Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Great patient moments

"Doctor, I saw something on television last night. They have a machine, called an MRI, that can take pictures of your brain. Have you ever heard of this?"
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  1. AlexisSeptember 27, 2011 at 5:22 PM

    Do you have one of those new-fangled machines in your office?

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 27, 2011 at 6:03 PM

    Did they ask if their insurance would cover getting one installed in their home?

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  3. MockingbirdSeptember 27, 2011 at 7:02 PM

    Are these machines...artisanal?

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 27, 2011 at 7:16 PM

    Well, have you? ;)

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  5. CSeptember 27, 2011 at 9:11 PM

    where is the huge wide-eyed guy and did he ever get enough paper towels? maybe you don't care anymore, but
    I am waiting for the proverbial "other shoe" to drop...

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  6. Grumpy, M.D.September 27, 2011 at 9:13 PM

    C- I never found out.

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  7. terri cSeptember 27, 2011 at 10:43 PM

    I like a cozy artisanal scanner myself. Seriously, what did you say to the patient?

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  8. Grumpy, M.D.September 27, 2011 at 10:50 PM

    I politely said yes.

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  9. AnonymousSeptember 27, 2011 at 11:20 PM

    Those MRI thingys are based on junk science and is just a passing fad.

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  10. AnonymousSeptember 28, 2011 at 7:56 AM

    On the other hand, whenever I go to a new doctor, he or she invariably points out that hey! I've had my tonsils out! "Really." I say. "You don't say. I was sure they were there this morning. How astute of you to make that keen observation, Doc. I'm certain I'm going to get top-notch care here with a crack medico like you looking out for me."

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  11. Mike LooneySeptember 28, 2011 at 8:28 AM

    Anonymous 10:20
    With the FTL Neutrinos, there is some question to part of the science of MRI. In fact if this turns out the be not experimental error, there is now some question as to all physics and most chemistry. Fun time, fun times.

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  12. Sarah GlennSeptember 28, 2011 at 8:52 AM

    Proper comeback: "So, they have television AND electricity in Alabama now? How about that?"

    :)

    WV = Mergalon = bringing your car up to 80 MPH on the highway ramp so you don't get run over by the I-95 traffic.

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  13. PackerSeptember 28, 2011 at 10:03 AM

    Wow, when did they come up with that.

    I am glad your patient was rescued from the island in the south pacific.

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  14. a.generic docSeptember 28, 2011 at 11:36 AM

    And you didn't say, "I'll go down to the library and look it up in the card catalog to find out where to get more information."

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  15. ndenunzSeptember 28, 2011 at 12:07 PM

    And I'm sure the next question out of her mouth was, "Well, can I get one of those tests? You know, just to see if everything is OK with my brain."

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  16. AnonymousSeptember 28, 2011 at 6:12 PM

    Anonymous 6:56, I can tell you a scarier story. I too find that new doctors invariably remark that I have had my tonsils out, but you know what? I haven't! They just atrophied spontaneously.
    When we lived in the US, doctors invariably recorded on the medical notes of my husband and sons that they were not circumcized, yet not one of the consultations had anything whatsoever to do with the penis or with urinary tract function.

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  17. AnonymousSeptember 29, 2011 at 2:48 PM

    What I love are chart notes that say things like, "Uterus and ovaries are surgically absent, as before." What, you expected them to grow back?

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  18. Loren PechtelSeptember 29, 2011 at 5:59 PM

    Tell them that they used to be called Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging and watch him run away screaming.

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  19. cliffintokyoSeptember 30, 2011 at 5:34 AM

    Reminds me of the story about the guy whose doc said he needed his head examined, but the doc he went to for a 2nd opinion told him there was nothing in it.

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So wadda you think?