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I hadn’t been to the doctor in like 10 years. My wife and I are about to have ourselves a baby, so she insisted I get a checkup. I booked an appointment at a place that does all these different health screenings, most of which I’d never experienced: a lung test, eyeballs, brain scan, and finally a full body ultrasound.
The ultrasound room was down the hall from the other tests, and it reminded me of a massage room. Lit only by one dim, orangey lamp, and she had meditation-type music playing. That, and much like getting a massage, she told me to strip to my boxers and put a towel over my waist while she waited outside. Once back in the room she said she’d scan my lymph nodes, heart, lungs, guts, and all my main arteries and veins.
She got started, scanning my neck, then my chest, then stomach, lots of clicking of her mouse and staring at her screen. It was super normal and boring for the first 10 minutes or so. I almost fell asleep a couple times.