Anyone else not "fit-in" at their GI office? (Age Wise)

[EthanPSU]

I always find it funny when I go to my GI's office because the average age range in the waiting room is around 75, and then I walk in (22) with my Puma's and Y&R shirt and definately get stared down the whole time. I just find it funny. But I was wondering if thats the case for my GI locations, or does anyone go to one that has a lot of younger people?

 

[Txarmywife]

Yup I always the youngest person!! Same thing at my Urologists office...bunch of 70 yr old men. I'm 24

 

[StarGirrrrl]

I could have written your post! I am also a rare breed when I see Rheumy, although I do see some under 40's there ha ha ha.

 

[Rebecca85]

There are a few my age or only a little older (like 30s) at my GI docs. But the neurologist waiting room is full of old people!

 

[Jennifer]

I guess the only place I do fit in is at my GP's office. Other than that the GI and heart doc offices are always full of older people. And yes, they do stare at me.

 

[DustyKat]

Ahahaha, when I first took Sarah she was 14, she was the youngest and I was the second youngest. I would have loved to lay bets that they thought it was me that was the patient.

The best part was a sign on the reception desk saying...if you are cold please ask for a blanket...Sarah was like huh? I said...look around hun and you will see why the sign is there, older people feel the cold more than younger do.

After numerous visits between the two kids I have only ever seen one other young man, looking at him I diagnosed him with IBD :lol:, and a woman that would have been in her forties all the rest would have been at least 70+.

Dusty.

 

[nikimazur]

My GI specializes in Crohns, both pediatric and adult, and I see a range in ages. I think the absolute worst was when I had kidney stones and had to see a urologist, where I over heard my doctor in the next room talking to a 70 year old man who had a hard time getting it up haha. I miss my days at chop and DuPont hospital in Delaware, where even though I was the oldest(they saw me until 21) I felt more comfortable.

 

[Gwen pippy]

Yep I had that for a long time, my local hospital when I was dx age 11 was for adults only but they kindly bent the rules and agreed to treat me. I would sit in the waiting room with my parents and all the oldies would stare at me like, WHY IS SHE HERE could they not have left her at home assuming it was one of my parents that was the patient. That was 25 years ago. Then I became the oldie when in the waiting room I overheard I lovely young girl of about 17 complain to her mum that she had had this stupid condition 1 year now and she was sick of it and wanted to know when they would fix her and she wouldn't have to come back to this awful place full of OLDIES hahaha I laughed to my self as I thought my crohns is older than her.
So as horrible as it may sound we will all fit in at some stage, what I want to know is what will our generation be singing when we are old and maybe a bit forgetful. A lovely old man would sing "Daisy" all the time when I had to stay in hospital the last time, I'm afraid I'm gonna be singing something rude, so any suggestion as to what I should be listening to now that won't offend when I blurt it out in years to come. :ylol:

 

[EthanPSU]

what I want to know is what will our generation be singing when we are old and maybe a bit forgetful. A lovely old man would sing "Daisy" all the time when I had to stay in hospital the last time, I'm afraid I'm gonna be singing something rude, so any suggestion as to what I should be listening to now that won't offend when I blurt it out in years to come. :ylol:

Hah that is a funny point, I only listen to rap so imagine a 75 year old singing that

 

[Gwen pippy]

I know hahaha I went through a lot of different music stages, heavy metal for one, so my mix of bed time lullabies should be interesting.

 

[Raleigh]

Yeah, I always feel out of place at the GI. I'm 27, but I've been going to GI's since I was 19. I feel like people are looking at me like "what could possibly be wrong with him?". Little do they know.

 

[PsychoJane]

Yep yep, once I went from ped GI to the adult GI I suddenly started feeling like an alien. And yes, the look of others that seem to be either confused of the why you could be there or saying how unfortunate it is to be this young and waiting there. I'm seeing more and more young adult in their 20-30s though...

I think the worst are the exams though. I'm on average 40 years younger than the group for CT-Scan. And for the Ultra sound.... am I the only one that can't seem to be able to avoid the "congratulation" or it's for a pregnancy check? type of comments...?

 

[shamrock15]

Not so much at the GI office, but certainly every ward I have been on after surgery. I think I have something on my hospital records that states I must end up on the ward with the 75 year old diabetics who have CPAP machines. So much for getting a little rest while recovering...

 

[EthanPSU]

I think the worst are the exams though. I'm on average 40 years younger than the group for CT-Scan. And for the Ultra sound.... am I the only one that can't seem to be able to avoid the "congratulation" or it's for a pregnancy check? type of comments...?

Hahah never had that happen obviously but it's gotta be a awkward moment

 

[archie]

My original gi specialised in liver conditions and I always even when really sick loOked the healthiest as I wasn't yellow. Even when I had a scan done which showed the perforation I had my hair and fake tan done the consultant said that no way did my scan match my face - the joys of make-up!!!

 

[Rebecca85]

PsychoJane- our hospital has several ultrasound departments. One is antenatal and 2 are diagnostic (one clinic and one in emergency).

Though I did say to my boyfriend how wierd it was to be lying on the bed while they scanned my stomach- which was kind of large by then! I was half expecting them to find a baby lol

 

[scottsma]

Well,with luck and good management you will all be the "oldies" one day.Maybe when they look at you they are just envious of your youth.Use it well,it won't last.

 

[Cat-a-Tonic]

I'm 32 but I have been told I look younger than my actual age. I only ever saw one other young person at my GI's office, and even that's not entirely true. I was driving past my GI's clinic once and saw a vehicle in the driveway of the GI clinic, door flung open and a young man (in his 20s I'd guess) on all fours in the grass next to his car, puking his guts out. My assumption is that he was headed to the GI but didn't quite make it there and had to stop and vomit. I felt so bad for him!

But other than him, I've never seen anyone even close to my age at the GI. The vast majority appear to be at least 30 years older than me. In contrast, when I was going to physical therapy for my bad hip, I saw nothing but young people in the waiting room, which was actually pretty depressing. I see a mix of all ages when I go to my GP.

 

[Miss Underestimated]

Old is what you get if you're lucky. I promise you, most people, in general, are not paying that much attention to you, they're more concerned about themselves.

 

[EthanPSU]

And another thing, they have magazines and stuff but of course they are like Golf Digest, Old People Weekly, Skooter Tales, Cane's Galor, Denture Maxim! hahah. Of course no Sports Illustrated or ESPN

 

[Keepingfaith]

I go to a pediatric GI and I don't usually feel out of place. I feel out of place when the waiting room is full of babies and toddlers though. I love when I get there and all the mother's are talking to other mother's about their child's terriable illness(which is usually IBS or functional abdominal pain). When they ask my mother what illness I have and she says Crohn's disease they always just look at her like it must not be that bad because I'm not crying my eyes out like their young children. It's especially funny when they have no idea what Crohn's is and they say "Honey, I hope your tummy ache feels better. My daughter/son has been through a lot with their IBS. If they can get through it, you can!"

Sometimes you just have to grin & bear it!

 

[PsychoJane]

Ethan! That's not too bad, at the least something to read haha! At my hospital, when you find something to read, it's usually the pamphlet of the hospital news ><.

 

[EthanPSU]

Ethan! That's not too bad, at the least something to read haha! At my hospital, when you find something to read, it's usually the pamphlet of the hospital news ><.

Hah yeah I was just being funny. And anyways im mostly just playing on my phone.....which again makes me out of place even more hah

 

[outlier]

the other day i was helping a several 50+ people who were scared about there colonoscopy while we were in the holding area. I was the for an endoscopy (Again!)

 

[CLynn]

I know exactly what you are saying, Ethan, was in my 20's when I was diagnosed. And even now in my 40's, still find myself on the younger end of the scale when I notice the patients around me. Of course, we didn't all have cell phones back then, yikes, doesn't that make me sound old? lol! On that note, my mom was texting at 68 years old, lol! And yesterday at the grocery store, a cashier who had to be 70 if she was a day, was telling me about how she is on facebook, lmao!