Doctor Grumpy in the House: Patient quote of the day

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Patient quote of the day

"I have high blood pressure. But it's not high high. Usually it's low high or moderate high, sometimes low-high-high. Being really high high is rare."

11 comments:

Packer said...: Numbers we understand, not so much the foreign languages.; January 10, 2012 at 4:37 PM
SuFu PhD said...: sounds like how i describe my blood sugars.; January 10, 2012 at 4:40 PM
Old MD Girl said...: You mock, but that's basically what they teach us in med school. Only we have numbers to go along with the various categories.; January 10, 2012 at 4:46 PM
Whelk Lad! said...: "Except when I'm in Amsterdam."; January 10, 2012 at 6:19 PM
Mockingbird said...: I'll bet his artisnal level is low low.
Tis a pity.; January 10, 2012 at 7:20 PM
A Doc 2 Be said...: Amsterdam or medicinal use in Cali...; January 10, 2012 at 7:48 PM
Anonymous said...: This is why people should be taught basic medical terminology in high school...; January 10, 2012 at 8:49 PM
Anonymous said...: Hi-de-hi-de-ho, gonna get me a piece of the sky... (apologies to Blood Sweat & Tears); January 10, 2012 at 9:24 PM
Technically Insane said...: hahaha, poor thing..; January 10, 2012 at 10:27 PM
StMarc said...: I did not know that Whoopi Goldberg was one of your patients. Or that she was hypertensive.; January 11, 2012 at 9:20 AM
Sarah Glenn said...: Unfortunately, I understood that line. That's what happens when you live in Kentucky.; January 11, 2012 at 9:24 AM

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