blood test

[omniscient]

i just came back from getting a blood checkup, including STD's which also included HIV. i hate waiting for results on these damn things.

[Anonymouse]

You're gonna die

Um, this opens up a whole new can of worms.

Do you know how many people are misdiagnosed?

It's an industry so there is alot of skepticism about how blood tests are administered and the results that follow. Just recently I remember reading in associated press about thousands of patients who have been given the wrong STD, when they didn't have any.

[ckBejug]

Ahh STD's. God's gift to the not very careful sexually active. Damn some of the testing I had to sit in on during my time as an intern seemed downright torturous. Q-tips swabbed where q-tips aren't made to go. *ouch* ekhh. Good luck dude.

Were there really THOUSANDS of misdiagnosed patients? Were they from any particular place? A xxxxty free clinic perhaps? How were these cases found, were they all reported? While mistakes do happen, it seems quite negligent for there to be so many. So maybe it's an overexaggeration?

[TJ]

what a sad story a bout the bird that sings. i love birds so that story made me sad, i didnt get the allusion to humans though. what were you trying to say ckbejug

[jahannam]

the thorn bird story is a legend?
I thought it's real..
I hope you guys have seen the movie "the thorn birds"!! wow!
anyway
back to our thread topic...
the last time I had a blood test was.... ummm I don't remember lol
I havent' really done anything to worry about STDs...
I eat healthy... I exercise...
I'm never really sick (except for catching a cold or whatever once in a blue moon)
oh and I don't like needles...

[TJ]

your funny. i hope that post was sarcastic and you werent serious about preventing std's by eating healthy and excercsing.

[jahannam]

I didn't say I'm preventing STDs by eating healthy... khentoog
I said I haven't really done anything to worry about STDs!
which basically means... I haven't had sex!
get it??
GOOD

[Artsakhtsi]

Originally posted by ckBejug Ahh STD's. God's gift to the not very careful sexually active. Damn some of the testing I had to sit in on during my time as an intern seemed downright torturous. Q-tips swabbed where q-tips aren't made to go. *ouch* ekhh. Good luck dude.

Were there really THOUSANDS of misdiagnosed patients? Were they from any particular place? A xxxxty free clinic perhaps? How were these cases found, were they all reported? While mistakes do happen, it seems quite negligent for there to be so many. So maybe it's an overexaggeration?

i love that legend...so sad..... and the moovie...damn i cry every time i see the part when father Ralph dies ehhh

[TJ]

so why did you just randomly throw in the parts about eating healthy and excerscising

[jahannam]

cuz people don't get their blood tested only because of STDs..
there's other kinds of deseases out there you know?
like when you overeat FAT ... you get sick...
when you eat too much sugar... you get sick..
get it?
or do you have some other stuff to investigate about me?