Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Moon river

Dr. Grumpy: "How did the medicine I prescribed work?"

Mrs. Solanaceae: "I never tried it. I looked it up on the internet, and found out it can cause liver problems."

Dr. Grumpy: "Okay... but that's pretty rare."

Mrs. Solanaceae: "I don't care! It's my body, and I'm not going to take a pill that might harm it."

Dr. Grumpy: "You told me you smoke 2 packs a day."

Mrs. Solanaceae: "That's different. It's not a pill."
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16 comments:

  1. jimbo26June 11, 2013 at 4:20 AM

    Well , she is right . ;-)

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  2. 08armydocJune 11, 2013 at 6:01 AM

    I think I've seen her in my pulm clinic

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  3. AnonymousJune 11, 2013 at 8:06 AM

    So, you're telling me I should smoke my methotrexate? I might be willing to try that.

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  4. PackerJune 11, 2013 at 9:34 AM

    Although it might hurt my liver, I am going to start drinking after reading that. Heavily.

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  5. AnonymousJune 11, 2013 at 10:43 AM

    Yes, and my mother doesn't drink because it's "only wine".

    Good to see logic is alive and well.

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  6. Just MeJune 11, 2013 at 12:14 PM

    Like, Duh.

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  7. Ms. DonnaJune 11, 2013 at 12:38 PM

    OKaaaaaaay . . . . Then cancer pts should not have chemo. It hurts the body, after all.

    Logic. Gotta love it. And I like Grumpy's names for his FICTIONALIZED pts. (that is for the NSA and the medical groups looking down the nose at the blog.)

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  8. AnonymousJune 11, 2013 at 2:27 PM

    Too bad "Common Sense" can't be prescribed...

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  9. Jedi Master IvyanJune 11, 2013 at 2:34 PM

    Does the patient take acetaminophen?

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  10. RehabRNJune 11, 2013 at 8:20 PM

    Jedi:

    Gosh your comment just gave me a flashback to the guy who wouldn't take 325mg Tylenol for headaches, because of his liver. (but dilaudid and oxycodone were perfectly fine...)

    He already had cirrhosis from years of binge drinking.

    I always had to fight the urge to throw a big L on my forehead and yell, "DUH!!"

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  11. AnonymousJune 11, 2013 at 9:27 PM

    I think your patient is my mother-in-law!

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  12. AnonymousJune 12, 2013 at 4:17 AM

    I wonder if you could get this medication in a smokable form?

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  13. AnonymousJune 12, 2013 at 10:40 AM

    Neurological assessment: brain the size of a pea?

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  14. bobbieJune 12, 2013 at 12:11 PM

    Perhaps an artisanal version would be acceptable to her???

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  15. MAJune 12, 2013 at 6:33 PM

    Human nature is what it is...

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  16. AnonymousJune 12, 2013 at 11:03 PM

    Well, which is it?

    Gotta love it.

    We had a neurologist at our hospital that wrote his orders in the chart as "levodopa/carbidopa xxx mg take '1 pill' 3 times a day" which always cracked me up because my Pa called me a 'pill' when I was a squirmy toddler.

    The neurologist also spelled 'agitation' like 'aggitation'. (I used to get so agitated ... especially as he was the one always writing for lorazepam xx mg or haloperidol xx mg for aggitation). It's like a pharmacist spelling 'elixir' as 'elixer'!

    Hot zinger peppers, a deadly shade of night or small potatoes?

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So wadda you think?