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A pleasant surprise in the hospital of all places

I was suffering with some tightness in my chest during the week which I put down to stress, I'm working a weekend job, doing a weekday internship, as well as trying to get my thesis proposal for my masters put together, so I'm understandably stressed. The other day the chest pain was accompanied by a tightness in my throat a swollen feeling under my jaw and a tingling feeling in my face so I assumed I had the onset of a chest infection and went to the doctor to have it checked out. He found no evidence of a chest infection or a heart problem, which he said the symptoms I was describing indicated, but given the ambiguity of it he decided to play it safe and sent me in for an exercise ECG just to be safe.

When it came to the test I was bricking it, not because there was a tiny possibility there might be something wrong with my heart, it was the thought of having the cardiologist plowing through my chest carpet with a bic disposable (just thinking about it gives me the shivers) So imagine how pleasantly surprised I was when she pulled out a OC razor which I think may have been a Mercur 15c and loaded it up with a fresh persona blade. It was still a little rough but definitely miles better than my previous experiences with hospital disposables. I asked why she didn't use a plastic disposable and she replied "it's actually cheaper to buy disposable blades in bulk". So who knows maybe the trend will catch on?

Nothing out of the ordinary showed up during my exam so fingers crossed when I get the full results in a few days time it will have turned out to have just been stress and pollen allergies combined or something like that. One thing I do know for certain is that after seeing how effectively that OC razor dealt with my chest carpet in one pass, my RAD is flaring up again
 
Good to hear that you are OK and it was not a heart problem.

Just like a wet shaver to pay attention to the razor and blades used:thumbup:

Jeff
 
Congrats on the clean checkout.

I asked why she didn't use a plastic disposable and she replied "it's actually cheaper to buy disposable blades in bulk". So who knows maybe the trend will catch on?
Cheapness aside, I wonder how clean it is? Even if they replace the blade with new patient, what is done to sterilize the razor in between each use?

This is one instance where I think a disposable might be an advantage.
 
I think it's safe enough, after she was finished with the razor she dumped the blade in her sharps box and sprayed the razor with what I believe was ethanol, gong by the smell. We used that stuff almost exclusively in the bio labs at University for cleaning our equipment and destroying fungal and bacteria colonies when we were done with them.
 
Every time? Sounds like more trouble than its worth.
I'm thinking they probably keep a couple dozen DE razors on hand, and autoclave the whole batch once a day. If they only had one razor and had to clean it each and every time, there's no way it would be ready in time.
 
Lucky fellow, at least you got a quick shave. I went to the ER having tightness in the chest, they just stuck the EKG pads right on.
Fortunately, it turned out it was just a panic/anxiety attack brought on due to stress and anxiety over student loans and suck.

It hurt trying to pull the sticky pads off. Verily, I was like Esau who was a hairy man. Unlike Jacob, who was a smooth man.
 
@ Jets Well she only did the area where the pads were going, so I'm very patchy. I can take a pic but it is dependent on how squeamish you guys are, I'm an EX-fatass who lost everything except his moobs :crying:
 
Did she map your grain first? Seriously, congratulations on your clean bill of health. I know all about thesis pressures, especially in the context of other pressures. I wish you the best of luck, and the best of health.
 
Lucky fellow, at least you got a quick shave. I went to the ER having tightness in the chest, they just stuck the EKG pads right on.
I had a similar experience last year when I had a sleep study for sleep apnea followed by a maintenance of wakefulness test for test for my FAA physical. After 20 hours those things were stuck on good. There were a couple that I would pull on a little just to get them far enough from my skin that I could get the razor under them to cut the hair.
 
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