Thursday, February 07, 2008

Medical check-up

Yesterday I went to my first annual check up (I missed it last year because I came back too late from France, for those who wonder...)
It's required by most companies (if I'm not mistaken) and is paid by your employer as well.
It consisted of (in the order which I took them) a chest X-Ray (take a deep breath, hold it and....), an urine test (25 cl !), a blood test (痛い!), an auditive test (*biiip*....*biiiip*...), an ocular test (didn't understand what to do at first, I had to take the test twice...) and the usual blood pressure measurement.

There were many nurses working like an assembly line, to optimize the time checking since, it seems, it is required for everyone at the same period of the year.
So, most companies send their employees at dedicated health centers where you would also meet other people from other companies and it goes on like that for few days.

I said "dedicated health centers" because, oddly enough, it wasn't a hospital or a clinic where I went, but rather an IT building with a whole floor dedicated for this stuff.

Regarding the tests themselves, I've never had a chest x-ray or an urine test (at least, not from what I remember).
I really wonder what kind of results will come back in two weeks....like something I wasn't aware of for all these years and from which Dr House[1] will easily deduce "Ok we can see you're a geek, you spend too much time in front of your games and your computer. Get a life !"

[1] If you don't know Dr.House, shame on you !

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