Friday, November 6, 2009

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Dr. Grumpy: "Let me get an MRI form... Do you have metal anywhere in your body?"

Mr. Irrelevant: "Nope. My wife does, though. She has a pacemaker. And my oldest daughter has an artificial hip. And my brother has a bullet from Korea in one arm. And..."
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10 comments:

  1. ERPNovember 6, 2009 at 11:27 AM

    Are you sure he does not have the proverbial plate in the head?

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  2. DorisNovember 6, 2009 at 12:40 PM

    Oh I see, you're going to do one of those special group MRIs, sort of like a family portrait from Sears...

    BWAHahahahaha!

    >:)

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  3. FlaviusNovember 6, 2009 at 12:45 PM

    Hmm.. I'm wondering if he was nervous. I know people tend to ramble on forever in those states. A defense mechanism I guess.

    As to why he was nervous, perhaps because he was the newest recipient of a Grumpy blog, and didn't want to make an ass of himself, lol.

    Made me chuckle!

    -Flavius

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  4. AnonymousNovember 6, 2009 at 12:53 PM

    Would it help to know that I have a metal plate in my chin, and two screws in my jaw?

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  5. The Ragsche ManNovember 6, 2009 at 1:24 PM

    "...and my youngest son likes to listen to that heavy metal music..."

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  6. linlahNovember 6, 2009 at 3:10 PM

    Maybe he thought you were pre-screening for the FAA.

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  7. ChrisNovember 6, 2009 at 8:52 PM

    Thanks. This completes my "metals in humans" survey.

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  8. pAulaNovember 6, 2009 at 11:55 PM

    yo, I feel your pain. How may times have I asked a pt "what time did you eat last?" that I have heard- A piece of toast and a soft boiled egg after the news, then a yogurt that didn't sit well... or...well, last night I got up hungry, finished the turkey tetrazzini, brushed my teeth then went back to bed... As if I'd cared about WHAT they had to eat!

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  9. 3sweetiesNovember 7, 2009 at 7:24 PM

    I get the same thing at the pharmacy.
    Me: "Have we ever filled a prescription here for you before?"
    Customer: "Oh yes. My spouse (kid, sister in-law, cousin, next door neighbor etc) comes here all the time."
    Me: "Ok, but what about you? Have YOU ever been here before?"
    Customer: "Oh, I see. Yes, I've been here before. Well, not here, but your other pharmacy the next town over."
    Me: "I see. Ok, well I need to get all of your information then."
    Customer: "Can't you just call over there and get it?"

    In the time it took me to get all of that useless information, I could have been halfway done filling their Rx. These are also the people that come back 4 minutes later to see if it is done.

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  10. ArpsNovember 10, 2009 at 1:50 PM

    Now that is some good family history.

    lol.

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So wadda you think?