Those of us who spend much time in a doctor’s office should appreciate this! Doesn’t it seem more and more that physicians are running their practices like an assembly line? Here’s what happened to Jack:
Jack walked into a doctor’s office and the receptionist asked him what he had. Jack said: ‘Shingles.’ So she wrote down his name, address, medical insurance number and told him to have a seat.
Fifteen minutes later a nurse’s aide came out and asked Jack what he had.
Jack said, ‘Shingles.’ So she wrote down his height, weight, a complete medical history and told Jack to wait in the examining room. A half hour later a nurse came in and asked Jack what he had. Jack said, ‘Shingles.’ So the nurse gave Jack a blood test, a blood pressure test, an electrocardiogram, and told Jack to take off all his clothes and wait for the doctor.
An hour later the doctor came in and found jack sitting patiently in the nude and asked Jack what he had. Jack said, ‘Shingles.’ The doctor asked, ‘Where?’
Jack said, 'Outside on the truck. Where do you want me to unload ‘em??’
A newly-ordained nun was taking a bath at her new convent when she heard a knock on the bathroom door. When she asked who it was, she heard one of the other nuns say “the blind man is here to see you”.
Of course, being a nun, she would normally be reluctant to let anyone see her in the nude, but she figured there would be no problem letting a blind man in the bathroom, so she said “OK, let him in.”
The man walks into the bathroom and says “nice rack sister. What kind of blinds do you want on your windows?”
You can believe that! I have had shingles (silly name for a VERY PAINFUL and disfiguring condition). It comes with a rash that develops to blisters. Some get the rash on their abdomen,back,and rest of their lower body, but some get it on their face and neck! UGLY!!! If you get it on your face you will be staying home for the duration!
Any one who has had Chicken pox when they were young has the virus for shingles in their spinal fluid. It stays there for life.
The first symptoms are a tenderness in the area that will be affected. I was told by the Doctor that there is a 48 hour window to get the med. that will stop it. Once the rash appears, you are hooped![/quote]
