Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Tuesday Morning Patient Quote

"Sometimes, when I really hurt, I stop breathing. I mean, like, for hours, literally. It hurts so bad I just stop breathing. After my car accident I went 2 weeks without breathing."
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25 comments:

  1. SuzanneDecember 1, 2009 at 11:50 AM

    OK, my brain hurts now.

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  2. CelesteDecember 1, 2009 at 11:55 AM

    Oh NO she di'int! LOL

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  3. BarbDecember 1, 2009 at 12:02 PM

    I didn't realize you treated zombies!

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  4. mctDecember 1, 2009 at 12:28 PM

    riiiight. like that can realistically happen

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  5. The Good CookDecember 1, 2009 at 12:37 PM

    How about thinking? Like my guess is you quit thinking years ago....

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  6. AmandaDecember 1, 2009 at 12:40 PM

    What was your response? I'm always wondering...

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  7. Matt MDecember 1, 2009 at 12:48 PM

    Perhaps, like with some turtles, they can breathe through their ass.

    Verificiation word: potti

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  8. The MotherDecember 1, 2009 at 1:02 PM

    He should be referred to the US govt secret training services. Imagine how useful a spy who could hold his breath for 2 weeks could be! He could be sent into underwater locations, or into toxic gas clouds! Perfect.

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  9. OMDGDecember 1, 2009 at 2:07 PM

    That's amazing! Is she a whale?

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  10. MickeyDecember 1, 2009 at 3:04 PM

    People like that SHOULD stop breathing for a couple weeks.

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  11. AnonymousDecember 1, 2009 at 3:57 PM

    Why in heaven's name is this person seeing a neurologist since obviously, he/she doesn't have a working brain cell.

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  12. KittynnDecember 1, 2009 at 5:04 PM

    I think that sounds incredibly sad

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  13. FrankDecember 1, 2009 at 6:10 PM

    I get patients in the hospital all the time that claim that their allergy to various drugs is death.

    I kid you not, one patient actually came in claiming to be allergic to metal, and said that the reaction was death. My first thought was "How many times did this patient died before they learned that they were allergic to all metals." The second thought was "How the hell is someone going to start an IV line... considering that the needles are all metal....

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  14. Pharmer JonesDecember 1, 2009 at 6:21 PM

    Looks like somebody's getting a dictionary in their Christmas stocking this year.

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  15. xtineDecember 1, 2009 at 8:41 PM

    jesus

    I just got done reading today's entries in Google Reader from notalwaysright.com, and then came to this one.

    You should submit that, because it fits in perfectly.

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  16. KarenDecember 1, 2009 at 10:16 PM

    Hey, so she can stop breathing for two weeks? Big deal. Did you know I can stop my heart from beating? Yeah, that's right. I went three weeks, uh huh. Three. And this tin-foil on my head keeps out the alien death rays.

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  17. Kimbra KaschDecember 1, 2009 at 11:04 PM

    And I'm a fanpire - but really - come on. . .

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  18. manjiTDecember 2, 2009 at 12:32 AM

    wow! u've an amazing time out there... envy u!
    i hope my patients will entertain me like that. :))

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  19. LipstickDecember 2, 2009 at 12:35 AM

    Hmmmm....time for a pulmonary consult....

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  20. AnonymousDecember 2, 2009 at 2:30 AM

    You know it is the full moon...

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  21. GB, RNDecember 2, 2009 at 3:13 AM

    It's very apparent that his lack of breathing has resulted in an anoxic brain injury.

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  22. AnonymousDecember 2, 2009 at 6:45 AM

    I'm with GB, RN.... can you say frontal lobe disconnection!!!!

    I once had a patient tell me her kids were allergic to WATER, because when she left them in the tub too long their skin would wrinkle!!! Try not to laugh at that one!!!

    Great post!
    KK, PA in OK

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  23. student dr. blazeDecember 2, 2009 at 6:57 AM

    A&P: TURF to pathology, stat!

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  24. QexDecember 2, 2009 at 8:48 PM

    I have heard of a child with an allergy to water - but the child got a bad rash/blisters, not just wrinkles.

    There was also a child with no tolerance for sunlight - even small amounts of the sun's rays made her skin blister. So she went out to play only at night, when the sun was down.

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  25. ChrisDecember 2, 2009 at 9:40 PM

    Can't . . . write . . . comment . . . not . . . enough . . . air . . .

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So wadda you think?