tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post3267910156099201841..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: Am I Blue?Murr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-12207657548519784102018-07-26T22:59:03.867-07:002018-07-26T22:59:03.867-07:00I totally agree to with your idea to dispense with...I totally agree to with your idea to dispense with the gown altogether, because really, what's the point? My gynecologist actually does not use gowns- He feels that patients are more comfortable without them. Sitting there bare naked is much better than wearing a too small paper gown that will probably rip if you try to move.Mikaylanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-57175859285848638702017-11-22T10:42:42.203-08:002017-11-22T10:42:42.203-08:00Yep. I'm a complete-ist. It's also a wonde...Yep. I'm a complete-ist. It's also a wonderful way to start and finish my days--cup of coffee/glass of wine and a couple of Murrmurrs!cbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417290733581551242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-22264305950522279862017-11-22T10:39:23.743-08:002017-11-22T10:39:23.743-08:00You're kidding me. You're going through AL...You're kidding me. You're going through ALL the archives? I'm shocked and humbled! Have fun!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-15753846471753200662017-11-21T19:17:41.989-08:002017-11-21T19:17:41.989-08:00Can one comment over 7 years later? We shall see! ...Can one comment over 7 years later? We shall see! I've just been quietly reading from Blog Zero, working my way toward the Now, but this one made me groan out loud and it doesn't appear that anyone else caught it!<br />"And we'd probably want to stay away from a hound's-tooth. The patient could sit abandoned for hours, with all medical personnel assuming he's already beencbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417290733581551242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-83969861810868288702011-04-05T15:32:27.885-07:002011-04-05T15:32:27.885-07:00This is why I love your blog. And why I will dread...This is why I love your blog. And why I will dread the next time I go into hospital. Just in case the mix up the stripes.Madame DeFargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08172239340844485940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-54840684978786498542011-04-05T15:32:27.640-07:002011-04-05T15:32:27.640-07:00I'm pretty sure I'd either draw the line a...I'm pretty sure I'd either draw the line at the students joining in, or charge them for the peek. <br><br>I have no preference on the color of the gowns. Since you pretty much have to scrape me off the front of a truck to get me anywhere near a doctor, and at that point I can't imagine I'd mind if it was puce.injaynesworldhttp://injaynesworld.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-78265923617209284342011-04-05T15:32:27.439-07:002011-04-05T15:32:27.439-07:00Having just spent a couple days in the hospital ge...Having just spent a couple days in the hospital getting poked, proded, heart catherized, electroded and God knows what else - in a greenish gown with patterns and lots of snaps - I can really appreciate this post! I think the odd pattern of the gown was meant to camouflage the increasing pattern of odd bruises all over my arms. Now, I understand the left elbow crease since that's where all debwardarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05225105239355671724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-927165780267692152011-04-05T15:32:27.217-07:002011-04-05T15:32:27.217-07:00Having just read your 3 most recent posts, I'm...Having just read your 3 most recent posts, I'm having a hard time keeping my head on my shoulders from the laughing! You've got a great sense of humour! I can't believe you actually took that photo at the Doc's office... lol!<br><br>I just popped in from DJan's when she linked to that sandpyramid photo you took... I could easily spend 45' staring out at sea looking at CrazyCrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17512240982215608638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-1254377941351968342010-09-17T10:10:38.639-07:002010-09-17T10:10:38.639-07:00Having just read your 3 most recent posts, I'm...Having just read your 3 most recent posts, I'm having a hard time keeping my head on my shoulders from the laughing! You've got a great sense of humour! I can't believe you actually took that photo at the Doc's office... lol!<br /><br />I just popped in from DJan's when she linked to that sandpyramid photo you took... I could easily spend 45' staring out at sea looking at CrazyCrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17512240982215608638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-77046692957354417702010-09-07T23:59:28.843-07:002010-09-07T23:59:28.843-07:00Murr, loved the post, but you didn't mention t...Murr, loved the post, but you didn't mention the evil conspiracy to give everybody the wrong size gown, regardless of color or print!! My husband, 6'4", once got one that "barely" covered him, while his 5'4" roommate got one that trailed along on the floor, making him look like Swee'Pea from the old Popeye strip.Chris Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01312206000778947056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-42058063231763635332010-09-07T13:18:38.142-07:002010-09-07T13:18:38.142-07:00Oh no, Debwardart, are you okay? Do they have brui...Oh no, Debwardart, are you okay? Do they have bruise-colored gowns? The other thing I DO NOT understand about them is when you put them on, nothing matches up. The hem on the left is nine inches below the right and the sleeve on one side actually appears to be protruding from the lower chest area. How hard can these things be to sew? Yeah, my gynecologist is cool. I gingerly suggested there be Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-26768068507262075322010-09-06T12:56:53.911-07:002010-09-06T12:56:53.911-07:00Murr, you are such a breath of fresh air in this s...Murr, you are such a breath of fresh air in this stale aired old world. A+ for this one.<br />TuiTiffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13778085151055551720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-54884422550546377992010-09-05T18:50:10.397-07:002010-09-05T18:50:10.397-07:00I'm pretty sure I'd either draw the line a...I'm pretty sure I'd either draw the line at the students joining in, or charge them for the peek. <br /><br />I have no preference on the color of the gowns. Since you pretty much have to scrape me off the front of a truck to get me anywhere near a doctor, and at that point I can't imagine I'd mind if it was puce.injaynesworldhttp://injaynesworld.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-81849768766562969062010-09-05T17:45:26.431-07:002010-09-05T17:45:26.431-07:00Men get the "turn your head and cough" r...Men get the "turn your head and cough" routine, like it's supposed to aid the exam in some way. I think they just made that up so we wouldn't look down and make eye contact when the doc had his finger up our scrotum. I'm OK with that excuse in any event.<br /><br />All the nurses in my doctor's office wear colorful gowns with lots of flowery pictures on them. Makes me Robert the Skeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10863488312604865183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-67588044483808737602010-09-05T06:19:57.794-07:002010-09-05T06:19:57.794-07:00This is why I love your blog. And why I will dread...This is why I love your blog. And why I will dread the next time I go into hospital. Just in case the mix up the stripes.Madame DeFargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08172239340844485940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-64925132137482651292010-09-04T22:55:59.946-07:002010-09-04T22:55:59.946-07:00Black is the new green with stripes.
Murr, you c...Black is the new green with stripes. <br /><br />Murr, you come up with the awesomest picture ideas. Every time I see one I wonder what the planning, pre-conversation or persuasion must have been like, and usually, it can't POSSIBLY have been anything but amusing as hell.Vivi Rrrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15919519271629524764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-71948157086823132552010-09-04T20:15:35.910-07:002010-09-04T20:15:35.910-07:00Ok, so I clicked on your link for flesh colored go...Ok, so I clicked on your link for flesh colored gowns cuz I couldn't believe this was actually being considered. Still, you gotta be kidding! I was a hospital nurse for 9 years and let me tell ya, you don't need no flesh colored gown to determine jaundice or cyanosis! Lips, eyeballs, fingernails will tell you pretty darned quick. Maybe we nurses are just quicker than those doctors they cowangohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11365881443482166587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-31876654295955072042010-09-04T19:40:31.604-07:002010-09-04T19:40:31.604-07:00Handy hint: get two johnnys. Put one on backward...Handy hint: get two johnnys. Put one on backward, the other one frontward. Wait, which way is frontward?<br /><br />Personal observation: If you're sick (or in labor) enough, you won't be embarrassed by anything. Anything. Barrassed, maybe....SylvanBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12955404777125012811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-17410644640578864852010-09-04T18:52:35.200-07:002010-09-04T18:52:35.200-07:00OK, now I've seen it all--a photo taken from b...OK, now I've seen it all--a photo taken from between one's knees at the gyno office. Yipes. And a doctor willing to smile for it? Dude. I can't imagine pulling that off. Reminds me to get my decadal checkup. pbbbbbbhJulie Zickefoosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06654698829603424649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-5328379384250776182010-09-04T16:55:38.628-07:002010-09-04T16:55:38.628-07:00"I'd be less embarrassed if we dispensed ..."I'd be less embarrassed if we dispensed with the gown altogether." So true! Especially when getting a smash-o-gram. What is the point of having a floppy top draped over one shoulder when someone you don't know has just grabbed your bared breast, stretched it out as far as it will go and then squished it between two plates of glass?swamp4mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03500364141244115390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-37247268410905436622010-09-04T15:14:31.653-07:002010-09-04T15:14:31.653-07:00I like the stripes idea, myself. Very practical.....I like the stripes idea, myself. Very practical...Suburban Correspondenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11488916572135296650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-36981333383358500002010-09-04T14:55:19.513-07:002010-09-04T14:55:19.513-07:00I don't like hospitals and don't want to t...I don't like hospitals and don't want to talk about them. I might like hospitals if everyone walked around naked, 'cept me of course. Would you talk to someone about that?<br /><br />Again, you astound me with your insight, your analysis, and your persnicketiness.Jerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04278403041887060649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-4384296185709360382010-09-04T09:56:02.278-07:002010-09-04T09:56:02.278-07:00Gynecologist to Murr, "Oh, there's where ...Gynecologist to Murr, "Oh, there's where I left my Timex!!! And it's still ticking!"pineyflatwoodsgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05860855974480312836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-77577545261710273152010-09-04T09:42:36.632-07:002010-09-04T09:42:36.632-07:00Having just spent a couple days in the hospital ge...Having just spent a couple days in the hospital getting poked, proded, heart catherized, electroded and God knows what else - in a greenish gown with patterns and lots of snaps - I can really appreciate this post! I think the odd pattern of the gown was meant to camouflage the increasing pattern of odd bruises all over my arms. Now, I understand the left elbow crease since that's where all debwardarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05225105239355671724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-59577368827951296222010-09-04T08:28:19.061-07:002010-09-04T08:28:19.061-07:00Oh my gosh!I can't believe you took that photo...Oh my gosh!I can't believe you took that photo in the office!!!!<br />I stopped going in for those inspections about 13 years ago--and haven't missed it one bit! Maybe I'll get some hounds-tooth unmentionables as an insurance policy against any possible inquisition.Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18207121540248325766noreply@blogger.com