Friday, April 4, 2014

Quote of the day

"I take a blood pressure pill, or maybe it's for my cholesterol. Actually it might be a blood thinner. Anyway, it's one of those."

18 comments:

Anonymous said...

And I take it with breakfast. Or maybe with supper. And somedays I don't take it. So the next day I take two. Is that important?

ER's Dad said...

"It's a pill. Or maybe it's a liquid. Or perhaps a suppository. One of those, anyway."

CCL said...

Can't fix stupid.

bobbie said...

My favorite was always ~ "I take a little white pill for my heart or BP or something. Don't you know what it is?"
Sometimes it is SO hard to keep your fingers from their throats!!!

Anonymous said...

Dr. Grumpy has again failed miserably at patient engagement, the new Holy Grail of modern medicine.

Anonymous said...

Maybe he takes methadone to manage it?

Anonymous said...

I get it. It's all relative; in the blood or the heart or particular vessel. If there is less lipid build-up in the blood, then the blood will be 'thinner' and thus lower blood pressure. It's a matter of relativity.

RehabRN said...

Um, I think it's a pill that will keep me from having a stroke.

Or maybe it will give me one.

All I know is that it's a pill and I take it....

Sounds like some of our people. The same ones have INRs of 7.

Anonymous said...

"Honestly, it's whatever is on sale that week."

Anonymous said...

"My HMO only covers the 'Mystery Pill' option."

Erwin Schrödinger said...

Simple: the pill's wavefunction exists in a superposition of all three states until the patient takes it.

Anonymous said...

"Oh, and in case anyone asks where I've been, can you remind me if you're the neurologist or the dentist?"

Anonymous said...

At the pharmacy: you filled the wrong one, I wanted by other pill. You are stupid and don't know how to do your job.......after being asked to refill based on the same patient line.

Anonymous said...

So that would be Lipiwarfvasc?

Anonymous said...

"It's homeopathic, so it's not like it matters anyway."

Library-Gryffon said...

My husband's comment after hearing that quote: "It's round. Does that help?"

Anonymous said...

Reminds me of people who respond to the question, "What clinic follows your care?" with "The one in the hospital."

Anonymous said...

This is why you have an INR that varies from 1.2 to 8 weekly.

 
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