Oh, What a Day

Today was interesting to say the least. I had to go into work (my new job) to gain medical clearance. I had no idea what this meant, so I went in with an open mind. I got there and checked in and then proceeded to wait for one hour before the receptionist had enough of me sitting and took me where I needed to go. Why she hadn't done this an hour before was beyond me. So I went to "Employee Health" and filled out a form with my medical history. For some reason, even though I was 3rd in line, I had to wait for about 9 people to go before me. They were getting flu shots and promised that it would be quick.

The doc checked my ears and my throat and took my blood pressure (110 over 70, not bad). He then asked me about my back injury (I wrote it down on the form). He said he wanted to test me. Didn't know what this meant, but I went with it. You'll get a kick out of his test:

Doctor: "Lay down. Now sit up. Lay down again. Now sit up. You passed the test, your back is fine."

It was too funny. Then he went to town on my belly, kneading my sides and my "area" (as Liza Palmer calls it) and then he was done. On top of all of this excitement, he had to give me a TB test. Now we've all had these before. When I had it last, they put this little thing on your skin with like 6 or 8 little needles and it didn't hurt. Today I had it the New York way. Don't know if it's nationwide because I've only lived in New York and Texas. But he took a syringe and put the needle under my skin. I couldn't help but watch and it was disturbing. Then he injected a liquid under my skin until it bubbled up and then put a band-aid on it. What the fuck? And now I have to come back on Monday to have it read, which really entails them looking at my arm for five seconds and signing a piece of paper. So as long as I don't have TB, I'm cleared to work! Yahoo...

It's really becoming real....I'm gonna be a working gal!