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jackshoegazer) wrote2008-03-05 11:34 pm
jackshoegazer) wrote2008-03-05 11:34 pm
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Doctor, doctor, read all about it.
Hey everybody, I'm radioactive!
I had a CAT scan done today, so not only was I bombarded by somewhere between 1,000 to 10,000 millirems of radiation (At the end of WWII, Japanese people who were 1 mile from ground zero received only 3,000 millirems of radiation, on average), but I was also injected with a lovely contract agent which makes one feel all warm and tingly, like you've just broken out into a fever. What they don't tell you is a lot of that warmth centers around your anus, so it feels like you just shit yourself. Good times.
I have an ultrasound of my chest next Wednesday and my vascular doctor and I will sit down, look at the results of both scans and see what we can do about my odd bloodflow issues. God, having insurance is great. The only thing better? Free nationalized health care. Yeah, I said it.
You know what, it's not free. It's paid for with taxpayer money. Yeah. So when people want to jump on Hillary's shit for talking about mandates for people to have health care, yeah, it's a start and it's the only way to make sure everyone is covered. Until we can get the damned insurance companies out of the way. Until then, holy shit do I love insurance. Do you know how much a CAT scan costs? About $500.
I had a CAT scan done today, so not only was I bombarded by somewhere between 1,000 to 10,000 millirems of radiation (At the end of WWII, Japanese people who were 1 mile from ground zero received only 3,000 millirems of radiation, on average), but I was also injected with a lovely contract agent which makes one feel all warm and tingly, like you've just broken out into a fever. What they don't tell you is a lot of that warmth centers around your anus, so it feels like you just shit yourself. Good times.
I have an ultrasound of my chest next Wednesday and my vascular doctor and I will sit down, look at the results of both scans and see what we can do about my odd bloodflow issues. God, having insurance is great. The only thing better? Free nationalized health care. Yeah, I said it.
You know what, it's not free. It's paid for with taxpayer money. Yeah. So when people want to jump on Hillary's shit for talking about mandates for people to have health care, yeah, it's a start and it's the only way to make sure everyone is covered. Until we can get the damned insurance companies out of the way. Until then, holy shit do I love insurance. Do you know how much a CAT scan costs? About $500.
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[Not that the health care plans of the candidates really dictate anything; in theory, Congress could put the Edwards plan through to President Clibama, the genetically-engineered hybrid candidate.]
And what? No barium enema?
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No enema. They are looking at veins and arteries, so no need to see my bowels, thank god.