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Random Thoughts for the Day
Mar. 30th, 2024 06:22 pm1. As I was climbing onto the table just prior to my CT scan, I was asked for my weight. I remembered it vaguely from being checked up on a week and a bit ago. But...
Why (oh why, oh why) does the table not have a built-in sensor to track the mass of the patient lying on it? These machines cost thousands and I assume adding sensors and some additional wiring and software wouldn't add a whole lot in comparison. It'd be much better than relying on potentially inaccurate patient memories.
2. Looking round the waiting room, there were more than half-a-dozen couples. In all but two of these, the woman was the patient and the man the "hanger-on". Of the other two, one was one father and teenaged son. There were three men who had come alone. I was the only unaccompanied woman.
Not sure what this means, if anything:
- Are men more independant? Or are there more men who don't have anyone to ask to come and support them?
- Are women more likely to ask to have some company?
Since I was that end of town, I went on a mini pilgrimage to Nine Wells before my appointment. Very pretty, and amazingly quiet for a spot a field away from the railway lone and a field away from Hospital City.
ETA: for fixing spellings and to note that the scanner was a Siemans. Boo! Hiss! I worked on Philips (aeons ago).
Why (oh why, oh why) does the table not have a built-in sensor to track the mass of the patient lying on it? These machines cost thousands and I assume adding sensors and some additional wiring and software wouldn't add a whole lot in comparison. It'd be much better than relying on potentially inaccurate patient memories.
2. Looking round the waiting room, there were more than half-a-dozen couples. In all but two of these, the woman was the patient and the man the "hanger-on". Of the other two, one was one father and teenaged son. There were three men who had come alone. I was the only unaccompanied woman.
Not sure what this means, if anything:
- Are men more independant? Or are there more men who don't have anyone to ask to come and support them?
- Are women more likely to ask to have some company?
Since I was that end of town, I went on a mini pilgrimage to Nine Wells before my appointment. Very pretty, and amazingly quiet for a spot a field away from the railway lone and a field away from Hospital City.
ETA: for fixing spellings and to note that the scanner was a Siemans. Boo! Hiss! I worked on Philips (aeons ago).
