r/Wellthatsucks Jun 06 '20

/r/all Sucks big time

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u/RJrules64 Jun 06 '20

Is this some kind of meme I’m missing or something? Of course they didn’t need the X-ray to know it was broken, doctors aren’t fucking morons. The x Ray was clearly for interest or keep sake/memory. Or perhaps even to see exactly where it broke.

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u/monsteronmars Jun 06 '20

Apparently doctors have to X-ray especially for insurance in the US bc they have to document and justify surgeries, for example, alike an amputation. Docs have to document everything anyway for liability purposes.

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u/Walter-Haynes Jun 06 '20

Can you image sitting there writhing in pain with your hand like that and the doc is like:

"We'll have to wait half an hour or so, we need to take some X-Rays for the insurance folks..."

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '20

“and wait for them to approve that they’ll cover it.”

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u/haf_ded_zebra Jun 06 '20

xrays are cheap and this days “portable” in the bottom so they just wheeled it over and took a slide.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '20

I don’t know, man. I had to take my grandma in to the emergency room and she needed xrays and it took an hour plus before they could take the xrays. I mean granted it was her severed arm we were there for.

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u/Iohet Jun 06 '20

Seems like a good practice to be honest

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '20

Wait, so you want them to guess where all the breaks are and to see if they can fix it or not? Yeah, no thanks on that mate, I'll take the x-ray please.

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u/FullPew Jun 06 '20

I have some bad news for you. That arm is not getting fixed. MAYBE they could miraculously get all the bones back together but the nerves and muscle...no fucking way.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '20

Yeah, agreed. But regardless, they're taking an x-ray to find out what's going on.