Check his pulse, Yugi!

Oct 03, 2011 15:20

Friends, I am sad to report that the heart rate machine in emergency rooms does not make a constant beeping noise. It makes several beeps when it's first connected, then nothing. I really wanted to act out this commercial:

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What is does do is connect to your chest via very sticky tape. Your chest and chest hair. My torso now looks like a British wheat field.

Let's back up. I've been having slight chest discomfort since about last week. At first I wrote it off as indigestion since I had eaten two very spicy dinners in a row, but when the pain persisted even with time and Alka-Seltzer I decided to call a doctor. I was told that a general practitioner would not see me for any sort of chest pain without an emergency room ruling out any serious issues first. Long story, wait, and length of medical bill later the ER doctor ruled out anything life-threatening. He thinks it's a pulled muscle and is having me take horse-sized Motrin pills. Maybe I have been going a bit too hard at the gym and I definitely need to find a better way to sit with my laptop. Too bad I couldn't figure that out without the needles and uninvited manscaping.

running/health/etc, this is my story

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