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 FORGET THE TOOTHBRUSH IF YOU MUST - BUT NOT THE DRESSING GOWN

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nortan223

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PostSubject: FORGET THE TOOTHBRUSH IF YOU MUST - BUT NOT THE DRESSING GOWN   FORGET THE TOOTHBRUSH IF YOU MUST -  BUT NOT THE DRESSING GOWN EmptyApril 11th 2013, 12:17 pm

All I had was a phone call
From the Hospital to go for a test
They said they would send me a letter
With instructions, but as you have guessed.
It never arrived, so I failed to take
A dressing gown – As no one had said
That I’d have to strip.so they gave me, instead
A substitute, but the thing they supplied
Was a flowery back-to-front, loosely tied
Cotton affair that scarcely concealed
My front, and my rump was clearly revealed.

So a second gown worn the other way round
Preserved my modesty but was far from chic.
But worse was to come, as I later found.
It was simply a National Health confidence trick.
Now the first exploration was not too traumatic.
And showed that everything was OK
But this, at my age was problematic
So I’d need to go for a scan and X-ray.

So still dressed like a clown, I was then sent down
To a completely different section
And after wandering through corridors, for what seemed miles
I lost my sense of direction.
Embarrassed by my appearance and quite overwrought
My mind took on a bizarre new thought
Was this humiliation carefully planned
To see how much trauma and stress I could stand

.Then amidst this reverie, a member of staff
Tapped me on the shoulder
“Excuse me Sir, Are you in the right place
I waved my patient’s folder.
“I’m looking for X Ray,” I tersely replied
(By now I was really embarrassed)
And the last thing I wanted , was for some jobsworth type
To make me feel even more harassed.

His face was twitching, trying to stifle a smile
And I began to wish I was dead.
Then he raised his eyes heavenward for a while
To a sign hanging over my head .
I looked up too, then felt even more stressed
For I was now at the Mortuary and Chapel of Rest.

So I was guided to X Ray and given a seat .
And my humiliation was now complete
Among all the Outpatients, who tried not to grin
At this bizarrely dressed male mannequin.
Now the Hospital Shops are so orthodox .
They have cakes, sweets and drinks among their stocks
And you might be lucky with toothbrushes and soap
But if you want a dressing gown - you haven't a hope..




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sicksoul

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PostSubject: Re: FORGET THE TOOTHBRUSH IF YOU MUST - BUT NOT THE DRESSING GOWN   FORGET THE TOOTHBRUSH IF YOU MUST -  BUT NOT THE DRESSING GOWN EmptyApril 11th 2013, 4:40 pm

Rofl
My moms probably your age or older, and we've gone through this routine many times:
Now the first exploration was not too traumatic.
And showed that everything was OK
But this, at my age was problematic
So I’d need to go for a scan and X-ray.

Probably hoping to make sure you haven't short-changed them... they'll see the quarters in your pockets.. greedy.. never minds.. lol
That you ended up in the chapel/ morgue for a moment left me with tears in my eyes I was laughing so hard- I swear when they plan the lay-out for hospitals it's implied to be like the different levels of purgatory.
If you don't mind I might share this with my mom, she'd get a kick out of it too^^
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Daniel

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PostSubject: Re: FORGET THE TOOTHBRUSH IF YOU MUST - BUT NOT THE DRESSING GOWN   FORGET THE TOOTHBRUSH IF YOU MUST -  BUT NOT THE DRESSING GOWN EmptyApril 15th 2013, 11:09 pm

one would imagine with all the money health care makes from us they could afford to dress us in something better than a gown.. yet they don't (although I do have a secret thought we are dressed like we are simply so the nurses can have a good laugh every night on what would be a pretty boring job). I enjoyed your easy to follow tale and I can really feel for you.

Best wishes,

Daniel
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Crimson.Dawn

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LOL!!! Smile)
I remembered my own experience which was quite similar to this.
Still I'm smiling!
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TheArtofALyssaBLando

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Hospitals. . . You know, I think they designed those gown to fit improperly on purpose, even I, being tiny, 5 feet tall have never worn one that's fit, LOL.

Oh, and it doesn't matter how big it is, your buttocks (yes I said buttocks, haha) always hangs out the back.
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nortan223

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PostSubject: Re: FORGET THE TOOTHBRUSH IF YOU MUST - BUT NOT THE DRESSING GOWN   FORGET THE TOOTHBRUSH IF YOU MUST -  BUT NOT THE DRESSING GOWN EmptyMay 23rd 2013, 12:22 pm

There are some things in life that are stranger and funnier than fiction. This was one of them. So glad to have received these appreciative comments.

Norman
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