A Blog detailing the insanity of my medical practice and the stupidity of everyday life.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Great drug rep moments
"Doctor, our company is actively involved in Alzheimer's research. In fact, one of our internal studies recently found that patients and their families are concerned the disease may cause memory loss. They worry about being forgetful, too."
What was that about again? I'm afraid I can't remember. ::snicker::
I hate to tell them this but at a certain point remembering is rather useless. I helped take care of my late grandparents. My grandmother had several strokes & TIAs while my grandfather had Alzheimer's. I make a notebook with instructions on how to use the toaster, coffee maker and so on in LARGE print. We still got phone calls about how to do things which was when I finally managed to convince mom & my aunts that they needed 24/7 assistance. ::sigh::
Everybody and his brother is researching Alzheimers, because of the prospect of millions of aging baby boomers racing head on into the abyss. Just think what it will be like with 5 million or so untreated 80 y o where they hop in the car in NY, and arrive 6 days later in CA without a clue as to how they got there. Let the games begin, cause we aint seen nuttin yet.
I suppose this drug rep was a college grad too? Let me ask, in the words of my late father, "Whatthehell are they teaching these kids in school nowadays?"
shoot. I forgot what I was going to say.................:-) ah hell, I'll just have a beer.if I can remember where I put it. Wait, I dont drink beer. I drink coke.....dont I? um, I'll just drink whats ever in this glass....
I'm a test subject, too, so let me tell you about how our company is actively involved in research... We're researching something....
ReplyDeleteWhat was that about again? I'm afraid I can't remember. ::snicker::
ReplyDeleteI hate to tell them this but at a certain point remembering is rather useless. I helped take care of my late grandparents. My grandmother had several strokes & TIAs while my grandfather had Alzheimer's. I make a notebook with instructions on how to use the toaster, coffee maker and so on in LARGE print. We still got phone calls about how to do things which was when I finally managed to convince mom & my aunts that they needed 24/7 assistance. ::sigh::
Everybody and his brother is researching Alzheimers, because of the prospect of millions of aging baby boomers racing head on into the abyss. Just think what it will be like with 5 million or so untreated 80 y o where they hop in the car in NY, and arrive 6 days later in CA without a clue as to how they got there. Let the games begin, cause we aint seen nuttin yet.
ReplyDeleteI suppose this drug rep was a college grad too? Let me ask, in the words of my late father, "Whatthehell are they teaching these kids in school nowadays?"
ReplyDeleteWhat??? Alzheimer's may cause memory loss??
ReplyDeletePuzzled expression, blink blink, blink blink
ReplyDeleteSometimes I forget to worry about forgetting things. Is that bad?
ReplyDelete"Did I mention that I'm really high right now?"
ReplyDeleteI forgot what I just said...or maybe I'm forgetting whether or not I said it. Aww, hell, I better say it again!
ReplyDeleteshoot. I forgot what I was going to say.................:-) ah hell, I'll just have a beer.if I can remember where I put it. Wait, I dont drink beer. I drink coke.....dont I? um, I'll just drink whats ever in this glass....
ReplyDeleteDoes the drug do anything for pointless repetition?
ReplyDeleteAnother reason I refer to them as "drug whores"...............
ReplyDeleteOh well, I was in the pharma industry for 14 years and I never got to use a line like that.
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