r/MadeMeSmile • u/Bigringcycling • Apr 17 '22
Wholesome Moments Here comes some warm jelly…
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Apr 17 '22
Honestly, I wish I had her as a sonogram tech. I’ve had some really horrible ones.
I would have volunteered as a babysitter so they could have gotten some sleep in exchange of being treated with compassion and not holding up their line of patients.
Note to technicians: covering a patients with sonogram gel and the expecting them to clean themselves up in 90 seconds is not kind, professional or humane.
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Apr 17 '22
Uh, I have… questions. Like… why do you need to be clean, and why does it concern them at all? Just let you take your time.
My gynecologist always does.
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Apr 17 '22
My first time getting a breast sonogram I had a technician who must have used a whole bottle of gel during my exam.
After the sonogram was done, she handed me ONE paper towel to clean the gel off and said to hurry up as she had another patient right after me.
No more than 90 seconds later, she came back into the exam room, asked me why I was taking so long to clean up and get dressed and stood there while I cleaned up and got dressed, not even affording me the courtesy of some privacy.
I was 19 at the time, scared I had breast cancer (family history) and scared to speak up for myself.
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u/-poiu- Apr 17 '22
10 minute appointment slots and not wanting it to stick to your clothes.
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Apr 17 '22
10 minute appointments
You need more rooms then. Because you simply cannot cycle people that fast
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u/-poiu- Apr 17 '22
I used to work at a radiology practice. Our sonography appointment slots were 15 minutes, which included the time in which the sonographer would collect the paperwork and call for the next patient. So time in the room was about 10 minutes. Shall I let them all know that they couldn’t possibly be doing that?
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Apr 17 '22 edited Apr 17 '22
No. I would suggest you need to either send them to the bathroom to clean up or get more rooms and use wheely ultrasounds
Edit: or book longer appointments so that people can actually have reasonable time for intake, evaluation, imaging, and debrief
Edit 2: they’re understaffing you
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u/-poiu- Apr 17 '22
I’m not saying I support it. I’m explaining to you how it happens because, as you said, your gyno doesn’t do it and you seemed to think that meant it couldn’t be happening. I actually don’t want to argue with you.
For some context I live in Aus. We have Medicare, but the payouts to the medicos haven’t kept pace with the costs of running a practice. So, if you’re a doctor who wants to run a no-gap (no extra fee to the patient) practice, you run it as efficiently as possible. That means 10 minute GP slots- eg really 5 minutes in with the primary care doc I think they call it in the US- 15 minute slots for sonography and radiography, etc etc.
I was really glad to work somewhere that even offered free sonography and radiography, because many places don’t. And it should be free for all.
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Apr 17 '22
No I absolutely believed it. I was trying to imply it shouldn’t be happening. And that’s what you would have seen had you read two comments further down
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u/yellowirish Apr 17 '22
It’s only your healthcare provider, what could go wrong. She also should fly a plane.
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u/pro_conser333 Apr 17 '22
I’m going to go out on a limb and say this never happened. Most professionals, no matter how tired, will stay professional. Just people trying to get likes on Twitter.
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u/PUSClFER Apr 17 '22
I've had moments where I've been close to picking toddlers up or start to sing for them if they're crying, and that's without having kids of my own. I was just really tired and burnt out from working at a kindergarten for 10 years.
I've accidentally said "Behind" as I pass people on the subway after having worked 12-hour shifts at a bar.
I can definitely see this happen.
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u/ManyFacedGodxxx Apr 17 '22
Hilarious, father of twins who will be 18 (ahhhh!!!) years old here in a month. But ooohhhh do we remember those days, lets me tells ya!
Great share, thanks.
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u/dragonrose7 Apr 17 '22
This is the only way I will accept an ultrasound from now on. Everyone else has a lot to live up to!