Monday, October 17, 2011

How's the other foot?

Found this in a hospital chart today:

"She has dementia and osteomyelitis in her right foot."
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20 comments:

  1. Solitary Diner (Also Known as The Frugalish Physician)October 17, 2011 at 8:23 AM

    How convenient that she's been able to limit her dementia to her foot. I wish I could teach that trick to all my patients.

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  2. OMDGOctober 17, 2011 at 8:37 AM

    Hm.... maybe THAT'S why I've been so clumsy lately.

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  3. AnonymousOctober 17, 2011 at 10:17 AM

    Multi-Infoot dementia

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  4. AnonymousOctober 17, 2011 at 12:40 PM

    I hope that somewhere that is in a transcriptionist's blooper file. I have similar things in mine. Lots of similar things.

    -Littlefoot

    One of these days I must get an open id

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  5. SuFu PhDOctober 17, 2011 at 12:50 PM

    When I read this the first thing that popped into my head was the chess scene from Blazing Saddles. "Yeah, but I shoot with this hand!"

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  6. NewlymedsOctober 17, 2011 at 1:37 PM

    This is a funny blog! Married to a resident so def can relate Dr. Grumpy :)

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  7. Mary PoppinsOctober 17, 2011 at 1:40 PM

    "I know a man with a wooden leg named Smith."

    "Really? What's the name of his other leg?"

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  8. Just MeOctober 17, 2011 at 2:21 PM

    Oh no does this mean Ive failed my clinnical dementia essay, I wrote about it being in the brain :S

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  9. MooseOctober 17, 2011 at 2:24 PM

    What, nobody's made a crack about "the right foot doesn't know what the left foot is doing"?

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  10. AnonymousOctober 17, 2011 at 2:52 PM

    And nobody said, "Open chart, insert foot."

    But I did.

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  11. a.generic docOctober 17, 2011 at 3:25 PM

    If there can be "Happy Feet", why not "Dementia Feet"?

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  12. webhillOctober 17, 2011 at 4:21 PM

    Someone should anonymously slip that person a copy of "Eats, Shoots & Leaves."

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  13. AnonymousOctober 17, 2011 at 5:33 PM

    Maybe that's what Davy Crockett had in his third ear? You know, he had the left ear, the right ear and the wild front ear...

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  14. Not HouseOctober 17, 2011 at 5:36 PM

    "Unfortunately, the ceftazadime has been ineffective at keeping the dementia at bay in her foot"

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  15. AnonymousOctober 17, 2011 at 5:50 PM

    Does that mean she needs a podiatrist instead of a neurologist?

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  16. Loren PechtelOctober 17, 2011 at 6:12 PM

    Is that her excuse for not dancing--she has a stupid foot?

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  17. SarahRxOctober 17, 2011 at 10:01 PM

    "Let's eat Grandma!" Punctuation saves lives people! Unfortunately the grandma burger is becoming more popular...

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  18. AnonymousOctober 17, 2011 at 10:23 PM

    If I ever get dementia, that's where I want to get it. If it starts to spread, I can always get my right leg amputated below the knee.

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  19. MingleOctober 18, 2011 at 1:27 AM

    I love your posts AND the comments. It multiplies the hilarity.

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  20. MillaOctober 18, 2011 at 9:08 PM

    hahahahaha that is so funny!

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So wadda you think?