Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Morning

Dr. Grumpy: "Good morning, have a seat on the exam table. Have you ever had an EMG before?"

Mr. Acetaldehyde: "Holy crap doc, you don't need to talk so loud. I'm not deaf, I swear."

Dr. Grumpy: "Sorry, didn't realize I was. Can you take off your sunglasses?"

Mr. Acetaldehyde: "Yeah, but can you turn off the lights? They're really bright."

Dr. Grumpy: "Just keep them on, then. I can't do the test in the dark. Are you okay?"

Mr. Acetaldehyde: "I'm really hung over. I went to the Lümbær Pünkture concert last night and got totally shitfaced."

Dr. Grumpy: "Do you..."

Mr. Acetaldehyde: "Hey, can you bring that trash can over here? I think I'm..."


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12 comments:

  1. MarjieOctober 4, 2017 at 11:23 AM

    Chuckling out loud at your wonderful picture.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 4, 2017 at 12:01 PM

    I hope you billed him for the trash can liner and for the disposal fee of hazardous waste.

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  3. ndenunzOctober 4, 2017 at 12:04 PM

    No need to ask doc, I already did.

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  4. CandiOctober 5, 2017 at 8:59 AM

    I'm wondering if that's a test you can run accurately if the person has a significant amount of ethanol in their system.

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  5. Tarquin "R.J." Toffeebridge VOctober 5, 2017 at 11:54 AM

    "I might have done some EMG shots last night. What's in them?"

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  6. Ms. DonnaOctober 5, 2017 at 2:10 PM

    Asking the same question as Ms. Gomez -- will the ethanol or the hangover make a difference in the readings?

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  7. staceyOctober 5, 2017 at 5:15 PM

    I don't think I can bear it doc.

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  8. AnonymousOctober 7, 2017 at 2:26 AM

    "What? It's not like I'm using the recycling bin."

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  9. AnonymousOctober 7, 2017 at 2:31 AM

    "Hey, I got hammered last night and now I'm going to get hammered again! Get it? You know, because you're a neurologist and you guys use those little hammers...oh, never mind."

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  10. AnonymousOctober 7, 2017 at 2:35 AM

    "You know what's funny? Last night I got trashed, and now my breakfast is about to get trashed. Get it? Oh, never mind."

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  11. AnonymousOctober 7, 2017 at 2:39 AM

    "Oh, and you know that fish you have in your waiting room? You don't need to feed him today."

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  12. AnonymousOctober 11, 2017 at 1:59 PM

    Hmm. I seem to recall an episode of Dr Quinn Medicine Woman where she used therapeutic whiskey prior to a procedure, dental extraction, maybe.

    Though if recalling alcohol metabolism pathways correctly, there is seizure risk if suddenly stopping the booze prior to procedure if there is a long-standing history of too many of high-ethanol bouts, and I recall the heart surgeon consulting pharmacy for a drip rate when starting a patient on a diluted ethanol infusion prior to emergency open heart operation a few decades back.

    However, we're talking alcohol poisoning here. Bane of college initiation rituals. People die during those without natural stop-gap measures (retching, discomfort, vomiting).

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So wadda you think?