Unprofessional?

cydney65

I was asked when my last period was by a GP. When I said I couldn't remember she asked me if I could be pregnant. I said I wouldn't think so and she got exasperated and asked me if I was using contraception. When I said no she got really exasperated and asked me how I could be sure I wasn't pregnant. I then told her I was gay! The woman went completely red and mumbled something...I couldn't stop laughing

mountainofdebt

Janepig wrote: »

I'm obviously a dinosaur though, do you not use viewers any more (by that I assume you mean the light boxes on the wall). Is it all computerised now?

I've always been curious as well (sad I know) as to how protected you are as radiographers from the x-rays?

Jx

Ah Janepig.......my days in radiography were short-lived (college dropout :rotfl::rotfl:) but I think from Junior's visits to A&E its now all computerised - think star trek and you're on the right track.

As for being protected well I remember wearing the lead-lined aprons and running down the corridor ....it was a good workout! Seriously though anyone who worked in the x ray department had those little monitor badges that were manadory when in the dept and they were checked every month.

If a radiographer was pregnant then she wouldn't work in a room where there was a higher risk of radiation (such as a screening room)

Jobseeeker

they would have been asking for medical reasons. breast reductions are not always cosmetic

pollypenny

Janepig wrote: »

Pol, you're putting me right off ever having a mammogram!! How old do I have to be before I have to have one? Have I got afew years left? Please say I have!!

Jx

You could find it's an ex-offender, Jane! :rotfl:

Well, one who has turned her life round!

Prothet_of_Doom

I think it's a woman thing.

If I were having a medical procedure on my manly bits, and the doctor suggested that the size of it, I might find it more comfortable if it were a bit smaller, I'd be smiling all the way home.

Anyway. The real question you might ask yourself is "Would my life be easier with smaller breasts?" I'm no expert, but it must restrict your ballet career?

(What I'm trying to say nicely and failing is: "Get over it, Love. It was just someone, who must have seen 10,000 boobs, making small talk to someone who is a bit too sensitive"

Complain and !!!! up her career vs Smile and Move on, thinking, hey at least that's over with for another few years.

lostinrates

Prothet_of_Doom wrote: »

I think it's a woman thing.

If I were having a medical procedure on my manly bits, and the doctor suggested that the size of it, I might find it more comfortable if it were a bit smaller, I'd be smiling all the way home.

Anyway. The real question you might ask yourself is "Would my life be easier with smaller breasts?" I'm no expert, but it must restrict your ballet career?

(What I'm trying to say nicely and failing is: "Get over it, Love. It was just someone, who must have seen 10,000 boobs, making small talk to someone who is a bit too sensitive"

Complain and !!!! up her career vs Smile and Move on, thinking, hey at least that's over with for another few years.

Ok, let's invert that. Suppose a medical profession had asked you if the small size of your 'manly bits' had caused you a problem. Would you feel sensitive then?

Surgery to breast for aesthetic reasons is seen as almost 'normal', which in many cases is I think a great shame. Its comments to women who are happy with the normal size and shape of healthy breasts, whether they are large or small, that have normalised unnecessary surgeries and heightened sensitivity over something.

zaksmum

Prothet_of_Doom wrote: »

I think it's a woman thing.

If I were having a medical procedure on my manly bits, and the doctor suggested that the size of it, I might find it more comfortable if it were a bit smaller, I'd be smiling all the way home.

Anyway. The real question you might ask yourself is "Would my life be easier with smaller breasts?" I'm no expert, but it must restrict your ballet career?

(What I'm trying to say nicely and failing is: "Get over it, Love. It was just someone, who must have seen 10,000 boobs, making small talk to someone who is a bit too sensitive"

Complain and !!!! up her career vs Smile and Move on, thinking, hey at least that's over with for another few years.

I've already said I have no intention of complaining.

And anyway, what if, on inspection of your manly bits, the doc asked you if you'd ever thought about an enlargement procedure?

Wouldn't be laughing then, would you?

Pollycat

Prothet_of_Doom wrote: »

(What I'm trying to say nicely and failing is: "Get over it, Love. It was just someone, who must have seen 10,000 boobs, making small talk to someone who is a bit too sensitive"

Complain and !!!! up her career vs Smile and Move on, thinking, hey at least that's over with for another few years.

Small talk is inappropriate in those circumstances.
The nurse should have been aware of that.

If she carries on making 'small talk' she may well find someone who does makes a complaint about her.
If that does happen, it will be her who's !!!!ed up her career - nobody else.

I'd probably have shrugged off the incident if she'd said this:

zaksmum wrote: »

"Have you ever considered a reduction?"

but coupled with this behaviour:

zaksmum wrote: »

The context of it was that the radiologist asked me the routine questions beginning with "Have you any concerns about your breasts?"

I said "No" and she raised an eyebrow, puffed out her cheeks, shot her colleague a look, shook her head as if in disbelief then carried on positioning me.

it would have got her the sharp edge of my tongue - and a lesson in the inappropriateness of her comments.

SingleSue

stavromueller wrote: »

Before any procedure involving radiation on a female patient, their pregnancy status must be identified. The ONLY options we are allowed to use: within 2 weeks of their period, 2 years post menopause or post hysterectomy. If they couldn't confirm this, then we would make everyone do a pregnancy test.

Admittedly this is for higher dose procedures than mammography or simple x-ray but there will be similar restrictions them as well. It wasn't the best phrasing, I will admit, however, there are also quite a lot of people who would get very arsy if you ask them if they are pregnant (mis interpretting it as fat for example!). We do have to ask EVERYONE between 12 and 65 ish. We could get into serious trouble with the authorities if we accidentally exposed an unborn foetus.

I had a hysterectomy in 2001, still get asked if I could be pregnant, I explain no possibility of that due to the hysterectomy...and have still been asked....are you absolutely sure! :rotfl:

j.e.j.

zaksmum wrote: »

The context of it was that the radiologist asked me the routine questions beginning with "Have you any concerns about your breasts?"

I said "No" and she raised an eyebrow, puffed out her cheeks, shot her colleague a look, shook her head as if in disbelief then carried on positioning me.

I did feel a bit upset and startled really that she would say such a thing.

Charming!! I would be pretty upset and angry too.

It's people like this who put me off having anything to do with the nhs, to be honest, though hopefully they're only a minority. The trouble is, they're unaccountable, and they think they can speak to the patient (especially a female patient) any way they like.

You just want to say to them, erm.. excuse me, this is a PERSON you're talking to, not a piece of meat.

Grrr, Rant over!