This is the story about what happened when I was required to have a screening physical exam in order to obtain a life insurance policy. Now that seems to be a rather mundane subject, but it turned out to be far more exciting than what I expected. First let me give a bit of background before we get into the details. I had been working for a company for over...
As Amy looked up the number to her gynecologist's office for the purpose of scheduling an appointment, she realized that it had essentially been years since she had an annual exam. The whole annual exam process was something she, like most women, dreaded. However, she knew that the responsible thing to do was call and get on the books for an appointment. A...
I wrote Country Doctor parts one and two awhile back, and a few people suggested that the story should be expanded. I think that this part can stand by itself. But if you enjoy it and want more it does continue... Jenny Watson sat with her legs pressed tight together and her hands gripping the edge of the exam table. Her back was ramrod straight and her eye...
A couple of weeks before my four year hitch in the Air Force was to end, I received notice to report to the base hospital for a discharge physical. I was to see a Major Hughes on Thursday at 0900. On the appointed day, I arrived at the clinic in the hospital about 5 minutes before the scheduled time. A cute nurse at the reception desk signed me in and told...
My vision was the only thing on my mind when I walked into the optometrist's office for my annual checkup. I was more than overdue for my eye exam, but what I saw as soon as I opened the office door made me take a hard second look. And it wasn't because my eyes were bad; on the contrary, my vision is near perfect. No, what caused me to stare was the woman st...
"Well I think that's all the questions I have for now." The recruiter smiled and put down her pen. "Is there anything you'd like to ask me?" "Not right now..." I smiled too, pleased that I had clearly made a good impression. "Lots of prospects for you I think... now if you'll just come this way?" She stood up and gestured to a door behind her desk, not the...
I stood in the open door of the nurses' station and felt rather foolish. Coach had sent me here after I got hit by a stray tennis ball, but I was okay already. Perfectly all right. Well, maybe not perfectly; a dull throbbing still remained where the ball had hit me, but it was almost gone. Certainly nothing to bother the tennis club's nurse with. But Coach h...
This submission is an account of my actual colonoscopy and the succeeding events. It is 90% factual and 10% fantasy. For some it might be educational. Others, if you have an active imagination and can fill in the blanks, will find it amusing. I'll let the reader guess which parts are the result of my active imagination! ***** When a man reaches a certain...
It was one of those spectacular late spring days in New England. Crystal clear skies, 70 degrees with promise of warmer temperature as the day wore on. I was in great spirits. I had pulled into the parking lot a few minutes early for my appointment and was looking over some papers spread out on the passenger seat for a meeting scheduled for later that mornin...
Her good friend had recommended the new medical practice in the center of town. She was due for her annual check-up with her physician and since her current GP was retiring, it seemed only prudent to select a new provider for her medical needs. Her friend had been very complimentary and also added that some of the recommended treatments had been so success...