I love clients like this. You need to do bloodwork (or whatever diagnostic it is) on their dog, and they want their money back if it comes back normal! You'd think they'd be RELIEVED!
Perhaps the quotations attributed to Freud would be apposite - (adopt Viennese accent and light a small cigar) - "Show me the normal man and I will cure him".....
Okay, I'm a non-medical professional, and even I think that's idiotic. I tried to see it from her perspective - is it possibly frustration at repeated tests that have failed to show the source of her problem? I recently had some tests that came back normal, after which the doc's office asked if I was still experiencing the problem (Um, yes, still in pain. Was the ultrasound MEANT to be therapeutic?). Even considering that, I can't grasp the logic of demanding abnormal test results.
My husband did something parallel with that, though in his defense he had new fatherhood's sleep deprivation and still corrected himself: when out one day I saw a useful pair of sandals on discount and I told him to go ahead and try them on. "Nah, I don't want to do that. What if they don't fit?" I stared for a minute, "Did you just-" "Yeah, I did. Let's just ignore that I said that, okay?" Naturally the first pair he tried on fit and joined his shoe wardrobe.
I think you can guarantee that.
ReplyDeletesurely there will be underdevelopment of SOMETHING with a comment like that.
ReplyDeleteSure, offer her twelve CAT scans over the next week, and tell her to come back in six months for the MRI.
ReplyDeleteI love clients like this. You need to do bloodwork (or whatever diagnostic it is) on their dog, and they want their money back if it comes back normal! You'd think they'd be RELIEVED!
ReplyDeleteI'd so love to know her rationale.
ReplyDelete1. Abnormal results make my time worth it to have the scan--now the problem is figured out.
2. Abnormal results cause my insurance getting its money's worth out of the process because something was actively "found".
3. The radiologist works on a quota system and might not make it this month if something abnormal isn't found.
Actually, this makes me think she's actually Mrs. Nucking Futs.
Dude, you gotta watch episode 7 of Generation Vet.
ReplyDeletePerhaps the quotations attributed to Freud would be apposite - (adopt Viennese accent and light a small cigar) - "Show me the normal man and I will cure him".....
ReplyDeleteCause it would be so awful to know you're absolutely fine.
ReplyDelete-Flavius
On this patient,brain MRI will show nothing.
ReplyDeleteI would be very interested to hear how you responded to that statement. :)
ReplyDeleteI said I don't have a crystal ball.
ReplyDeleteHey...that's one of my favorite sayings..as in not having a crystal ball. Wish I did, I could make a mint...
ReplyDeleteI do believe her MRI will show a large empty space where her brain should be..
Maybe she has Munchausen syndrome?
ReplyDeleteOkay, I'm a non-medical professional, and even I think that's idiotic. I tried to see it from her perspective - is it possibly frustration at repeated tests that have failed to show the source of her problem? I recently had some tests that came back normal, after which the doc's office asked if I was still experiencing the problem (Um, yes, still in pain. Was the ultrasound MEANT to be therapeutic?). Even considering that, I can't grasp the logic of demanding abnormal test results.
ReplyDeleteHAHAHAHAHAHHAAH
ReplyDeleteMy husband did something parallel with that, though in his defense he had new fatherhood's sleep deprivation and still corrected himself: when out one day I saw a useful pair of sandals on discount and I told him to go ahead and try them on. "Nah, I don't want to do that. What if they don't fit?" I stared for a minute, "Did you just-" "Yeah, I did. Let's just ignore that I said that, okay?" Naturally the first pair he tried on fit and joined his shoe wardrobe.
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