1. Have you ever been to the emergency room?
In my youth, my clumsy, clumsy youth I went to the ER quite often for stiches and such. In my adulthood, I have been spared the trauma of waiting out a trauma in ER.
2. What’s the worst pain you’ve ever had?
I am the biggest baby in the world when it comes to burns. Simple little kitchen burns that are quite harmless, can turm me into the biggest baby in the world.
3. If you could choose your doctor, do you prefer someone of the same or opposite sex?
I can choose my doctor and I went with a dude. Dr. Kevin and his very able nurse practitioner. As a tag team duo, they can’t be beat.
4. Do you take vitamins?
Yup. I take a liquid vitamin/mineral supplement twice a day, everyday.
5. Would you prefer to go to the doctor, the dentist or go sky diving?
I really don’t mind the doctor or the dentist. Sky diving is a bit scary. Been there, done that, send me to the dentist chair everytime.
!) I’ve been to the ER only once for myself. Due to a lack of wheelchairs, I was carried to a room by a very able bodied male nurse with bright blue eyes, a gorgeous smile & arms the size of my thighs. Aside from the excrutiating pain of my gall bladder about to burst, it was delightful. He liked my shoes too.
@) The worst pain I’ve ever experienced was a cluster headache that lasted for 4 days the summer I moved to LA. I wanted to lop of my head after day 2 to make the pain stop.
#) Either is fine. My current doctor is great & I get to keep him through yet another employer’s benefits.
$) I take a multivitamin every day.
%) I’d rather go to the doctor. I detest all dentists & am afraid of heights.
1) Unfortunately, I am an accident waiting to happen and in many cases the accident happened and required emergency room visits. Two severe motorcycle accidents, impaled through the old ball-sac, compound fracture of the arm and severe sprained ankle while rollerskating, fracture of the arm while running down a hill, appendicitis, impaled by moronic skiers from Texas, broken hand while being a moronic skier going to fast, and more. I have not, however, gotten to fly in a emergency evac helicopter, but there is still time.
2) The absolute worst pain is road rash over 40% of your body. The ER docs say that is the worst because they can’t give any sort of pain medication for it and they have to literally scrub 2 layers of skin off the sores with a stiff plastic bristle brush before they scab over. I broke a hospital gurney during that part of the treatment.
3) Opposite sex always (women). Caretakers and all that. I have had Dr. Bloomfield for 12 years and she is the queen of docs.
4)Yes, I take two multis a day, 1 mineral supplement, and 6 EFAs (essential fatty oils)
5) I don’t mind the dentist and actually like my doctor. But Sky Diving is on my To-Do list, along with Bungie Jumping, which will happen this summer.
I am now posted.
1. Once or twice as a kid and three times as an adult; food poisoning, some anomalous severe abdominal pain about 4 years ago and most recently, for ‘silly vision’. (long story)
2. Burning the tips of all my fingers while frying fish a few years back rates up there. Oh, and crashing on a bike when I was 12 and taking off most of my fingernails when doing so. Ow.
3. I’ve been going to a male, Dr. Steeper for about 8 years. I like his very dry sense of humor. And the fact the he occasionally prescribes me Percocet.
4. When I can remember, we take a multi, Omega 3 and Calcium (and whatever other ‘herb du jour’ we have a bottle of, last one being Milk Thistle).
5. I don’t really mind the doc or dentist. Skydiving I could, however, do without.
1. Look up “hypochondriac” in the dictionary. Beside it will be a lovely pen-and-ink drawing of me. My most recent trips to the emergency room. . . . in 2003 I had a stroke (actually turned out to be a pinched nerve in my neck), in 1999 I was losing consciousness (inner ear infection), and in 1998 I had a vasovagal fainting spell that was unexplained.
2. I have a very high pain tolerance. However, whenever IÂ’ve had gastritis (swelling of the stomach membrane brought on by a combination of stress and substance abuse), I have indescribable, untreatable pain. Another reason to not smoke.
3. I’ve generally preferred women. They’re more naturally empathetic. My current doctor is kind of cocky—and likes to guess what’s wrong with you before he even looks at you.
4. I like to begin and end each day in the same manner. .. .with a fistful of pills I take four vitamins, three herbs, and at least one co-enzyme. TheyÂ’re all intended to provide specific benefits, but for all I know theyÂ’re causing cancer. . . .
5. Of those three, the dentist causes me the least anxiety.
I forgot about the time I broke my kneecap in pieces. *That* stung. But at least they had me on vicodin every two hours (liver be damned!), so the pain was at least managable.
1. yes. various broken bones, burns and most recently, crippling chest pains. what fun.
2. watching the 2003 chicago cubs collapse in the NLCS hurt pretty fuckin bad.
3. i have a male doctor right now. i guess i dont have a preference… unless the female doctor is super hot. in that case i choose her.
4. every so often.
5. i prefer the doctor, because there’s always the chance of walking away with a vicodin prescription.
1. I haven’t been for myself since the eighth grade when I went for the record at 3 times in six weeks. Stitches in head, broken thumb, and sprained knee. Befor that just a wrist injury that they weren’t sure if it was broken or not. I think not.
2.Either the Uterin biopsy. I don’t care what they say, there are nerves past the cervix.
(cancer free, baby). Or the shot of novicane between the big and second toe when I had to get an ingrown toenail removed.
3. I’m not particular. My doctor right now is a woman. As long as he or she listens and is not condesending, I’m fine.
4. I take a liquid supplement once a day when I remember which is most of the time.
5. Dentist, they don’t weigh you there.