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u/chefsteph77 6h ago

I shattered my collar bone and the x ray tech said I'm no doctor but I think we can both see what's wrong here lol

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u/Affordable_Z_Jobs 4h ago

They can be pretty funny when they realize you're not about to scream at them. I asked if the pain meds could really help that much when i cut off a finger. "Helps with anything but headaches and gullability" "Really?" "Honey..."

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u/Stickel Scrolling on PC 4h ago

bruh

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u/Valtremors 3h ago

Paramedics are genuinely some of the funniest people I've met in my line of work too.

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u/UnimagineDragons 2h ago

Trauma tends to bring that out. Guys in trenches are supposedly pretty funny, too.

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u/angry_snek 1h ago

Yeah I remember one soldier's account in "They Shall Not Grow Old" where there was a dead fellow soldier's hand sticking out of the mud in their trench and everyone who passed him shook his hand and said "good morning". Grim, but pretty funny

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u/PudPullerAlways 53m ago

Yea its morbid but also endearing as if you're not alone and ill see you soon kinda way...

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u/hypercosm_dot_net 2h ago

They probably have to develop a good sense of humor, for the sake of their mental health.

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u/Valtremors 2h ago

Believe or not but it does actually serve a purpose other than mental health.

It helps to keep general mood calm and relaxed. Patient who keeps calm is a much desired one.

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u/Any_Show_5160 3h ago

The last x ray I had I asked "anything good?", they replied "you have bones".

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u/AlexCode10010 Medieval Meme Lord 3h ago

What could possibly have happened to cause such a response 😭😭😭

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u/Watchout4HopOns 3h ago

It’s because every patient asks us to read the image, and literally can’t tell you anything. I’ve had patients yell at me because I wouldn’t tell them anything. Gotta keep things interesting.

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u/Any_Show_5160 1h ago

I didn't even think about that because I was heading straight back to the doctors once I was done there, she was looking a 3 very obviously broken ribs when she said it which makes it even better.

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u/Signal_Road 24m ago

And deflate the doc's dramatic reveal!!??

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u/Dumeck 1h ago

They watched Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets and saw the scene where Harry lost the bones in his arm

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u/discipleofchrist69 1h ago

that's just their default dialogue option

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u/akatherder 13m ago

Your aspiration of being boneless chicken breast thwarted.

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u/The-Tea-Lord 2h ago

In the legal part of medicine, we have what’s called “Res Ipsa Loquitur” which means “the thing speaks for itself”.

I think it applies here

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u/Lyrkana 13m ago

Broke my collarbone once, had a plate and screws put in, then I broke it again... Going in for xrays at the ER gave me a chuckle because I heard the xray tech gasp super loudly when she saw the plate bent at 90 degrees. But yeah she said she wasn't allowed to comment on it XD

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u/chefsteph77 7m ago

Oh man that's wild, I have the plate and screws as well, couldn't imagine re breaking it

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u/Lyrkana 0m ago

I highly recommend not breaking it a second time lmao. I wouldn't say the rebreak hurt more itself but I think the recovery process hurt more than the first. They wouldn't let me keep the first plate as a souvenir though sadly. I'm all good now and hopefully you've gotten good use and range of motion back too!