Doctor Grumpy in the House: Patient quote of the day

Monday, September 19, 2011

Patient quote of the day

"The pain went down through my legs. Not all my legs, I mean, but just the ones on the bottom of my body."

13 comments:

gloria p said...: Were you examining an octopus by any chance?; September 19, 2011 at 6:23 PM
Elli said...: Dr. Grumpy, neuroentomologist.; September 19, 2011 at 6:37 PM
Old MD Girl said...: I had no idea you treated centipedes also! Neurology is such a fascinating field.; September 19, 2011 at 7:50 PM
Anonymous said...: I KNEW Men In Black wasn't fiction!; September 19, 2011 at 8:28 PM
Moose said...: Was that Spider-Man or Doctor Octopus?; September 19, 2011 at 9:48 PM
ERP said...: Well obviously not the phantom limbs.; September 19, 2011 at 10:39 PM
SuFu PhD said...: Elli, +1. Everyone in the library is looking at me because I was laughing out loud! I needed that!; September 19, 2011 at 11:22 PM
pharmacy chick said...: i guess thats better than going thru the ones thru the TOP of her body?; September 20, 2011 at 12:48 AM
cliffintokyo said...: What about the ones at the top of [the patient's] body?
Seriously, this patient is clearly in so much pain that he/she has difficulty communicating.
Hurry up with the treatment!; September 20, 2011 at 5:29 AM
a.generic doc said...: Was part of the complaint, "I feel dog tired"?; September 20, 2011 at 10:08 AM
Flavius said...: No one has said it yet..

You do have training in the care and feeding of yaks, so this makes obvious sense.

-Flavius; September 20, 2011 at 10:32 AM
Loren Pechtel said...: This kid, perhaps? (Site has an adult content warning although the image in question contains no nudity.)

http://mortemaeternus.blogspot.com/2010/04/neocrysis-freakshow-polymelia-es.html?zx=785ea67f1a6a318e; September 20, 2011 at 5:06 PM
PA Honeybee said...: Must have been those phantom limbs again.....; September 21, 2011 at 11:27 AM

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