Gauge your annoyance from 1 to 10. "Dr. Blank needs you to come in and get Hepatitis B shots."
Posted by
Inigo (aka Inigo)
Aug 1 '12, 09:35
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I had gone in for a checkup last week, and asked to get tested for STDs to be safe. I had been semi-recently tested before, but I figured it's a good time to do it again.
My doctor had called me on Monday, and told me I was clean. Yeah! Always good news.
Yesterday, I get a call from his office saying what was in my subject line. I was having lunch with my daughter so I couldn't come out and say "do I have hepatitis B?".
So, instead I say "He needs me to come in to get these shots because....?"
She says, "Well, for hepatitis B. For your health."
My mind is freaking at that point. I'm trying to remember all I know about the three different hepatitises, and which one is the worst. I have it? Will these shots cure it? Fuck. I'm literally sweating. Then she finally uses the word vaccine.
So, I say "Wait, he wants to vaccinate me for that? I don't have it."
She says, "Yes, correct." And she's a little annoyed. Maybe I'm just daft, but the way she presented the information had me seriously believing she was calling to tell me I had hepatitis B. Would you be annoyed?
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