The Annoyed Man wrote:I had blood drawn and a checkup just last week, and I had to go back this week to discuss the results with my doctor. Instead of wearing my "doctor's appointment uniform" of loose fitting shorts, t-shirt, sandals, and a Versipack with a gun in it, I was wearing regular street clothes with a holstered gun. The nurse asked me to step up on the scale. Now I know that I'm going to weigh 5 lbs more than I did just a couple of days before, so I said "well, I've got a ton of stuff in my pocket that you don't really want to weigh." She says, "that's OK, just take it all out and set it here on the counter."
I said, "no, the problem is that I can't just take everything out and lay it down there in public. That would be illegal." She looked at me, paused, then understanding crossed her face, and she grinned and said "OH! Never mind. don't worry about the scale. Just follow me into this room please."
That's pretty funny. Glad you had a nurse who doesn't freak out at the notion of concealed carry. I will still carry as usual when visiting someone at the hospital or accompanying a family member to a doctor's appointment (unless the facility's properly posted of course). However, when I'm the patient, I put it in my bag so it's off-body. I don't want an anti-gun doctor or nurse discovering it and saying, "Hey, this is a medical facility - you can't bring that gun in here!" Even with no 30.06 sign, that might constitute effective oral notice. Better that they don't know so it never becomes an issue.
Of course it sounds like you do the same as a patient. I guess the lesson is to carry off-body anyway even if you think you're just going to be discussing lab results.