Thursday, April 28, 2016

X ~ X-Rays

 How obvious and unimaginative was that for my "X" word of choice?

Other than going to the dentist our family has thankfully not had any x-rays needed for a few years.

Most of the time I'm quite happy, not knowing how I look on the inside, but when something happens that an x-ray is needed I do find it interesting to see what is going on.

The x-ray that has made me cringe the most is this one. So very thankful for doctors, modern medicine, and the gift of healing.

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  1. What is that? I hate taking my kids for chest x-rays. They've both had pneumonia and gave it to me this past fall. Not fun.

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    1. It's an x-ray they took to make sure the bone had healed well enough to have the rod and screws removed. When I first saw the x-ray I was amazed how one little leg could contain all that.

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  2. Oh My! How fascinating! Thank you Lord that we live in the day and age that we do!

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  3. Oh my goodness! That looks quite serious. I, too, am grateful for the gift of healing that God gave doctors and nurses. I had to have a MRI of my brain yesterday...basically a very fancy X-ray. It was quite the ordeal.
    Blessings,
    Betsy

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    1. I hadn't stopped to think how an MRI is basically a very fancy x-ray. I've had some experience with those, didn't enjoy it. Especially the noise.

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  4. I don't mind the noise of an MRI, but I cam horribly claustrophobic and, sine I have a small brain tumor, I have to have them fairly often. The tube faces a window, and they have a pair of "glasses" for me to wear, which are actually an angled mirror, so when I open my eyes I am looking out the window. Much, much better.

    I had to have a disc in my neck replaced and then a titanium plate (MRI compatible) to hold the entire she-bang together. I now have photographic proof that my head is screwed on properly!

    And, YES, thank God for modern medicine!

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    1. I used ear plugs and squeezed my eyes shut during my MRIs I'm very claustrophobic as well.

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  5. That looks painful! I can understand why it made you cringe.

    Where would we be without this particular X-word? however obvious it may be.
    Here visiting from the A-Z, all the best.

    Nilanjana.
    Ninja Minion, A-Z 2016
    Madly-in-Verse

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  6. I agree with the others. That looks incredibly painful. I'm also thankful for God's gift of healing through modern medicine. Like you, I've had dental X-rays. I also had to get an X-ray of my nose when I was 17. I had tripped on a rug outside of the school library and slid headlong into a heavy wooden desk. My nose is what stopped the slide. Thankfully, my nose wasn't broken.

    Oh, here's an X-word for you...Xenophobic. Maybe you can file that away for next April. ;)

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