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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 09-15-2004, 01:43 AM:
 
I went and got a check up today. Other than the fact that you might think I went to see a shrink... Nope I didn't. I saw a local clinic Dr., The kind that feel you up... (no not this time)

It's so great to get my blood taken. (supposedly my blood runs fast so the deed was done quick)

What was more funny was my MOM was in the room when the doc asked me... "Are you pregnant? Are you sexually active? Do you take birth control?" ... Yes a Dr. is supposed to ask those questions but Jeez... having my mom there wasn't fun.

Anyhow... here's my question for you all.

Do you go get check-ups? Or just go whenever you're sick?
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Are you the one who sticks it out and tries to get everyone else sick?
 

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Posted by Mark Ogden (Member # 43) on 09-15-2004, 04:26 AM:
 

quote: Jennifer Pan

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"Are you pregnant? Are you sexually active? Do you take birth control?"

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What was the answer to #2 and #3?


 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 09-15-2004, 04:37 AM:
 
Actually, depending on her answer to #1, we may not need to know 2 or #3.
 

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Posted by Jeremy Fuentes (Member # 2135) on 09-15-2004, 06:23 AM:
 
My doctor asks me the same exact questions!!

But to answer your question, I only go to the doctor if I'm sick. But since I currently have no medical insurance, if I get sick, its too bad for me.
 

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Posted by Stephen Furley (Member # 1277) on 09-15-2004, 07:17 AM:
 
I'd rather do just about anything than go to a Doctor. If it's something minor it'll get better on its own; if it's something serious it'll kill me, and then I won't need a Doctor anyway.

I've had strange abdominal pains for about a week now, and sometimes they're pretty bad, but I just put up with them.

I did have to go to the Doctor a few months ago, for the first time in years, I was in great pain at work, and they insisted on sending me off in a Taxi. I had to sit in the waiting room for several hours, when the Doctor saw me he couldn't tell what the problem was, it might be an infection, it might be kidney stones, he couldn't be sure. He took a urine sample, sent it off for tests, which showed nothing abnormal. Eventually the pain went away, I still don't know what it was.

I've been to several doctors during my life, sometimes with many years between visits, and I don't think anything very useful has ever come out of it.

I hate bodies, and everything to do with them; I'd rather not even think about what goes on inside. Keep it out of sight, and out of mind.
 

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Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 09-15-2004, 08:51 AM:
 

quote: Brad Miller

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Actually, depending on her answer to #1, we may not need to know 2 or #3.

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If the answer to #1 is yes but no to #2, then that would be interesting to say the least...

Like Jeremy, I take an 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' approach to doctors. I haven't seen one (professionally) for years, and hope not to have to for many years yet. Actually, though, come to think of it, I am a doctor: but given that I became one by writing a 150,000 word thesis about old films, I would not advise Jennifer or anyone else to see me if they are pregnant or would like their blood taken!
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 09-15-2004, 11:07 AM:
 
Haha... you guys are funny. Even though I knew I should have written my answers earlier, I wanted someone to ask .

To honestly answer those questions, no I'm not pregnant, no I'm not sexually active, and no I do not take birth control.
 

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Posted by Mark J. Marshall (Member # 1409) on 09-15-2004, 11:28 AM:
 
Good for you!
 

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Posted by Aaron Mehocic (Member # 15) on 09-15-2004, 11:29 AM:
 
Like Jeremy, I too have no insurance. I limit my trips to the doctor as much as possible, and even though I'd like to get a check-up, that's not economically possible right now. For the record my last visit to a general practioner was in 1998 for a head injury, but I did see an audiologist in June to have excessive wax removed from my ears. I usually have to do that once a year since I graduated college and it runs about $40.00.

I'd like to question the Brits on the forum as to the lifestyle of medical doctors in the UK. I've heard rumors that becoming a doctor is not a popular career choice among the native-born British since they're not paid very well given socialized medicine. Is this true? If so, then what are the more prevalent countries-of-origin? In America many of our doctors are foreign born. Is that the case on your islands as well?
 

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Posted by Dean Kollet (Member # 1789) on 09-15-2004, 11:55 AM:
 
at FSU, we have free Doctors apts and whatnot as long as you are a full-time student. Although...whenever a girl does go in there and she is sick...they ask those same three questions. It's a joke around campus that you have to tell them you are not pregnant before you go in so they can actually diagnose you
 

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Posted by Stephen Furley (Member # 1277) on 09-15-2004, 12:05 PM:
 
I have no idea what they earn.

Many of our doctors are of overseas ethnithicity, if I can put it that way, but many of those have lived in this country for most of their lives, often for decades. I would say that the Indian Sub-Continent is the most common area of origin
 

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Posted by Dominic Espinosa (Member # 2122) on 09-15-2004, 12:53 PM:
 
I rarely get sick and if I do then I stick it out. The sickets I've ever been was last winter for about a week, I was on my death bed for a couple days but then back to normal. There's not much that'll keep me from getting to work if there's projectors involved.
And I've not been to the doctore since I was born, however, sometimes random people ask me if I'm pregnant, sexually active, taking birth control...I'm not sure why...
 

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Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 09-15-2004, 01:34 PM:
 
To start with, in Britain we have a state-run (i.e. paid for directly out of taxation) healthcare system called the National Health Service (NHS). Only a very small proportion of the population have private health insurance, and the private sector probably accounts only around 5% of consultations, treatments and operations at the absolute most (at a guess). There are some illnesses which have a significant waiting list for NHS treatment, but these are almost all non-life threatening (e.g. hip replacement operations), and in such cases people occasionally pay cash up front for the specific treatment (as against buying insurance cover). But as a general rule, everyone uses the NHS, which is free at the point of delivery.

The basic doctor's qualification is a five-year full time degree, at the end of which you're a junior hospital doctor earning around £25-30k (US$40kish, I'd guess). You then need to do a lot more training and exams to specialise in a given area (e.g. cardiology, psychiatry etc.), and those who stay in hospitals rather than go into general practice can expect to make it to consultant by their mid-40s, roughly speaking. Hardly any doctors work exclusively in private practice: most are senior consultants who do a small amount of private work on top of their contract with the NHS. The most senior hospital doctors usually end their careers on £70-100k.

So, basically, they're among the highest paid public servants in the country; but a doctor will still earn significantly less than someone with equivalent professional skills in the private sector (e.g. lawyers or airline pilots). But a doctor who has followed an average career pattern is likely to be earning at least twice as much as a teacher, civil servant or armed forces officer by their 40s. As against which, the training takes longer, so they're likely to graduate with a lot more debt; junior doctors' working hours are absolutely stupid; and they carry a lot of responsibility. A hospital doctor who makes serious mistakes that cause the death of patients might end up in jail as a result, but a teacher whose pupils all fail their exams does not run that risk.

The problem I've heard with doctor recruitment (I've got several relatives who are or were doctors, on both sides of the family) is that a disproportionate number of junior doctors want to go into general practice rather than hospital work, as it's less stressful and the hours are lower and more predictable. As a result there's a rapidly growing shortage of hospital doctors in a number of specialisms, especially those involving surgery. Apparently the number of specialist transplant surgeons coming through the system is now so low that there are fears that donor organs may go unused because there won't be enough surgeons to 'install' them. I haven't heard of us importing significant numbers of doctors from overseas, but this is happening with nurses; this being mainly because their pay is insultingly low, given their skills and the cost of living in Britain.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 09-15-2004, 01:38 PM:
 

quote: Jennifer Pan

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To honestly answer those questions, no I'm not pregnant, no I'm not sexually active, and no I do not take birth control.

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Jen, Again, we have more in common! I answered those 3 questions EXACTLY the same way!

>>> Phil
 

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Posted by Ian Price (Member # 14) on 09-15-2004, 01:47 PM:
 
I just had a check up and everything is normal. I thought I needed a check up due to my recent weight loss. My doctor refrained from the embarrassing questions. Actually I think we talked about bird watching
 

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Posted by R. Andrew Diercks (Member # 1725) on 09-15-2004, 01:58 PM:
 
I used to only go to the doctor when I was sick or pretty injured. Now I have to go anually for a check up. I gave my father a kidney last month and I need to catch things early if I have any problems.

I always tell the doc, I used to be sexually active until we got married. Now I'm lucky to serve my one weekend a month and never get my two weeks a year. I joined the sexual reserves.
 

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Posted by Ron Yost (Member # 1850) on 09-15-2004, 03:27 PM:
 
Post deleted by Ron Yost cuz it was overwhelmingly stupid!

Ron Yost

[ 09-15-2004, 05:40 PM: Message edited by: Ron Yost ]
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 09-15-2004, 03:41 PM:
 

quote: R. Andrew Diercks

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I always tell the doc, I used to be sexually active until we got married. Now I'm lucky to serve my one weekend a month and never get my two weeks a year. I joined the sexual reserves.

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That's kinda sad. I'd do it everyday if I was married. I'm not one of those chicks how makes their man suffer for weeks on end to prove some stupid point. We are just as aroused or even more so than guys.
Keep in mind that I'd definitely workout to keep in shape just to make my man happy.
If we fought that day... it still wouldn't get in the way. Making up makes it the best part.

quote: Ron Yost

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You clearly need to seek another doctor! This one is totally incompetent! I base that on the fact he obviously failed the class on "Conducting A Thorough Examination Of Sweet Young Thang's"

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Well, you also have to remember my mom was in the room... so he couldn't "examine" me that way. It would be really uncomfortable for anyone in that room.

Ron, I'm 19... My mom and I were both being examined that day. So we went in together to get it done quicker. There was only one Dr. working. Everyone else were nurses.
 

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Posted by R. Andrew Diercks (Member # 1725) on 09-15-2004, 04:28 PM:
 
Jenn,

Actually my sex life isn't bad at all. I just answer the doc that way. It's sort of the thing to joke about when your married. Besides no matter how often happens, it's never enough. I must admit, two young children does hinder frequency, but they are definately worth it.
 

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Posted by Greg Davis (Member # 2687) on 09-15-2004, 04:42 PM:
 
If I don't feel good I have a Coke.
 

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Posted by Carl Martin (Member # 1146) on 09-15-2004, 04:57 PM:
 
given up on the dr. pepper?
 

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Posted by Dean Kollet (Member # 1789) on 09-15-2004, 05:03 PM:
 

quote: Ian Price

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Actually I think we talked about bird watching

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so, that's what they are calling it these days...
 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 09-15-2004, 05:17 PM:
 
My health insurance deductable has ballooned from $500 to $2500 in the last four years, while our company's rates have tripled regardless of the more expensive deductable. I expect we'll probably not have health insurance coverage by this time next year.

Needless to say, I visit the doctor as little as possible. My "insurance" doesn't pay for shit when it comes to things like preventative health care. It seems like the hospitals want everyone to have serious medical events that way the patient can go broke and the hospital can seize the patient's house and other assets. Gotta pay for that Mercedes one way or another.

At this rate, it won't be long before the only people in America with health coverage will be certain hospital employees and people living on native American reservations. Oh, let's not forget about illegal aliens.

I think I would be happier if we had a single payer "nationalized health insurance" system. What good is having a so-called state of the art, privatized system with great equipment if you can't afford any access to it? The saying around here is "that's about as useless as tits on a bull." And we really don't have a privatized system either. Every hospital is sucking big time on that government tit. Honestly, we do have "socialized medicine" since a giant amount of our tax dollars go to it. You just don't get much, if any, coverage from your tax dollars. Sounds kind of like taxation without represenation.

Right now, trial lawyers, drug companies, insurance companies, hospital corporations, etc. are all in their pissing contest on whose to blame for skyrocketing costs of health care. Yet they're all giving themselves yearly pay raises of 10% to 30%. It would be really funny for them to try that stunt with no government funding. I wish I could give myself a 30% pay raise every year. But you can't do that when you work in a small business that truly operates in the private sector and lives/dies based on what happens in the marketplace.

This situation clearly cannot sustain itself; the math doesn't add it up for it to do so. IMHO, this medical situation is the most serious issue this country faces, not the war on terror. I have a much better chance of getting murdered by one of my fellow Americans than I do a radical Muslim fundamentalist terrorist.
 

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Posted by Ron Yost (Member # 1850) on 09-15-2004, 05:18 PM:
 
It was my (extremely) lame attempt at humor. I apologize, Jennifer. Mystupid.

I'm glad you're healthy, tho. Hope your mom's ok, too .. you don't need to tell me/us. It's her business, eh?

Ron Yost
 

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Posted by Daryl C. W. O'Shea (Member # 1303) on 09-15-2004, 07:34 PM:
 
If I have a Coke I don't feel good.
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 09-15-2004, 08:33 PM:
 

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My doctor asks me the same exact questions!!

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Jeremy,
I can definately believe that your doctor would want to know if you're pregnant or on birth control.....

Mark
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 09-15-2004, 08:58 PM:
 

quote: Ron Yost

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I'm glad you're healthy, tho. Hope your mom's ok, too .

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My mom was sick actually. She got me up early yesterday so I could take her to the Dr... I got kinda worried, I knew she was going to be ok. It was just that she could have asked my brother to take her. Everytime I'm alone with my mom I'm always afraid of those mother daughter talks. I hate those.
 

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Posted by Paul Konen (Member # 41) on 09-15-2004, 09:29 PM:
 
To some, the married sex life is a way of life

Unfortunately.
 

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Posted by William T. Parr (Member # 677) on 09-15-2004, 10:17 PM:
 

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Jen, Again, we have more in common! I answered those 3 questions EXACTLY the same way!

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My doctor asks me the same exact questions!!

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Last Time I went to the doctor for a check up,He just asked how soon I was due. Made me wanna Bitchslap the Mofo. Honestly though I have lost alot of weight since then. If I wentback he would probably ask if it was a boy or a girl.
 

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Posted by Chris Hipp (Member # 1788) on 09-15-2004, 11:18 PM:
 
I have only been to the doctor once since I got my booster shots at 12 years old. I get colds every so often but never any thing worse. I always stick it out, unless I think it is something serious. A few months ago I realized that I had several signs for prostate cancer so I decided to go. He told me that my prostate was enlarged but to just jerk off several times a day. This was on a saturday, he wanted me to come back again to take a blood sample and test it but I had jsut paid $160 for him to tell me to beat off more and there was no way I was going to pay that again jsut because he couldn't do the blood work on a saturday.

Personally, I think people go to the doctor too much. I think your body will heal most anything and those people to freak out over every sneeze take too much medicine and weaken their immune systems.
 

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Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 09-16-2004, 03:26 AM:
 

quote: Bobby Henderson

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My "insurance" doesn't pay for shit when it comes to things like preventative health care. It seems like the hospitals want everyone to have serious medical events that way the patient can go broke and the hospital can seize the patient's house and other assets. Gotta pay for that Mercedes one way or another.

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quote: Daryl C. W. O'Shea

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If I have a Coke I don't feel good.

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quote: Jennifer Pan

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It's so great to get my blood taken. (supposedly my blood runs fast so the deed was done quick)

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So how do you like your blood drawn? Sitting up or laying down?

I had an interesting blood-test experience about ten years ago, getting blood drawn both sitting up and laying down, and in both arms . That day I was ushered into the blood-drawing room and shown the chair. As much as I despise blood tests (and needles in general), I prefer it being done laying down; this time I thought I had no choice but to take it seated. So I took my seat and the nurse proceeded to do the deed on my left arm...after about three drops of blood filled the vial, the vein collapsed and the flow petered out. Since the (attractive) nurse said she'd have to try again, I suggested having it done laying down, although I was not exactly looking forward to it (the second blood test attempt, that is ).

As I was led out of the blood drawing room and into an examination room, I passed out on the floor. Awakening from the fainting episode, two nurses -- the original nurse and her equally attractive colleague -- helped me up and got me into the exam room and, from my right arm, finally got my body to part with two vials' worth of that red elixir of life.

To this day I kick myself for not seizing the opportunity and gaining a significant other from the medical profession. .

Come to think of it, I have to submit for a blood test next week. Nowadays, the technicians are male. Oh, well...
 

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Posted by Dominic Espinosa (Member # 2122) on 09-16-2004, 01:54 PM:
 
Chris is pretty much right. When you take decent care of your health your body can handle a lot of things. The immunse system is excellent. To aid you can also take many herbal supplements that are just as effective at combating the problem, cheaper, and better for you (less or no side effects) than prescription drugs.
For example, anyone who has frequent colds should take vitamin c tablets. If you get one take eccinacia, each are under $20 and keep you on your feet.
The only time I've ever called in sick to work was when I got food poisoning or a hangover.

And fellas...If the doc asks if it's a boy or girl just tell 'em it's a baby ellephant and ask if he wants to see the trunk...
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 09-16-2004, 02:19 PM:
 

quote: Jon Miller

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So how do you like your blood drawn? Sitting up or laying down?

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I took it sitting up, 2 vials worth less then a minute. It was weird seeing the blood just quickly flow like that. She stuck one vial in, it almost got half way full in a couple of seconds. The second vial was full even faster than the first. For some reason I felt very little pain. I notice this time she didn't stick the needle deep into my skin.
I had my blood drawn about 7 months ago and it hurt. I couldn't even look.
 

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Posted by Ron Yost (Member # 1850) on 09-16-2004, 03:28 PM:
 
Jennifer,

If they're good at drawing blood it shouldn't hurt much. Of course, not all are.

They don't go 'deep' into your flesh .. the veins (I think they draw from veins?) are just beneath the skin, and they do it with the needle almost horizontal to your arm. You just didn't look the last time so you didn't see that, right? It's not at all like giving you an injection.

You also may have been more nervous last time. That seems to make it worse.

I just had blood drawn this morning. Two vials, so I guess they're doing a comprehensive 'panel', if that's what it's called. There were a LOT of the little boxes checked on the form I handed them.

Ron Yost
 

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Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 09-16-2004, 03:44 PM:
 
Most injections are 'subcutaneous' (sp?), or 'below the skin'. Just as long as the needle does just that, the drug is absorbed by the muscle and passes gradually through it and into the blood stream. A subcutaneous needle is extremely thin and you hardly feel anything. Pretty much anyone could adminster a subcutaneous injection (including diabetics, who have to inject themselves with insulin) painlessly. Some (though very few, as far as I understand) drugs have to be injected 'intravenously' (again, sp?), or 'into the vein'. Here the needle penetrates the vein (or artery) itself, and pushes the drug straight into the bloodstrem, so it is pumped right round your body and takes effect within seconds. The needle used for this has to be thicker (i.e. diameter of the tube within it has to be greater than that of a subcutaneous needle) so that the flow of liquid can overcome the pressure within the bloodstream. Blood samples are (obviously!) taken intravenously too, and it takes a lot more skill to put one of these needles in without making a mess and the patient knowing about it.

How do I know all this? Because I once had a flat mate who was a student nurse, and foolishly agreed, in exchange for lots of beer, to act as a guinea pig. Over a decade later, anyone looking at my upper right arm might - with some justification - conclude that I must be a drug addict...
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 09-16-2004, 04:03 PM:
 

quote: Ron Yost

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You just didn't look the last time so you didn't see that, right?

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The last time when my blood was drawn I saw her stick the needle into the vein deeper. The part I had to turn away was the blood flowing into the vial. But this time it was like... just the very tip of the needle had entered the vein. The nurse was saying that my blood was very first as she was taking it. So I assume I was. Yeah, it could have something to do with me not being nervous. I've notice my fear of certain things have changed lately.
 

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Posted by Ron Yost (Member # 1850) on 09-16-2004, 04:31 PM:
 
Thanks, Leo .. very helpful info. Always eager to learn!

I see, Jennifer. Maybe the last draw-person was better?? I've had blood drawn enough to know that, on me, at least, it's nearly always a different 'experience'. Never pleasant, tho.

One time they used a really neat blood-drawing syringe (well, as 'neat' as a syringe can be.) Anyway, the front of it was on a slight angle, so the needle itself was able to be 'inserted' almost parallel to the vein, if that makes sense.

The tech told me she loves them, and it makes it easier on a patient and easier for them, too, as there's less risk of going completely through the vein and out the other side.

I remember her saying that most facilities don't want to pay for their slightly higher price, tho. That was a year or more ago and I haven't had one used on me since. And, growing older, I seem to have blood drawn fairly frequently these days.

I am curious why, in a young person such as yourself, Jennifer, they're drawing blood so often? Seven-months seems a very short span of time. If I'm being overly nosy, just don't reply.

Ron Yost .. Mr. Curious!
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 09-16-2004, 04:42 PM:
 
7 months ago my parents had a health plan that was soon to be terminated since they were going to transfer to AZ so the whole family got blood work done including me. I turned out fine... I also had a check up then too.

And this time I just thought that I should get another check up. I haven't been emotionally healthy so I thought I should check my physical condition if anything hindered...Plus I worked my butt off this past summer(to the point of almost passing out), so maybe I should check if I'm still healthy. Yeah, paranoia.

They haven't called me yet for my results.
 

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Posted by Ron Yost (Member # 1850) on 09-16-2004, 05:00 PM:
 
Ah, I see. I'm glad it's not a disease or anything, Jennifer. Guess I'm paranoid, too. Nah, I'm just a worry-wart .. got it from my dear late mother.

Hope you feel better real soon.

Ron Yost
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 09-16-2004, 05:11 PM:
 
Thanks, me too.
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 09-16-2004, 06:21 PM:
 

quote: Jennifer Pan

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I haven't been emotionally healthy

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Well, hanging around this place isn't going to help THAT!
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 09-16-2004, 06:22 PM:
 
Are you an expert on THAT Mike?
 

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Posted by Will Kutler (Member # 770) on 09-16-2004, 08:20 PM:
 
Normal? WHATS NORMAL?????

THEY'RE COMMIN TO TAKE ME AWAY HAHA!

SHRINK? ...WHERE? WHAT SHRINK??????
 

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Posted by Rachel Gilardi (Member # 1016) on 09-16-2004, 09:22 PM:
 
The only doctor I go to is the "girlie doctor" because that's the only thing my low income insurance covers (being in school sucks!). You need to have kids to have full insurance coverage. That is there way of saving money considering if they have to cover a whole family it would cost them a lot more in the long run.

I always get asked those same three wonderful questions plus a handful of others, although I'm sure no one here cares what I answer to them!
 

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Posted by Steve Kraus (Member # 476) on 09-16-2004, 09:30 PM:
 
Right. But go ahead an answer just in case anyone does.

Oh Jen, I can't believe you're wasting money on clinics when I would have done your exam for free!




 

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Posted by Michael Schaffer (Member # 1204) on 09-16-2004, 09:46 PM:
 

quote: Rachel Gilardi

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You need to have kids to have full insurance coverage.

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Oh Jen, I can't believe you're wasting money on clinics when I would have done your exam for free!

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Well, I'll remind myself the next time I want a check up. And I want a THOROUGH one!

Rachel, answer the questions, peoples lives are at stack... They need to know.
 

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Posted by Steve Kraus (Member # 476) on 09-16-2004, 10:00 PM:
 
Would I fly you up here for other than a very thorough exam?

So you think maybe Rach is going to hatch a wee lil moderator? Yikes, what if it's one of those infants that can't thread in frame?
 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 09-16-2004, 10:42 PM:
 
So this is what happens when Phil disappears for awhile...the innuendos turn straight!
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 09-16-2004, 11:12 PM:
 

quote: Steve Kraus

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Would I fly you up here for other than a very thorough exam?

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You're the Dr.... Would I need an X- ray too? How about a "cat" scan?
 

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Posted by Steve Kraus (Member # 476) on 09-16-2004, 11:30 PM:
 
Naturally I have my own customized diagnostic techniques, Jen.
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 09-16-2004, 11:37 PM:
 
I would also need to see your credentials, or at least some evaluations from previous "patients".
 

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Posted by Steve Kraus (Member # 476) on 09-17-2004, 12:45 AM:
 
Well of course you'd want to check over the credentials very closely to make sure they suit your needs.

Of course I would be unable to speak during part of the exam for reasons which would become obvious at the time.
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 09-17-2004, 12:53 AM:
 
Ohh... I wouldn't want to disturb you during that process. It could be very crucial.
 

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Posted by Ron Yost (Member # 1850) on 09-17-2004, 01:07 AM:
 
Ok, why don't you guys get a room! haha

Ron Yost .. covering his wittle eyes
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 09-17-2004, 01:11 AM:
 
Ha ha... I was waiting for someone to say that

You know, if you were a dr. too...

Nevermind
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 09-17-2004, 01:32 AM:
 

quote: Brad Miller

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So this is what happens when Phil disappears for awhile...the innuendos turn straight!

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quote: Ethan Harper

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Steve Kraus is no doctor, he is a Butt God!!!

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Speaking from experience, Ethan?

J/K

quote: Mr. Slave about Phil

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I AM gay... my boyfriend isnt! JEEZUS CHRIIIST!

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Phil, I believe you!
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 09-17-2004, 08:06 AM:
 

quote: Ethan Harper

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Steve Kraus is no doctor, he is a Butt God.

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Ok... So where has Steve's name of "butt God" come from, is there some reference that he is, is there proof that he is, and is there a dedicated thread about this?

Ethan, you are spoiling the fun... I had pictured Steve in a doctors robe and everything...
 

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Posted by Jeremy Fuentes (Member # 2135) on 09-17-2004, 08:14 AM:
 
While I may not be a Butt God like Mr. Kraus, I have been called Dr. Love on many occasions.
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 09-17-2004, 08:18 AM:
 
See, you're married.... That's a whole different ball game. You'd have to be Dr. Love as a pediatrician.

If not that, does your wife play the nurse or the patient? Or is it both.
 

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Posted by Jeremy Fuentes (Member # 2135) on 09-17-2004, 08:44 AM:
 
It all depends on the symptoms usually caused by

Youre right, its a whole different ball game, but its still a fun game.
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 09-17-2004, 08:49 AM:
 
So you have to get her to be to even play the game?
Now I see how its plausible to role play in your situation.
Or is it that you are insinuating she's an alcoholic?

No pun intended. I bet Dr. Love and Mrs. Love are very happy.
 

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Posted by Jeremy Fuentes (Member # 2135) on 09-17-2004, 09:12 AM:
 
We are very happy or no

FYI.. isnt necessary to play the game, but the pills I prescribed for you are.
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 09-17-2004, 09:17 AM:
 
Oh... a cheating Dr. are you?

Well, in that case you'd have to prescribe some for yourself as well, cuz I'd go all night.

And if the pills are just for me... they better be legal.
 

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Posted by Jeremy Fuentes (Member # 2135) on 09-17-2004, 09:25 AM:
 
I'd rather not discuss the legality of the pills on a public forum.

quote: Jennifer Pan

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cuz I'd go all night.

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Posted by Steve Kraus (Member # 476) on 09-17-2004, 09:42 AM:
 
Jen, it comes from "Who is Steve? He is but God Almighty." Brad just mis-typed an extra T.

Actually it stems from my dislike of the F-T "tips" splicer cutter modification that would cause film to overlap in the splice. I prefer the film not to overlap also known as a butt splice. I'm too lazy to find the relevant thread.

So do you wish to make an appointment now and avoid the fall rush?
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 09-17-2004, 10:08 AM:
 
But I've already had a check up... Unless, there's something else I need checked out...
 

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Posted by Steve Kraus (Member # 476) on 09-17-2004, 10:42 AM:
 
Maybe it's the doctor who needs the checkup this time!
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 09-17-2004, 10:55 AM:
 
Ohh... So its going to be like that... I have no problem with that. I just can't say I will be able to diagnose any symptoms correctly since I'm not a physician. My credentials are not of a professional stand point.
 

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Posted by Steve Kraus (Member # 476) on 09-17-2004, 12:40 PM:
 
Well you see I have already made a diagnosis of hysteria (using the circa 1890's definition of the term, considerably different than what it means today). It's easily treatable. Which is good in case I have the same malady, the gender of the term not withstanding.
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 09-17-2004, 02:14 PM:
 
Ahhh.. Good to know Dr. Kraus.
 

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Posted by Steve Kraus (Member # 476) on 09-17-2004, 02:23 PM:
 
If you're a good patient I'll send you on your way with a lolli-pop. If you're a really good patient you get a toy. Batteries included.
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 09-17-2004, 02:24 PM:
 
Why do I have a feeling I'll get both.

BTW, I got the results of my blood test. Everything turned out negative, I am healthy. YAY.

[ 09-17-2004, 03:26 PM: Message edited by: Jennifer Pan ]
 

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Posted by Steve Kraus (Member # 476) on 09-17-2004, 08:08 PM:
 
Well that is great news of course but may I point out the advantages of a well-patient exam, just to set a baseline?
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 09-17-2004, 08:11 PM:
 
Sure, go right ahead.
 

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Posted by Rachel Gilardi (Member # 1016) on 09-17-2004, 10:38 PM:
 
No, Not often, Yes. Just so I can clear up any rumors of a mini-mod.
 

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Posted by Ethan Harper (Member # 472) on 09-17-2004, 11:24 PM:
 
I have a motorcycle. It is WAY cooler than being a doctor like Steve. I mean just check out my pic, I'm figgin Phiggidy Pimping Phat! How can you top DAT!
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 09-18-2004, 12:33 AM:
 
Yes, you are Snoop Dog Ethan... A nice bike indeed. Which makes you cool... Are you leading to something else besides your coolness to post on this thread? Or are you trying to attack Dr. Kraus in some battle that I for one am unaware of.
 

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Posted by Greg Davis (Member # 2687) on 09-18-2004, 12:59 AM:
 
No no no. Motorcycles are seriously of the "cool nature." When i was in 5th grade i did a report on them. They are definitely cool. I have a lego motorcycle in my room, and i would be MORE than happy to share with you how long it took me to build it, or better yet, how ... short... it took me. ill give you a hint: its less than 10.

MINUTES. Check that out.
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 09-18-2004, 01:02 AM:
 
I wasn't disagreeing with him... Motorcycles are cool. An awesome ride just in the right place...
 

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Posted by Steve Kraus (Member # 476) on 09-18-2004, 01:03 AM:
 
I won't sully the dignity of my practice by answering.

Jen, I think I can squeeze you in early October.*

* No, I didn't forget a second "in" in that sentence.
 

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Posted by Ethan Harper (Member # 472) on 09-18-2004, 01:06 AM:
 
I bet you my motorcycle has more cc's than your motorcycle. Heh Heh. And I can drive it with my legs crossed Anyone who wants a ride just let me know. Heh heh.

Kraus, what do you mean squeeze? Like through a tight hallway or physically squeeze her like an orange cuz' that seems kind of rough man.
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 09-18-2004, 01:07 AM:
 

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Jen, I think I can squeeze you in early October.

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Alright, good to know. Will I have to wait in the waiting room or will that day be just appointed to me?

Ethan, too much time with your bike instead of your wife.
 

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Posted by Ethan Harper (Member # 472) on 09-18-2004, 01:11 AM:
 
Wife? HA HAHAHAHAH AHHAHAHAHHAHHAHHAHAHAHHA! Little do you all know.
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 09-18-2004, 01:14 AM:
 
Did you divorce her already? Or is your wife the bike? Lindsey isn't it? Nice name for something with cc's.
 

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Posted by Ethan Harper (Member # 472) on 09-18-2004, 01:19 AM:
 
Yes my wife is the bike...I drive my wife up and down the road!!!
 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 09-18-2004, 01:30 AM:
 
I would make a comment about Ethan crossing his legs in relation to his wife, but I can't seem to come up with anything.

E-Dawggg's da bomb when he be ridin' da bike cross-legged!!! (We have so got to get pictures of Ethan doing that to post.)
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 09-18-2004, 01:34 AM:
 

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Yes my wife is the bike...I drive my wife down the road Geez!!! [Roll Eyes]

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What's wrong Ethan? Your original post was fine, you didn't have to change it... What you do with you wife is none of my business.

Yes, I agree with Brad... must have a dedicated thread to the tricks E- Dawggg can do.
 

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Posted by Ethan Harper (Member # 472) on 09-18-2004, 01:38 AM:
 
Yes I am da BOMB! A friggin' Phiggidy Phat Bomb waiting to explode My Super coolness onto everyone in da world. (That doesnt sound perverted does it?)
 

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Posted by Ron Yost (Member # 1850) on 09-18-2004, 09:39 AM:
 
All of life's a perversion .. in one way or another.

And, Jennifer .. I'm very happy you're well.

Edited to remove more stupidity. at self.
Ron Yost

[ 09-18-2004, 01:02 PM: Message edited by: Ron Yost ]
 

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Posted by Steve Kraus (Member # 476) on 09-19-2004, 12:41 AM:
 
Jen: Care to see my etchings?

This vintage pickup line posted for Phil's benefit to remind him of his youth.
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 09-19-2004, 01:05 AM:
 
If you were seriously asking Dr. Kraus... I would have said yes.
 

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Posted by Samantha Mendez (Member # 2710) on 09-19-2004, 01:08 AM:
 
Just thought I'd pitch in my 2 cents.

I'm sort of bored.. nobody is online (ignoring the fact that it's 1:07 in the morning)

Steve just went to bed though.

And going to the Dr. is awesome!

(my doctor rocks my pants off) Or he just takes them off...because he can.
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 09-19-2004, 01:11 AM:
 
Woooo.... hold the phone....

How do you know Steve went to bed? Either you were chatting with him or something "else"....

And I bet going to the Dr. for you is awesome...
 

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Posted by Steve Kraus (Member # 476) on 09-19-2004, 11:24 AM:
 
Hmmm...sexy women talking about me!

I can be serious and mock Phil at the same time. It's that walking and chewing gum thing that throws me.

Note to self: Learn how to make etchings ASAP.
 

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Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 09-20-2004, 03:56 AM:
 

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You're the Dr.... Would I need an X- ray too? How about a "cat" scan?

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Yes I am da BOMB!

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quote: Steve Kraus

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Don't you know you're jumping dare protocol if you go right to the triple dog?

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