It's thursday afternoon when I meet the first doc. General practice and a 2o dollar co-pay through my insurance. Thats the first co-pay, our healthcare is great. She's pretty sure its rupture and sends me to get an MRI, pending the results she wants to refer me to an ortho. Luckily, they can get me in for an MRI right away, I just have to drive 20 minutes away to have it done.
I reach the radiology clinic and am promptly greeted by a 65 yr old black woman, surely born and raised in south. She liked to laugh even when she charged me 4o dollars for my second co-pay. Did I mention we have a great healthcare system.
MRI time. I led back to a trailer on the back of a building. The tech stick earplugs in my ear, asks me I have metal shavings in my eyes and If I've ever done any welding? I say no, but he is convinced. " You sure you don't have metal shavings in your eyes?, I know you guys try and sneak in here and say whatever you have to to get these done".
I was completely unaware but the large magnet revolving around your body at a gazillion miles an hour will be more than happy to pull any metal out of your body. And now that I've been pegged as a welder I think I'm going to have to reschedule.
Finally I convince the guy I'm legit. 3o minutes later I'm in the lobby. They bring me my MRI scans. I'm not a radiologist but i took one look and new right away it was going to be surgery. I wanted to wait for them to tell me though. 20 minutes later. "you need surgery, call the ortho" great....I'll call mom
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