Monday, June 28, 2010

Dear Mrs. Crest,

We're sorry you had to cancel your appointment this morning, but it was understandable. I have kids, too, and sometimes they have medical/dental emergencies that screw up your whole schedule for the day.

So I understand having to take your daughter to the dentist urgently. I'm sorry she had to get a filling, but at least it's nothing serious.

I trust you. I'm not penalizing you for this sort of emergency. It happens. So there was no need to email a picture of your kid's new dental filling to Mary.




For future reference, please don't send pictures. Especially if they involve an urgent visit to a proctologist.

Thank you,

Ibee Grumpy, M.D.
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16 comments:

  1. ChrisJune 28, 2010 at 7:27 PM

    I think you should make her authenticate the actual date of that photo and provide a notarized affidavit from the dentist. You know how easy it is to fake a photo these days?

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  2. The ObserverJune 28, 2010 at 9:20 PM

    Didn't you have a guy send a cell phone pic of rain to you not long ago?

    Cancellation policy strict and intimidating, no? Yes? ::grin::

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  3. AnonymousJune 28, 2010 at 9:27 PM

    good mom. or at least a lot better than the flattirecarwouldnotstart.

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  4. Captain FoulenoughJune 28, 2010 at 9:39 PM

    OMG the photo is totally shopped. The shadows don't match and the skin tones are bogus. Fire her from your practice and send her a bill for your time to write this blog post. Call it "critical care time".

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  5. Nashoba JJune 28, 2010 at 9:46 PM

    What's with your patients insisting you need photos? My clients don't even bother to call, email, or even send smoke signals anymore--they just don't show up if it suits them.

    Of course, they become emergencies later when they remember they need something from me...but still.

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  6. A Doc 2 BeJune 28, 2010 at 10:07 PM

    I have some video of ITB therapy - want some!? :D

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  7. AnonymousJune 28, 2010 at 10:48 PM

    I agree with Captain Foulenough. I also think it's shopped. Just look at all the JPG artifacts in the mustache area.

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  8. Kimbra KaschJune 28, 2010 at 11:25 PM

    Those "notes from a parent" idea sometimes never die ;)

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  9. Li'l AzathothJune 29, 2010 at 12:57 AM

    "You mean I knocked my kid's tooth out for NOTHING?"

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  10. AnonymousJune 29, 2010 at 4:57 AM

    Thank goodness her kid didn't require a gastroenterologist.

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  11. The Good CookJune 29, 2010 at 8:31 AM

    You seem to have a strange power of people...

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  12. AnonymousJune 29, 2010 at 8:35 PM

    I kind of feel bad for the kid, who (from what I can see in the photo) received a metal (amalgram) filling versus the newer white composite fillings which they can match the color of your teeth.....

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  13. AnonymousJune 29, 2010 at 9:08 PM

    it is deciduous.

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  14. AnonymousJune 29, 2010 at 9:13 PM

    and isn't the lip stuff old grape juice?

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  15. AnonymousJune 30, 2010 at 2:41 AM

    Okay....I thought they did away with the silver-y fillings long ago. ??? My dentist doesn't use them.

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  16. ERPJune 30, 2010 at 7:28 PM

    You're a neurologist - at least people don't show you pics of their bloody stool on their Iphones.

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So wadda you think?