Tuesday, March 15, 2011

That's helpful

Mr. Vague: "My dad had Alzheimer's disease. Or maybe it was Parkinson's disease. It was some kind of disease. Do you know which one I'm talking about?"
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21 comments:

  1. skidmarkMarch 15, 2011 at 3:48 PM

    Of course I do. It was your father, on your mother's side of the family.

    Pay attention, people. We cannot make everythinbg as simple as this.

    stay safe.

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  2. AnonymousMarch 15, 2011 at 4:28 PM

    Hereditary stupidity?

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  3. Li'l AzathothMarch 15, 2011 at 4:39 PM

    "Or maybe it wasn't my dad and it was some other guy instead. Does that help?"

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  4. Mr MobiusMarch 15, 2011 at 4:40 PM

    Maybe he had Alzheimer's disease and had the anterograde amnesia (do they have retrograde amnesia of memories prior to the onset of the disease or only loss of memories from since the disease began?) or Parkinson's psychosis where he thought his Dad had some sort of diease.

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  5. AnonymousMarch 15, 2011 at 5:13 PM

    Sounds like Alzheimer's is the likelier of the two...

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  6. Frantic PharmacistMarch 15, 2011 at 5:17 PM

    Yup, and she takes a white pill for it...

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  7. AnonymousMarch 15, 2011 at 5:37 PM

    Maybe it was idiotitis - quite contagious from what I've heard :)

    murgatr

    PharmTech. RDC'06

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  8. thatsitMarch 15, 2011 at 5:43 PM

    My adoptive father has Parkinson's affect, how does that affect me?

    Bwhahahaha

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  9. AmyMarch 15, 2011 at 5:46 PM

    At least you know it was a disease. Or something.

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  10. AnonymousMarch 15, 2011 at 6:28 PM

    It sounds like this patient diagnosed himself!

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  11. bobbieMarch 15, 2011 at 6:39 PM

    So ~ did you know???
    ;-)

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  12. AnonymousMarch 15, 2011 at 6:40 PM

    perhaps lues disease

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  13. watercolordaisyMarch 15, 2011 at 7:29 PM

    Maybe acne?

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  14. AnonymousMarch 15, 2011 at 7:55 PM

    Mr. Vague, your father suffers from SOS, stupid offspring syndrome, there is no cure.

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  15. AnonymousMarch 16, 2011 at 2:04 AM

    And this is how Albert Camus got the inspiration for "The Stranger..."

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  16. AnonymousMarch 16, 2011 at 2:08 AM

    "Actually, I was conceived one night when my mom had a three-way with a Parkinson's patient and an Alzheimer's patient, so it could be either."

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  17. AnonymousMarch 16, 2011 at 2:11 AM

    "Because I just took some of his leftover pills, and I'm trying to figure out whether it would be better to put on 'Dark Side of the Moon' or 'Wish You Were Here.'"

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  18. AprilMarch 16, 2011 at 4:08 AM

    Surely you could look at the pill and tell what it is based on the color? Yes? If that fails, perhaps a crystal ball. And there is ALWAYS your "MIND POWERS" that we in the medical field are suppose to have?? No?

    I was told by a patient once "I have that disease where you twitch.." "seizures?" "no." "parkinsons?" "no.... it's that DiaBETTies (gotta love the pronounciations). When my blood sugar gets real low, I twitch".

    *facepalm*

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  19. PackerMarch 16, 2011 at 9:37 AM

    Three guesses.

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  20. a.generic docMarch 16, 2011 at 9:55 AM

    Is there an ICD-9 code for Somekindadisease? It seems to be one of the more common causes of death reported in family histories.

    In your patient's case you might have been able to check out the first two by asking, "Did he remember who you were?" and "Did he shake a lot?"

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  21. AnonymousMarch 16, 2011 at 11:21 AM

    Hoof and mouth disease?

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So wadda you think?