So today Mary called me to say Dr. Unka was up front, and wanted me to come meet a new patient. So I excused myself from my current patient and went up front, to see him standing there with a familiar, somewhat irritated-looking, older lady.
Dr. Unka: "Ibee, I'd like you to meet Mrs. Ancient. I'm referring her for memory loss."
Dr. Grumpy: "Uh, Mrs. Ancient was here 3 weeks ago for that."
Mrs. Ancient (glaring at Dr. Unka): "I told you! Why didn't you listen to me?"
Dr. Unka: "She was?"
Mrs. Ancient: "Yes!"
Dr. Grumpy: "Yes, I sent you a note."
Dr. Unka: "You did?"
Mrs. Ancient: "Yes! He did! It was even in my chart at your office! I pointed it out to you!"
Dr. Unka: "You did? Um, I mean, then have her make a follow-up." (leaves).
15 comments:
Sounds like Mrs. Ancient needs to give Dr. Unka some tips on remembering things when they have memory loss. ;)
You didn't send her away and schedule an appointment for him?
Sounds like Dr. Unka should be seeing you, too.
Sounds like Dr. Unka should refer himself to you.
poor Dr. Unka
Oops.
Geez. Dr Unka's whole philosophy is wasting everyone's time. ugh
Physicians tend not to take the elderly seriously.
Dr. Unka needs 2 shots of bourbon before bedtime so as to improve his memory!
It seems to me that Dr. Unka has this person mixed up with someone else that needs to come see you STAT!
Poor, Poor, OLD, Dr. Unka!
He's a pain in the ass. Maybe you should make him go back to the exam room with you to meet YOUR patients.
Mrs. Ancient not only has a better memory than Dr. Unka, but she is also more observant, spotting Dr. Grumpy's note in her chart and pointing it out. Sounds like Dr. Unka does not bother to read or notice things, or listen to his patient, because he is too full of his own importance.
I'm thinking my referrels would be good, especially since my memory sucks and I'm not a doctor.
I think it would be hard for Dr Unka to diagnose memory loss. OTOH, I like Mrs Ancient!
Wisdom of Ancient One bests Busy-ness of Professional Unka Goofball?
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