I guess if they really don't have any medical background, I can understand this one. Not like the people who are all shocked and amazed when I explain that yes, male dogs have nipples (and by the way sir, I really don't want to see you topless if you didn't understand that male mammals have nipples).
i hope you told her that if her upper number was lower than her lower number she'd be in deep shit. i also dig the sphygnanometer reference. isn't that a great word?! ;-)
Good Heavens!! I was trained to pay attention to my normal bp from the time I was a child! How can you tell if you're sick if you don't know what 'normal' is for your body? I've taught my children the same thing.
@student dr. blaze - I do too!! My pediatrician always used the proper words for things, as did his nurses. Now I get off on watching the look on medical professionals faces when I use that word. ::giggle::
I guess if they really don't have any medical background, I can understand this one. Not like the people who are all shocked and amazed when I explain that yes, male dogs have nipples (and by the way sir, I really don't want to see you topless if you didn't understand that male mammals have nipples).
ReplyDeleteYou couldn't make that up... lol.
ReplyDeleteBetter than the alternative, I guess.
ReplyDeleteThat sound wrong. I mean, even in the patient's head, that had to sound wrong. Or not...that would explain why he needs a neurologist.
ReplyDeleteGoop fail?
And I'm sorry that no one wished you a happy doctor's day. Belated happies to you!
i hope you told her that if her upper number was lower than her lower number she'd be in deep shit. i also dig the sphygnanometer reference. isn't that a great word?! ;-)
ReplyDeleteEasy come, easy go, little high, little low.
ReplyDeleteGood Heavens!! I was trained to pay attention to my normal bp from the time I was a child! How can you tell if you're sick if you don't know what 'normal' is for your body? I've taught my children the same thing.
ReplyDelete@student dr. blaze - I do too!! My pediatrician always used the proper words for things, as did his nurses. Now I get off on watching the look on medical professionals faces when I use that word. ::giggle::
it's sphygmomanometer
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