Between some of the doctor appointments I’ve already had and some that I have coming up, I’ve had a few different medical tests that I’ve needed to get done. Nothing too crazy, but things that could potentially take up some time depending on how busy the hospital was. Mainly, I needed to do some blood work to check some levels and get a hip x-ray to prepare to see a new orthopedic doctor. Unfortunately, neither of these things are tests that you can schedule and you just have to go as a walk-in. I was a bit surprised to find that out with the x-rays, but I guess when they aren’t that crazy they don’t book you in.
I have waited for medical tests in the past where things took significantly longer than they should have. I had one MRI where I waited an extra 90 minutes because of some emergency patients that came in. Of course, I understand that, but it also makes it tough to schedule when to do things around work. And I have had to change up my work schedule quite a bit for all the appointments I have booked. So I wanted to try to get this done without disrupting my schedule.
Fortunately, both offices for these tests are open a bit later than when you can do regular appointments. I knew it might be a rush to get in to get them done, but I decided to go for it this past Friday. And I figured if I could only do one thing, I could go back another day after work to do the other.
But this went a lot easier than I expected. For the blood work, I was taken back right away. I did black out, as I always do, but that didn’t make anything take longer. And it was only 3 vials of blood, so that didn’t take as long as my last big blood work did. And as soon as they were done and bandaged my arm, I headed over to the imaging department and hoped they could fit me in for the x-ray. There was a bit of confusion about what time they closed, but they were still open when I got there and I checked in with no issues. They let me know that I would be called when it was my time to be brought back, and I sat in the waiting room and got my phone out to catch up on social media.
I probably was waiting for less than 5 minutes before I was called back. These x-rays were very basic ones for my hips. I’ve done some that were more intense with a lot of weird positioning to see specific issues. But I guess since this is a new doctor, they didn’t order those, and I only had to do two different positions for the x-rays. And because I knew I was going to try to get my x-rays done, I made sure I wore clothes that didn’t have any metal on them. So I didn’t even have to get undressed and into a gown to do the x-rays. I just got on the table, they positioned me into the two positions they needed for the images, and I was out of there!
I really was expecting things to be a lot worse or more time-consuming, but I was done with both tests in under 20 minutes. It really was simple to get it done and I didn’t have to wait for other people to be done before it was my turn. I know I might have lucked out into this because I’ve done medical tests on weekends when it should have been easy but then things got delayed unexpectedly. I’m just glad that it went smoothly, I didn’t have that many issues, and I can continue on with all the other doctor appointments I have coming up.
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