Saturday, September 26, 2009

On Call, Again

Mrs. Bluehair: "I suddenly couldn't write with my left hand".

Dr. Grumpy: "Are you left handed?"

Mrs. Bluehair: "No, I'm very strongly right handed. I've really never been able to do anything coordinated with my left hand."
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10 comments:

  1. ER's MomSeptember 26, 2009 at 4:09 PM

    I think you and I share the same idiot patients.

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  2. S3XinthePantrySeptember 26, 2009 at 5:23 PM

    Ha!

    I think I should schedule an appointment - suddenly I can't sing in tune.

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  3. ChrisSeptember 26, 2009 at 5:40 PM

    That's the opposite punchline from the old "will I be able to play the violin" joke.

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  4. UnknownSeptember 26, 2009 at 7:23 PM

    "Doc, will I be able to play the piano?"

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  5. LizSeptember 26, 2009 at 9:19 PM

    Speechless.

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  6. SilverSeptember 26, 2009 at 10:39 PM

    The difference between you and my Student From Heck last week: you asked about handedness at that point. (Or, for that matter, the ability to read/write...)
    It will be a long rotation for us all. And it is only 2 more weeks.

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  7. Meg ThorntonSeptember 27, 2009 at 12:52 AM

    So this is "suddenly" as in "any time in the last twenty years or so", right?

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  8. SumDoodSeptember 27, 2009 at 2:57 AM

    Maybe she's a doctor. Apparently, you don't need much coordination to write.

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  9. Scritches.comSeptember 27, 2009 at 10:38 AM

    Actually this incident is Dr. Grumpy's fault. If he hadn't asked if she was left-handed she wouldn't have shared this information.

    Of course, then he would probably base his treatment on a faulty assumption, but at least he wouldn't be confronted with such bizarre statements!

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  10. knitalot3September 28, 2009 at 2:43 PM

    Maybe she really needs to be seen. I mean, she did forget that she doesn't usually write with that hand anyway.

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So wadda you think?