Here, Have Some Radiation
Mood:  irritated
Topic: Yours Truly
I just have to get this out because I simply cannot believe it. I was actually dumbstruck when I heard. It seems that little old CT scan that my primary care physician ordered wasn't the test he had meant to order. No no no. He meant to order an abdominal ultrasound, but he had a "case of the fat fingers". Granted, they found nodules, but not only was I subjected to 1000 xrays worth of radiation for this incorrect test, now I have to have another scan done in the next year to make sure the lung nodule isn't growing. On top of that, he didn't even realize it had been the wrong test and call me to have me get the correct one!

Thankfully, I caught the error and have had the abdominal ultrasound, but from this day forward this particular doctor will be referred to as "Dr. Fat Fingers".