#does any of this make sense to you guys btw???? like this x-ray machine can look through my skin. why can’t it look through clothes and TAPE

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So the x-ray went fucking terribly

#it didn’t start off too badly. the waiting room was clean and the receptionist wasn’t the usual demon receptionist you get in a medical #setting. and the x-ray tech or nurse or whoever she was came to get me in good time #she said ‘ellen lastname?’ i said ‘hi’ she said ‘hi; please follow me’ so i did #then i discovered we were going to a linen cupboard because it was labelled as linen cupboard. i was like. i hope that’s not a sign #of things to come. it was though. i had to take my trousers off and wear this stupid fucking hospital gown that didn’t close properly #in the back. what is it about medical professionals and wanting everybody to have their butts out??? i mean luckily i wear the largest #underwear on planet fucking earth but. WHY. and THEN she’s looking at my knee going ‘what’s this blue stuff?’ #i say ‘it’s tape. my physiotherapist put it on’ she says ‘you need to take it off’ i say ‘i cannot take it off. i’d have to soak it for #an hour. and something tells me that’s not a good use of nhs time and resources’ she’s like ‘okay fine’ #does any of this make sense to you guys btw???? like this x-ray machine can look through my skin. why can’t it look through clothes and TAPE #also i’m not taking off my sports tape for you because my skin will come with it. my physio lady was pretty adamant about that #she said ‘do not rip it off i have seen skin injuries you wouldn’t believe’ i was like ‘i am so with you chief’ #so then the actual x-ray starts and this woman is So vague with me about how i need to hold my body. plus it was hot as fuck in this room #and i was trying to hold this stupid little gown together while also holding myself in a really unnatural position #she’s saying ‘relax’ and ‘stop moving’ i’m like ‘i’m doing my best!!!’ like believe me i’m NOT trying to fuck this up #i have two sprained ligaments and that’s just what i know about. we’re here making sure i don’t have a cartilage injury as well #like excuse me if i’m having trouble laying my foot perfectly flat while also leaning forward while also having my left foot (good foot) #behind me while also leaning against the x-ray machine #and at one point a random man came in and i was like HELLO???????? #my butt is out who is this??????????? #i was starting to feel faint from the heat and from standing for too long in an unnatural position and from just general anxiety #which thankfully was the point when she asked me to sit down and x-rayed my knee from a different position #then she just dismissed me and didn’t walk me back to my cubicle or anything lol. but i found it okay #tossed that stupid hospital gown in the hamper So happily and went to mcdonald’s to rehydrate because i damn near sweated my head off #overall it felt like a bad experience. i’m just like. nowhere in the letter did it mention i would have to disrobe. i wore my big pants #just in case but i still wasn’t expecting it. like i really feel like they could’ve given me a better explanation of what was going #to happen. also why tell me to take off the tape and then just do the x-ray with it on anyway????? #stupidity. anyway if you need me i’m going to angrily chew some gum and put this behind me #personal