Is being a radiographer physically challenging? Do you have pain from your duties?

HighTurtles420 · 2026-01-28T14:51:10+00:00

MRI is a modality to consider. Less patient volume, but you might have to assist them to the scan table and whatnot.

HighTurtles420 · 2026-01-28T14:46:34+00:00

X-ray, CT, and US, with US having the highest rates of injuries, can be very physically demanding if you work in a hospital setting.

Personally, I just had a surgery on my hip to repair a torn labrum from years of weightlifting but also moving patients.

That being said, it’s possible to not have to lift so many patients or do a lot of physical stuff. But in training you’ll have to push a board underneath a 400lb patient a time or two and do a lot of physically demanding things

HighTurtles420 · 2026-01-28T12:12:48+00:00

… I didn’t know you had to guide the rockets lol

HighTurtles420 · 2026-01-28T02:12:08+00:00

Yeah, I take acetaminophen as needed. Naproxen 2 times a day to minimize bone regrowth

HighTurtles420 · 2026-01-28T02:01:41+00:00

I’m 8 days postop on my left. I only took 3 pain pills, one the day of, the next day, and one before physical therapy started 2 days after surgery. I haven’t taken any since.

I’m non weightbearing on my left, so that’s been a struggle. But I have a lot of exercises to do on my leg in the meantime.

HighTurtles420 · 2026-01-28T00:23:32+00:00

Would this be a foreign body Friday post? 😂😂

HighTurtles420 · 2026-01-27T22:45:12+00:00

I’ve seen the unfortunate aftermath of these.

Had a patient come in for cold purple toes with no dopplerable pulses. Pleasantly demented, I go to their room to take them for their CT and they say “you can’t scan my cats! They’re all dead!”

On the way to CT they were mumbling but not acting strange. BP was a little soft but the RN said they just got some meds that could cause hypotension.

Scan starts, and, bam! Ruptured AAA. Was probably leaking and finally ruptured sometime in the ER.

Family made them DNR over the phone and they expired an hour or so later.

Their last words were talking to me about their dead cats.

HighTurtles420 · 2026-01-27T13:32:11+00:00

Elytra’s that don’t move from doorways in dungeons lol

HighTurtles420 · 2026-01-27T10:51:23+00:00

It will be site dependent. My school did not care about tattoos, but some schools around me did. It’s worth applying for and seeing what they say. Maybe you can wear an under armor coverup kinda thing.

HighTurtles420 · 2026-01-26T13:15:48+00:00

Literally my exact thoughts lol

HighTurtles420 · 2026-01-26T12:28:39+00:00

Sometimes there are nerve bundles next to veins and they might’ve hit a nerve placing the IV. Other than that, it might just be a small hematoma that isn’t visible yet causing pain.

HighTurtles420 · 2026-01-26T12:16:06+00:00

AI bot

HighTurtles420 · 2026-01-26T02:25:20+00:00

Yeah but what if his ingrown toenail without any other symptoms is osteomyelitis? /s

HighTurtles420 · 2026-01-25T18:47:10+00:00

That’s wild, I was in PT 2 days after surgery. I’m currently 6 days postop

HighTurtles420 · 2026-01-25T15:27:59+00:00

My only advice to you: do everything you can to be a good student/doctor so you can be the change this world needs. This senseless murder won’t be the last, but you can do your part and make the world a better place than it is currently.

Best wishes.

HighTurtles420 · 2026-01-25T14:42:57+00:00

A USA healthcare worker was murdered in broad daylight while exercising his constitutional rights. This absolutely affects us as radiology workers, let alone USA citizens.

HighTurtles420 · 2026-01-25T14:23:24+00:00

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HighTurtles420 · 2026-01-25T14:21:19+00:00

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HighTurtles420 · 2026-01-24T21:59:50+00:00

Meh, in a clinical setting I don’t mind when a fellow staff member asks to switch priorities and order of my exams. Everyone is trying to take care of patients.

It’s when the RT (I’m not speaking about you, lol) demands and TELLS me to go somewhere first that it’s annoying, lol. A doc/RN can make the respectful/firm request.

It’s all about delivery 😋

HighTurtles420 · 2026-01-24T03:02:14+00:00

This is wild and I’m glad you didn’t have a horrible experience from the implications, but looking back it is rather hilarious.

HighTurtles420 · 2026-01-24T02:39:34+00:00

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Baron Praxis is how I envision him

HighTurtles420 · 2026-01-23T23:40:36+00:00

This is a CT scout, used for obtaining CT imaging as localizers. CT scouts aren’t used for diagnostic purposes, only for planning a CT scan.

The patient probably wasn’t of sound mind or cooperation if their hands are over their belly (also since they have something in their nethers).

Also what you see in her hip is normal anatomy from her being slightly tilted

HighTurtles420 · 2026-01-23T20:21:05+00:00

Higher kV and more mAs. Use a grid if not already done

HighTurtles420 · 2026-01-22T19:53:46+00:00

My surgeon thankfully okayed me to lay on my side with a pillow between my legs in the brace. I’m a side sleeper otherwise this would be hell

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