This reminded me of the giant scale at Jenna's dialysis center

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This reminded me of the giant scale at Jenna's dialysis center

« on: June 22, 2012, 07:12:33 PM »


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Re: This reminded me of the giant scale at Jenna's dialysis center

« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2012, 06:37:00 AM »

She doesn't even look fat!


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Re: This reminded me of the giant scale at Jenna's dialysis center

« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2012, 11:46:45 AM »

Quote from: Rerun on June 23, 2012, 06:37:00 AM

She doesn't even look fat!

She certainly does not but that nurse needs a meal or ten...she's about to disappear.


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Re: This reminded me of the giant scale at Jenna's dialysis center

« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2012, 01:29:02 PM »

hahahahah,,,, thats pretty much what the one hubby had to step on 'in center'.. I used to wonder what else they were weighing... funny


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Re: This reminded me of the giant scale at Jenna's dialysis center

« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2012, 03:44:35 PM »

They told me that some people are weighed in their wheelchairs each time, so thats the reason for the big ass scale LOL


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Re: This reminded me of the giant scale at Jenna's dialysis center

« Reply #5 on: June 25, 2012, 05:45:07 AM »

I wondered about that okarol. I use that scale when I go in for my monthly labs an it certainly is impressive!


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Re: This reminded me of the giant scale at Jenna's dialysis center

« Reply #6 on: June 25, 2012, 09:43:27 AM »

The scale at our centre has to weigh patients in wheelchairs so it is pretty big. (Never thought I was livestock!)


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Re: This reminded me of the giant scale at Jenna's dialysis center

« Reply #7 on: June 26, 2012, 11:00:02 PM »

Not just wheelchairs, my clinic had elderly patients come in on gurnee's. The only thing I thought of was that gurnee would be more comfortable than the dialysis chair, not livestock.


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Re: This reminded me of the giant scale at Jenna's dialysis center

« Reply #8 on: June 30, 2012, 11:11:55 PM »

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