Okay, as some of you know, I had/still have DVT (deep Vein Thrombosis) and now that I am out of the woods as far as being in danger, I can share with you a funny story. Now, in no way am I making light of a serious medical condition, but at the same time, I did experience something quite amusing while I was being prodded and poked at the hospital.

First, I complained of a pain in my calf. I thought I had pulled a muscle or something and for a week didn't worry about it (suffered in silence in other words) My partner then encouraged me to go see the doctor. At this stage my knee had blown up like a balloon and the doctor thought I might have either arthritis in the knee or DVT. He didn't entertain the idea of a pulled muscle.

Alarm bells rang and I was rushed off to hospital. After my knee x-rays were all clear, I was told to get down to my underwear and get ready for the ultra-sound. The young guy performing the utlra-sound was--according to my partner--nice! Go figure. Here I was stressed out to the max with the news it wasn't arthritis and that the only thing it could be was DVT and my partner was eyeing off the ultra-sound guy!

So, he then (the ultra-sound guy and we'll call him Fred from now on) asked me to, and I quote: "Move my underwear over as much as I could so he could scan my groin." Now, here's me thinking, what has my groin region got to do with the pain in my calf?

Fred then squirted the, and I must say, "ice cold gel" all over the top of my leg and began his scan. Here I was pulling at my underwear to the stretching-out-of-shape-forever stage, and he then says: "Can you move it over a bit more?"

Now, I don't know about you, but where my bits and pieces are located, that's pretty much where they've been all my life. They don't move in other words. Fred was basically shoving that cold ultra-sould thingy right up and down the side of my balls and old fella. I was really beginning to wonder what my penis had to do with a blocked vein in my leg.

Fred must have noticed my discomfort, and the fact my underwear wouldn't stretch any more unless he wanted an eye-full of my family jewels, cause he said, "The main vein from your heart passes down by your groin, you know? And we need to check everything."

Although, he scanned my 'groin' a lot longer than I thought was comfortable LOL So there you have it. He was a good scan guy cause he went over my leg (and my groin) with a fine tooth comb and found what I didn't want to hear, but at the same time, discovered before I came to harm. 

So rule 1 when getting a scan for DVT wear really good underwear!