A note to medical personnel

[Melly]

Just because a female patient is going to have an ultrasound, it does not necessarily mean that she is pregnant. Please do not assume as much.

And even if she were pregnant, referring to her as 'the one without a partner', when you're standing barely two metres away, is just plain rude.

[BlaqueKatt]

I had a tech try to come in during my ultrasound because she "wanted to see the baby":rolleyes:, the tech working on me took her outside and kinda laid into her...we were looking for tumors....

[Seshat]

Gah!

I agree. I've had torso and upper abdominal ultrasounds as well as (far too many) lower abdominal. We've been looking for tumours, fibroids, endometriosis, checking out why liver function blood tests were abnormal...

I apparently have a very pretty uterus, gorgeously accented by a perfectly placed IUD. And its never had a baby in it.

[teh_blumchenkinder]

:lol: Gord knows what they think when a dude gets an ultrasound!
:roll:
EDIT:

I apparently have a very pretty uterus, gorgeously accented by a perfectly placed IUD. And its never had a baby in it.
oooh, hot pics?? :lol: That's awesome.

[Seshat]

I'm living proof that beauty is not just skin deep. And that you can have body jewelry on the inside. :D

[AccountingDrone]

I was having an echocardiogram when the doc-prof teaching some sort of class in echo reading needed specific images for his class, so there is a disc of my heart passed out to an entire class :roll:

[Zaiida]

I had a tech try to come in during my ultrasound because she "wanted to see the baby":rolleyes:, the tech working on me took her outside and kinda laid into her...we were looking for tumors....

Good on the tech for giving her a lesson on assumptions.

I'm having an ultrasound next week - there better not be a baby in there!!.

Damn renal problems, it's not looking good so far. It's really baffling my doctor. First time I've hoped for kidney stones or cysts that's for sure.

I'm hoping that this is the aftermath of a very nasty gastro bug which I think is still hanging in there. E coli and I have tangled before and I lost quite badly the first time we met.

I'm living proof that beauty is not just skin deep. And that you can have body jewelry on the inside. :D

:eek: :rolleyes: :D I can't believe I'm thinking of internal piercings........what?. I think an ovary can be nicely complimented by a sparkling gem. :p

[Seshat]

A lovely sapphire offsetting the red of the aorta.

A string of diamonds down the trachea....

[Treasure]

LOL
y'all are twisted, ya know that, right? :lol:

[teh_blumchenkinder]

LOL
y'all are twisted, ya know that, right? :lol:

Would you love us if we were any different, Tres? :devil:
... :angel:
EDIT: malachite! Perfect for off-setting tendons...

[Forensic Waitress]

I've had to have ultrasounds for both pregnancy and ovarian cysts. Not to out do others but it took them until I was pregnant with my first child to tell me my uterus is a lovely heart shape, rather than the usually triangle shape. :D

[Seshat]

Awwww. The tech didn't tell ME anything like that. :( It's just "very pretty".

[DeltaSierra]

Heck I had to have an ultrasound done last week on my leg to pinpoint where the bamboo pieces were, following my accident! Sure as hell ain't gonna be a baby in my thigh LOL!!!

[teh_blumchenkinder]

Awwww. The tech didn't tell ME anything like that. :( It's just "very pretty".
:( so no pics? /heh

[Seshat]

I'm sure we still have the ultrasound somewhere. Not so sure how well they'd go in the scanner!

And I'd have to find them. I have no clue where we put the medical imaging. (Hey - I have a cat scan, too. Evidence that my skull actually contains a brain, not sawdust stuffing!)

[teh_blumchenkinder]

XD I had to stop myself from using the 'useless w/out pics' emoticon earlier... :roll:

[Sparky]

Can I whine about my ultrasound experience?

Had an ovarian cyst a few years ago. Was sent to the hospital for ultrasound. Twice. Hospital demanded that I have a full bladder. I complied. My tech, who was new, could never find all the relevant parts of my anatomy. She could find the ovary in question, but had trouble imaging the top of my uterous, which is retroflexed, and my other ovary insisted on playing hide and seek. In the end she had to go get a supervisor to help. Both times.

Okay, fine. People have to learn. It takes practice to get good. But the thing that annoyed me was that even while she was just waiting for someone else to come in, she would be pressing on my full bladder. She didn't want to move off the spot, but I would ask her not to press, since she wasn't actually doing anything, and she would say okay, stop pressing for about 5 seconds, then forget. I was still in my clothes, and I had to go back to work afterward. I was really afraid I wasn't going to be able to hold it.

Was it really necessary to put me through all that to image the anatomy that had already been proven normal? Egad.

Finally, my GP sent me to a gynocologist. He suggested a third ultrasound, but this one was in his office and I didn't even need a full bladder. WHY DIDN'T MY DOCTOR SUGGEST THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE!? Arggghh!!

[BlaqueKatt]

Finally, my GP sent me to a gynocologist. He suggested a third ultrasound, but this one was in his office and I didn't even need a full bladder. WHY DIDN'T MY DOCTOR SUGGEST THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE!? Arggghh!!

normally those are the "trans vaginal" ones, many peeps don't like those and for some things they aren't as accurate.

[Seshat]

Heh. I had to do that (full bladder ultrasounds) when I was having continence issues anyway.

No fun.

(Also: if you're doing meditation exercises with people who have continence issues, fer chrissakes' don't use a meditation tape with rainsticks!)

[Pairou]

A lovely sapphire offsetting the red of the aorta.

A string of diamonds down the trachea....

It won't be long before inner-body piercings become all the rage. Imagine a gauge on the inside... :angel:

[Zaiida]

Got my ultrasound results today. Nothing wrong with my bladder and kidneys yeah!! but they did spot a 4cm cyst on my right ovary so I'm going back for another scan in 6 months to see how it is then. My appt. was supposed to be at 3:30pm but I got a call at 11 saying they had a cancellation at 12 and would I like to come in?. Fastest time drinking 3 litres of water in 30 minutes I've ever done :lol:.

Little odd. I have no pain on my right it's always on my left. My left ovary is not exactly where it's supposed to be so that might explain it. Proximity pain and all that I think.

Allegedly there is a family history of lady problems, as Mum so delicately calls it. That reminds me I need to give her a shake and find out what happened with her. Telling me that she just had girly problems and just got rid of the problem by getting a hyster is not quite information enough Mum. :rolleyes:

I don't get why it's a family history thing either, out of 8 girls and 4 generations she's the only one that has had problems. The only real girly problems that I know of is heavy bleeding which implanon/modern pills treat well, well in my case. Shrug.

[teh_blumchenkinder]

:D Good for you! Here's hoping it shrinks/goes away... 'cuz those things can happen.

[Sapphire Silk]

:D Good for you! Here's hoping it shrinks/goes away... 'cuz those things can happen.

Mine did. I had a ovarian cyst when I was in my early 20's. Later it disappeared.

[Zaiida]

Both my mother, one brother and I are 'cysty' so I and my Doc aren't too concerned. It's weird but cysts are rather common in all three of us especially around the joints are are usually started by microtears. We have all had cysts in odd places. Some of mine mirror my Mum's one's perfectly. Although oddly this brother and I both share the same stretchmark places which I find amusing. He's a dude, he shouldn't get stretchmarks there :lol:

I suspected I had an ovarian cyst a few years ago when I had some sharp pain on my lower left with a popping sensation and a feeling of ease/release which is how a friend described it to me when her's went.

It probably burst because I was hanging off a fence on my belly trying to liberate a freaking heavy chair for some mischief. Said friend despised a paticular sporting team so we painted his lovely wooden deluxe deck chair in the loathed colours. Apeshit is the closest I can call his reaction :roll:.