"I've been having headaches, you know, and like, stuff that I get with them, you know, all that stuff that happens with my headaches, like, you know, it hurts, and I don't feel good and stuff, you know, and like, can you do stuff about this? You know, like, pills or stuff or something?"
And, as usual, this call came in at around 3:00 a.m.
Like you know I think maybe that person was like my 16 year old daughter.
ReplyDeleteLike, I think, like you know, this person like, trolls for pills or something.
ReplyDeletePills 'n' stuff, you know.
ReplyDeletelike you know how it kills my ability to talk to you when you like you know use that phrase--like you know--Oh, you like don't know.
ReplyDeleteWonder if I should try this approach with my surgeon, you know. Think he'll, like go for it, you know? LOL
ReplyDeleteThat person sounds like me on topiramate.
ReplyDeletedo you wake up to take these calls?
ReplyDeleteHow old is this person? 13? Call back when you can talk like a grown up. I know migraines messes with the ability to think but this is rediculious. I suffer daily and am more coherant.
ReplyDeleteDidn't you want to tell her to, you know, stuff it?
ReplyDeleteWas this your patient? So, what was the point? Did she/he know, and were they able to let you know eventually? Like you would know.
ReplyDeleteI would have been so tempted...
ReplyDeleteLike, you know, you sound totally 80s Valley Girl, dude.
Like, you know, I don't do narcotics especially at this hour.
*Click*
This is just slightly less coherent than a phone call I made to my doctor when I was in (physician-ordered) withdrawal from SSRIs and out of my mind. But I called during working hours.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I was on this weekend. Saw many slightly ill people. Had one of our favorite (she says sarcastically) frequent fliers at 3:30 am. Called an ambulance for a sinus headache. Really. Our tax dollars at work.
ReplyDeleteWell, like, come on, Dr. Grumpy! Do your stuff and help this girl out!
ReplyDeletesadly, verbal communication skills, like auscultation skills in the arena of too-cool testing, will continue to decline thanks to texting....
ReplyDeleteMary will like so schedule you for you know like an appointlikement.
ReplyDeleteBring all of like you know your insurance info, and you know, 750 dollars, for you know, bail money.