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I think everyone has had at least some "pleasant" experiences at the Doctors offices. These are some of mine. I think everyone has had at least some "pleasant" experiences at the Doctors offices. If you haven't, you will. I sometimes am left to wonder if the AMA is conspiring with Gerbels, Mengela, to think of new procedures to torment, humiliate, or outright torture the common man. "We could do a MRI or cat-scan; but an endoscopy would be much more fun... for us". ℹ️ Info           ~ Aristotle Sabouni Created: 2019-01-30

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These are just a few of my stories: Medical • [9 items]

1980 Black Widow
Being bitten by a black widow spider was not fun. I'd gone frogging, and then later had these muscle spasms, puking, and writhing in pain. My Mom said, "Food poisoning, next time don't eat frogs", and left me for a party. I spent the evening curled up in cramping pain, until I passed out.

1982 ⚕️Nose Job
My first "major" medical procedure was a nose job. When I was a young kid (age 8), I was climbing over a cinderblock wall when the top brick came off, smashed my nose, and left me sounding like Darth Vader for a decade. That and being Iranian/Italian gave me a beak. So the summer before college, I had my nose fixed.

1995 ⚕️Heart Surgery
My wife has a broken heart; and no I don't mean that I stepped on it, left her, or hurt her feelings; though I'm sure I've hurt her feelings a few times. No, literally her heart isn't quite right, or even close to right -- and it effects all of us. And very early in our Marriage, we had to get it fixed. Open Heart Surgery sure puts perspective on life/love/relationship.

Broken Arms
Many people have never broken a limb. I'm not one of them. My left arm seems to like to snap like a twig. I've broken it five times. No, it isn't weak, and I don't have osteoporosis or brittle bone disease - I actually just do dumb things or get unlucky, and sometimes both. These are my stories.

Cars greatest hits
Deathrace 2000: Some people tell their kids, "watch out for cars" -- for me that was always an understatement. I was one of those lucky kids that got hit by a car, over and over and over again. My final score was; Cars:4 Me:0 -- and that was just as a pedestrian, as a driver I had a few more accidents.

Jared (2003)
Another Holiday, some dread and anticipation at visiting family. The soon to be bitter-sweet memories of both sharing time, remembering past and present experiences, and having that past buttons pushed in ways that those close to us know how to push them (especially Italians). But friends tragedies keep the perspective; time is fleeting, and all memories matter.

My Colonoscopies
Lights, Camera, Action: the joy of endoscopies. Sometimes you've got to wonder who thought up the idea of making a prehensiled marital aid, and probing people's orifices with it; or what their true motivation was. I had the pleasure of taking it from both ends; a couple times. These are my stories; the names have been kept the same to incriminate the guilty.

Phobias and Anxiety

I learned a lot about phobias and anxiety the hard way. I was a precocious kid and early adult, and then something snapped. It helped me learn firsthand what these are and are not. I am not a psychologist but I've read quite a bit on the subject. I am hoping that explaining some of these experiences will help others with "phobias" recognize what they are, or help others to understand them a little better.

Poison Oak
This is a video by me, on how I earned my superpower, with the help of poison oak and public humiliation in Junior High School. When your junk becomes the talk of Jr. High School, and they line up to see it at shower time, you kind of get over any shame or humiliation. I felt like a woman giving birth on TV... at 14.

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