In my dentist office the girl actually steps around the corner out or sight to do the x-ray. Also they provide a collar for me to shield my Thyroid from the x-ray.
Lead aprons are heavy, but not that heavy, and shouldn’t bother her that much at this stage. Time to buy a maternity lead apron, John! (Two piece, vest and skirt).
This is dated. No x-rays near any pregnant woman if it can be helped. And definitely not repeatedly like in her line of work. She’s an “older, first time pregnant” woman. She should be more careful and protective of her baby. End of lecture…
I think she was trying to get him to lighten up, since he had obviously told her he feared that her pregnancy would mess up her ability to do her job, and she was trying to kid around with him. I just don’t remember that he had a sense of humor about himself and his job. He uses plenty of snide little digs against his wife, expecting her to understand that he’s joking. So it’s logical to me that Jean would use the same sly little dig to try to get him to laugh and lighten up.
Back then, they had no idea how much damage radiation could cause. She herself questioned if there might be a connection, but her own doctors suspected that she had tuberculosis and not a blood disease. Medicine has come a ways since then, but we have much more left to do, speaking as someone from a family with inherited disabilities…
My mother was a dental hygienist who smoked heavily. She would hold the bite wing Xray film in people’s mouth when she Xrayed their molars. Way back in the past before they worried acout the radiation exposure. Poor thing didn’t have a chance. She died in 1965 at almost 40 years old.
Back in the day they all worried just about what they had been told. Since I was in charge of exhausts involving many chemicals for almost 10 years that I worked at Zenith, and had at least 1 8-1/2×11 Safety Sheet on each chemical, I took extra precautions for myself (breathing protection while in those spaces) as well as doubling up on whatever vitamins I took at the time every day I went to those but I was still required to wear the plastic “safety goggles” which was all that normal workers in the spaces received. I left there for a consulting design job (not as challenging, but safer) at the time there was chatter of a Buy-Out and with my kids in college I needed security
How lucky you are to have perfect health and never miss a minute of work, so none of your coworkers ever have a reason to feel that it’s unfair that you and they were paid the same. What? You took time to visit the commode and wash your hands? AND you brushed your teeth after eating? Let’s go back and reduce your pay.<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<And no one has ever complained about the reduced productivity of workers who were entitled to smoking breaks several times a day. Yes, there are a multitude of things that affect WORKERS productivity at work. Especially snide remarks from coworkers about how they get paid even if they’re in the commode…
A friend of mine, considerably younger, had been treated for Hodgkins when she was quite a young woman. She reached the maximum level of radiation that her body could tolerate. The effect was that at about 50 her organs were those of an 80-year-old. I’ll take the apron, thanks.
Unless you were working a job where you had to make up for what she didn’t do, unless your pay was reduced when she wasn’t working, mind your own business. You signed on to do work and get paid; I doubt if “fair” was in the job description. And to the point others made, be glad you have a humane atmosphere to work in.
Templo S.U.D. over 10 years ago
first time mother Jean is obviously (just get ready for the that maternity leave, lady)
hsawlrae over 10 years ago
Put her on a skate-board.
cdward over 10 years ago
Wouldn’t she use the lead apron with every x-ray?
TheSkulker over 10 years ago
It was even more important to wear the shielding BEFORE getting pregnant so your eggs wouldn’t get messed up. It may be too late now.
Actually, John should have been making sure she wore the apron all along.jeanie5448 over 10 years ago
In my dentist office the girl actually steps around the corner out or sight to do the x-ray. Also they provide a collar for me to shield my Thyroid from the x-ray.
Deborah N Lurie over 10 years ago
In my experience in “modern times”, the patient has on the lead apron and the technician is out of the room or behind a partition.
drbeth over 10 years ago
Lead aprons are heavy, but not that heavy, and shouldn’t bother her that much at this stage. Time to buy a maternity lead apron, John! (Two piece, vest and skirt).
DW Premium Member over 10 years ago
And she should have been using a lead apron at all times before this anyway to minimize exposure.
summerdog86 over 10 years ago
This is dated. No x-rays near any pregnant woman if it can be helped. And definitely not repeatedly like in her line of work. She’s an “older, first time pregnant” woman. She should be more careful and protective of her baby. End of lecture…
dogday Premium Member over 10 years ago
She appears to have the collar on her apron. I wore the apron working for a vet in the ’70s, but it had no collar. Anyone know when they came in?
danlarios over 10 years ago
put her as a front office person
Argy.Bargy2 over 10 years ago
I took it for granted that Jean was pretending to be feeble. Those aprons are not that heavy.
Argy.Bargy2 over 10 years ago
I think she was trying to get him to lighten up, since he had obviously told her he feared that her pregnancy would mess up her ability to do her job, and she was trying to kid around with him. I just don’t remember that he had a sense of humor about himself and his job. He uses plenty of snide little digs against his wife, expecting her to understand that he’s joking. So it’s logical to me that Jean would use the same sly little dig to try to get him to laugh and lighten up.
summerdog86 over 10 years ago
I think a lot of x-ray techs now wear a gauge to check on daily x-ray exposure.
Argy.Bargy2 over 10 years ago
Back then, they had no idea how much damage radiation could cause. She herself questioned if there might be a connection, but her own doctors suspected that she had tuberculosis and not a blood disease. Medicine has come a ways since then, but we have much more left to do, speaking as someone from a family with inherited disabilities…
hippogriff over 10 years ago
I thought the lead bib was to keep me in the chair! :-)
howtheduck; And Pierre died from being run over – by a horse and wagon.
denniesim over 10 years ago
My mother was a dental hygienist who smoked heavily. She would hold the bite wing Xray film in people’s mouth when she Xrayed their molars. Way back in the past before they worried acout the radiation exposure. Poor thing didn’t have a chance. She died in 1965 at almost 40 years old.
vldazzle over 10 years ago
Back in the day they all worried just about what they had been told. Since I was in charge of exhausts involving many chemicals for almost 10 years that I worked at Zenith, and had at least 1 8-1/2×11 Safety Sheet on each chemical, I took extra precautions for myself (breathing protection while in those spaces) as well as doubling up on whatever vitamins I took at the time every day I went to those but I was still required to wear the plastic “safety goggles” which was all that normal workers in the spaces received. I left there for a consulting design job (not as challenging, but safer) at the time there was chatter of a Buy-Out and with my kids in college I needed security
Caldonia over 10 years ago
Might it be possible that the boss wasn’t a jerk? That he didn’t feel like punishing her for having basic human rights?
Argy.Bargy2 over 10 years ago
How lucky you are to have perfect health and never miss a minute of work, so none of your coworkers ever have a reason to feel that it’s unfair that you and they were paid the same. What? You took time to visit the commode and wash your hands? AND you brushed your teeth after eating? Let’s go back and reduce your pay.<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<And no one has ever complained about the reduced productivity of workers who were entitled to smoking breaks several times a day. Yes, there are a multitude of things that affect WORKERS productivity at work. Especially snide remarks from coworkers about how they get paid even if they’re in the commode…
potrerokid over 10 years ago
Caused by the radioactive element ( radium ) that she worked with!!
dogday Premium Member over 10 years ago
A friend of mine, considerably younger, had been treated for Hodgkins when she was quite a young woman. She reached the maximum level of radiation that her body could tolerate. The effect was that at about 50 her organs were those of an 80-year-old. I’ll take the apron, thanks.
dogday Premium Member over 10 years ago
Unless you were working a job where you had to make up for what she didn’t do, unless your pay was reduced when she wasn’t working, mind your own business. You signed on to do work and get paid; I doubt if “fair” was in the job description. And to the point others made, be glad you have a humane atmosphere to work in.