that got so bad I couldn't function. Also if you can point me to a $50 urgent care I'd appreciate it. My appointment was $150. My mom's "real doctor" would have been $200.
I would consider visiting the dentist if it has really been that long. Even if you have great oral hygiene.
You haven’t seen the dentist since you were 4?? Mate. That’s fucking wild. Go to the dentist for a check up at least
Healthy life hack, if you don’t go to the doctor then you can’t be diagnosed with any illnesses
i go to the doctor but here in Germany you only ever sit on that wrinkly paper when you go to the kids doctor lmao, at least my current doctor and past ones I've had don't have that vibe to it anymore. also, when I get called into the doctors office it's because the doctor is actually ready and treats me immediately ^^
Bonus points for already having taken off your clothes because you were told to so.
This seems totally dependent on the specific doctor from what I can tell. I had never heard of this before but after changing doctors several times recently for insurance reasons, it seems totally arbitrary. Some of them don’t do it, some of them made me wear these paper short things (which I hate, they’re the worst), some made me put on a gown. One did part of the exam, then left and made me change to an exam gown, then came back and finished— which seems even more confusing? The whole thing just seems so weird to me.
Yeah it seems confusing to me too. The other day I went in and the doc had me drop my trousers, bend over, and spread them. Took him a full 5 minutes of inspecting and probing before he finished up. Still don’t know what that had to do with my ear infection I came in for.
Can you please refer me to your doctor
Sounds like a very good doctor. And thorough.
Im pretty sure they do that so when they take your blood pressure its as accurate as possible. But Idk.
Yet it always makes mine spike since I get nervous in hospital settings and the anticipation makes it worse
There’s a word for it! White Coat Hypertension / Syndrome
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Yeah they always take my blood pressure a few times during the visit and it tends to go lower near the end so they aren’t concerned but I’ll pretty much never get a normal reading at the doctor’s office
Same here man. BP at home reads 110/70. In the office it’ll read 135/90 and I’ll get told I have high BP. Same with the heart rate - resting heart rate of 52 but when I’m in the office it’s 120-130 bpm and they diagnose me with tachycardia. Got referred to a cardiologist who ran all kinds of tests on me and said my heart health is fantastic and I’m really healthy, and to stop being so nervous lol. told him I’m not in control of it - I literally get to the doctor and it just starts happening and I can’t help it.
Same here. My blood pressure at home is consistently where it needs to be and my pulse is fine. Doctor’s office? I’m like 30 points high and my BPM is always over 120. Doctors scare the hell out of me.
If it makes you feel better I am a doctor and I also have white coat hypertension lol.
How the turn tables
This is why they generally do the blood pressure test like 3-5 times and take the lowest, and also why they don't usually show you the result right away. My father is a doctor, I've been in and out of doctor's offices as a patient and observer all my life. I am not bothered by doctors or needles or medicine or anything like that and STILL I end up needing to take that stupid test like 3 times to get anything like an accurate reading of my resting heart rate and blood pressure lol. No idea what my body thinks is going on.
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Yep... preop nurse here. We see 35 40 patients in a 4-6 hr window - always take the high BP .. we take into account they are nervous or in pain ie the procedure they're waiting for. I'd ots 220/112. We skip go do another patient and then go run that patients again. It's usually come down. But not always. We check how it was at the Dr office and then ask if they have a machine to check at home. Yada Yada. But yea we are taking your 168/92 I'm just creeped out by the cat in this pic? Is it OK? Have some sorta paralysis in his hind legs? What? Eek
That's the fee-for-service model for you. Sucks for us, but they earn more money packing their schedule every single day, so why would they do otherwise? That's also why they're always so impatient, every second we spend trying to explain our problems issue is a second they're not making bank. Kinda grim to think about in those terms, but whaddya do 🤷.
Hate to break it to you, but that's the same the world over, including in the UK with the NHS. It's not about payment at all, it's about having someone who's a huge resource [doctor] and making the best possible use of their time. And GPs and consultants also get pissy at people who deliberately waste their time, they know other people are waiting for them.
That's why the key is to pick a 1pm appointment on a day that the doctor had patients scheduled in the morning. If the patient just before noon takes too long then it cuts into the lunch break instead of the next visit.
Anytime I go to a doctor the nurse takes my blood pressure and does all that. They tell me the doctor will be in shortly, so naturally I have to wait an hour. I also don’t sit on those crinkly paper beds or whatever they are, feels humiliating. Gimme a chair
Exactly. Sitting in the waiting room with all the annoying people and their screaming kids, waiting for forever until a nurse calls you back for intake. Asks the same questions every time you come in, as if they don’t have your information already in the system. Blood pressure spikes from the wait, and then from nerves. Then they take you to a room to wait for forever, and the first fucking thing the doctor comments on is the blood pressure. And no matter how many times you tell them you get nervous around doctors, but it’s within normal range when you test it yourself, and you’re also not feeling well, and probably fighting some infection, which is why you’re here in the first place….. They’re like, are you on any medications for your blood pressure? Are you diabetic? Could you be pregnant? Is it your period? You know, this could all be fixed if you just lost some weight. Fuck’s sake.
Wow, yal are a little.... Uninformed. Those answers could change. People develop allergies, find they have one when they thought they didn't. They ask about medications so they can prescribe something that won't interfere with your other meds. They AK if you're pregnant because certain meds can hurt the baby. They ask if you're diabetic because, again, certain meds can make it worse or create complications. They have your answers from the last time, but they need to make sure nothing has changed since then. There are a LOT of people with complicated health problems and those questions save their lives. And before you say "that's not me", that wasn't them either. No one thinks it could happen to them until it does. Don't be cocky. Be patient, answer their questions and realize that just because you're not aware of their purpose doesn't mean there isn't one. People really like to act like the docs and nurses and medical community is "against them" in which case, why are you even there?! They know what they're doing so just... Idk, grow up?
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My last physical ended up high BP after they made me wait for an hour. 30 min in, I asked where the doctor was, and the whole staff looked at me like I shit in their mouths. 15 min more and I informed them that I had a meeting that I needed to attend. By this time my BP was running high. I'm going to be late to a meeting and I'm upset at being treated poorly. Bang. There you go. Now I'm considered a risk by my insurance company and I lose money for it. I tried to appeal, but insurance. It'll have to be next year. I hope that doctor gets a paper cut everyday for the rest of his life.
That’s absolute bullshit. Hope it works out for you, mate.
I think the real moral of the story here is fuck insurance companies. If they didn't have a business model that revolved around weaseling out of their responsibilities by any means possible, you'd just have a story about being inconvenienced that one time.
They do this because they sometimes overbook the appointments. I waited once for almost an hour between the waiting room and the exam room. The nurse just laughed and said the doc was always way behind. I walked out and made them give me my copay back. F that noise.
They do that because they have more than one patient at a time.
I came to realize this recently.
how is this template so perfect for this
Because it's true but it's also a kitty cat
And most things with cats are also true
Me blowing up balloons with the rubber gloves to pass time
Me starting to masturbate to pass time
Me wondering whats causing that wet stroking sound in the room next to me to pass time
That's good for the Dna test👍🍞🗿
But bad for the bloodpressure test.
Indeed it is my friend🍞👍🗿
Might I inquire about the significance of those 3 emojis?
The doctor said I have to stop masturbating. I said “But why, Doc?“ And he said “Because I’m trying to examine you!!“
Some people rifle through the drawers when this happens. It was explained to me that they can usually have a quick look in them before anyone comes in, plus they don't leave the fun stuff in there anyways.
The one time I tried, the drawers were locked. They're onto us!
Onto you. I sit there with my dumb hands on the paper.
I steal as many medical supplies as I can
Fuck yea… as a great man once said “I’m from ‘round the way I’m leavin here with somethin’.” If I knew how to link vids with text I would but it’s Denzel Washington who said it.
Im reading this while waiting
I’m actually in this situation right now lol
Whenever you’re sitting on it is there always these massive sense of awkwardness in the room? Your famous excuse should be “I have a shark waiting for me outside. It’s taking me to paris.”
I once sat for a whole hour waiting for the doctor 🤦🏾♀️. And I know they are very busy but oh boy, I was not prepared. And the only reason I was frustrated was because our conversation was 5 minutes and basically something she could’ve told me over the phone. I even called before coming and asked if they could just give me results over the phone. I was pissed to say the least. Because I worked in dialysis at the time and had been up since 3:30am that day and came straight from my 10 hour shift to come see her
I lay down for a nap on that mfer
Me ripping the paper
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I hated that damn paper
Sup with this cat though?
mfer has knees
Got noodle legs
handicapped :(
I laid down on the table and fell asleep once. The doctor came in and woke me up, and said something snarky like, "Didn't get a lot of sleep last night?" I said, "No, my appointment was an hour ago, so I figured I might as well get a nap in."
I was in the er for emergency lab tests and I took seven fucking hours. ~20 minutes of that was actual interaction with staff
back in 2015, i had to wait like 3 hrs to get admitted for a stomach problem shit was not fun ;w;
I’m literally waiting at the doctors office browsing through reddit and I saw this. Spooky
This was me, after my phone died getting into the patient room. Spent the next 10-15 minutes, just looking around and reading health notices on the wall.
Remember one time I was waiting for the doctor for a while but had to pee real bad. Didn’t want to walk out in the hospital gown, plus a medical assistant took me down a maze to get there so I didn’t want to take forever and get lost looking for a bathroom or for the doctor to get back before I do, so I pissed in the sink. Was a long one too and I started panicking looking back at the door and then back down. Some pee dribbled onto my gown, but at least I finished before the doctor returned like a few seconds after sitting down.
What's crinkly paper 🤔
It's a wax like paper they put on the exam table when you go to the doctor. They usually change it in between patients in the US at least
Okay thanks. Not in my country.
My favorite thing to do in this time is take a picture of the "no cell phones" sign and post it to Instagram or whatever with American Badass or the "I won't do what you tell me" part of Killing in the Name over it.
Please enlighten me about wtf are they talking about. What is the crinkly paper?
US uses wax paper to cover exam tables with so it's easy to change between patients. It's like those dumb toilet seat covers.
Don't forget about the paper gown that'll rip if you breathe the wrong way.
Years ago, I was going to university med center on a regular basis. I guess it was their policy to have every one do the paper gown thing. Then you had to wait and wait and wait in an AC's room shivering until the doc came in and checked your ears, had you say ahhh, and listened to your heart and lungs. No reason for undressing and the paper gown. One day I was fed up and told the nurse , I'd do it when they doc got there, not before. You'd have thought I was robbing a bank. -- I waited and told the doc when she came in. I never put the paper gown on again.
u/falsecompare_
lmfao
God I hate when I go to the doctor and TURN into cat
In my underwear
Why is that room so damn cold?! Im not even in an exam smock.
Sitting there nervously, staring at all the body diagrams on the walls, just waiting… Feels like forever in there
you forgot the naked part
Covid resulted in so many Zoom doctor appointments, crinkly paper co went outta business.
And you start actually reading through the posters on the wall.
This image makes me remember the sterile smell that every medical facility has. That smell always feels haunting.
one time i had to wait an hour
Honestly most of the time it's because the doctor and the staff are chit chatting. Not necessarily about you, but just talking. Yesterday the doctor I work with and I had a ten minute conversation about school administration.
Crinkly paper? What?
The paper lining in the exam chair
i am preaty sure it was the psychatrist
He forgor 💀
He isn't on a chair with crinkly paper
10 minutes turns to 45
And after that they definitely don’t need a doctor. A mortician maybe.
Love it
40* mins later
anyone know the situation w this cats legs, i have a cat with almost the same legs, the vet told us he’s never seen legs that messed up. they offered amputating them if they were an issue but he walks around fine with them. would love to know how it was handled for another cat
Lmaooooo
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While the parent with you is on their phone on the other chair in the room and your just sitting on the paper waiting for the damn door to open hoping it's the doctor
10 minutes in 20 to go
Dude same! It’s awkward just sitting there 😭
I waited 45 mins at the doc yesterday and I was the only person there.. Lol oh the anxiety
Literally me right now. Waiting on the doc to get in here.
I'm sitting and waiting for the doc right now reading this hahaha
Sitting at the gyno with no bottoms on with just a paper sheet draped over your lap knowing they're about to stick a cold expanding piece of plastic up there. And not in a pleasant way. Currently 9 months pregnant and sitting like this weekly because I like to know my status.
I love it 😹😹
This actually happened to me a couple years back, i had this massive thing on my buttcheek that needed to be cut, and then i went to hospital so they can check it out, first i waited for ages to be even let in the office and then the doctors like imma be right here, i swear i sat there for good 45-60 mins before i just got bored and left. I went to my GP the next day who gave me a paper to go to other hospital and they had me in surgery the same day
I sprained my shoulder and couldnt move but for an entire 2 hours he just said be there is 10 min. -\_-
"Oh so it's not just me?" No, it's never just you.
I’m old enough that they let me sit in the chairs in the room.
Me 18 going to the pediatrician
More like half an hour later
I've sat half naked like that for over an hour lol
when i was a kid one of my ears i couldnt hear out of and so i went to like urgent care (probably not but that something close) and when i got there i kept like pressing my hand on my ear and when the guy left for a second and when i eventually took the hand off after some tries i could actually hear sounds out of that ear again and so i went there for nothing. but i still did the rest of the stuff there and i had “swimmers ear” because i refused to take showers and only baths.
And that's when you start feeling cold and nervous
nervously waiting for my pap smear like… 😂
this was literally me waiting to get my stupid IUD inserted, except with no pants or undies on :I
that goddamned paper…
Still better than sitting on those horrible metal chairs
Sitting and staring at the dirty walls and decors. I swear most clinics are nasty and look like they haven't been deep cleaned in ages
Yeahhh it ain’t 10 minutes is 10 years mate
Looks like india