tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post2942142692505242070..comments2024-03-18T09:00:31.992-04:00Comments on Doctor Grumpy in the House: ReflectionsGrumpy, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-5094021379729093582012-11-09T00:58:30.797-05:002012-11-09T00:58:30.797-05:00Congrats, DrG!
I have been solo for 25 years, and...Congrats, DrG!<br /><br />I have been solo for 25 years, and cannot imagine being otherwise. (I once had a partner for a 7 month disaster.)<br /><br />That front desk person is the key, not only to a successful practice, but also to sanity! Or the reverse!Hal Dall, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03853309002983404637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-61578386405307863482012-11-09T00:46:33.310-05:002012-11-09T00:46:33.310-05:00Great post Grumpy! congrats! you have done a grea...Great post Grumpy! congrats! you have done a great job!pharmacy chickhttp://www.pharmacychick.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-31730518280831141472012-11-08T15:35:36.860-05:002012-11-08T15:35:36.860-05:00Sounds like you have a wonderful team there and I ...Sounds like you have a wonderful team there and I always enjoy reading the stories. Personally, I seek out small practices, rather than the larger ones, since I am the primary caregiver for both my parents and I have a child at home. The doctors in smaller or solo practices seem to know their patients better. (Funny, the only big practices we still visit are orthopaedic and neurology ones. Ha!) <br /><br />Congratulations to you and your team for 14 years!King J's Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13448566467460557158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-9586010649668541102012-11-07T22:48:15.856-05:002012-11-07T22:48:15.856-05:00Congrats on your anniversary!! I'm so thankful...Congrats on your anniversary!! I'm so thankful that you let your staff know how much you appreciate them!<br /><br />I still think, however, Mary needs a raise. ;)The Evil Receptionistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-58241560165245098322012-11-07T14:16:14.202-05:002012-11-07T14:16:14.202-05:00Dr Grumpy & Mary - any recommendations for fro...Dr Grumpy & Mary - any recommendations for front desk staff for someone in Oregon. On 3rd person this year. Killing me.Just Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884442981866929503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-7597092113103852492012-11-07T11:52:47.414-05:002012-11-07T11:52:47.414-05:00Dr. G, it's certainly nice of you to share you...Dr. G, it's certainly nice of you to share your success with Annie, Mary, Kate and mom, but have you not been listening? YOU DIDN'T BUILD GRUMPY NEURO! It was the government that gave all this oppertunity to you and the staff - not you building it. Wow, the never to take credit.<br /><br />Everyone see's how crazy my statement is when written like that. Why does it not sound just as crazy when our president [for another long, long, long four years] says it? Just yet another story of how it's people like Dr. Grumpy that make this world tick. Good thing you did all of this years ago. I'm extreemly fearful you or anyone else will ever be able to do it again in the future, Obama Care and all.<br /><br />CONGRATS!!!!! I'd become your patient in a heartbeat - or a blod clot as it were.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-84896212810318600272012-11-07T08:29:32.330-05:002012-11-07T08:29:32.330-05:00Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. So nice to read this. ...Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. So nice to read this. Imagine a cloud of hearts and roses (in the bestlooking sense of the words).<br />It's very uplifting to hear of such places with all the dreary incompetence and focus on wrong issues I see elsewhere. Thumbs up and all the best for the next 30 or so years ;)heterodynenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-39283009422586593702012-11-07T00:59:17.379-05:002012-11-07T00:59:17.379-05:00Dr. Grumpy-remember to shoot for the stars. But, ...Dr. Grumpy-remember to shoot for the stars. But, if you get the tragectory wrong, you will always have a very spectacular-albiet fiery and brief-re-entry. <br /><br />Glad you got it right!brentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-64375185929232857142012-11-07T00:10:13.810-05:002012-11-07T00:10:13.810-05:00Wow. Gorgeous roses. Your whole office deserves a ...Wow. Gorgeous roses. Your whole office deserves a bloomin' rose garden in November. Congratulations! When some one is truly happy, it's contagious. Thanks, for your dedication to your oath, Dr. G. and integrity. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-5367193500871552182012-11-06T23:10:06.795-05:002012-11-06T23:10:06.795-05:00Congratulations on having made a good decision all...Congratulations on having made a good decision all those years ago. Having followed your blog for quite a while, I have seen you as a terrific doctor, husband, father, and boss. Now if you could only give up the Diet Coke and convince #1 son he doesn't need all that hair goop....gloria pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-63378952298741606282012-11-06T22:17:02.347-05:002012-11-06T22:17:02.347-05:00Sigh...big shock that moose takes the opportunity ...Sigh...big shock that moose takes the opportunity (yet again) to hijack your lovely post and make it all about "moose".<br /><br />At any rate, Happy Independence Day! May you, Mary, Annie, and Ed have many more happy and successful years together! Loved reading this entry and Mary's reply :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-35555808922319107602012-11-06T20:15:00.047-05:002012-11-06T20:15:00.047-05:00Best thing ever working for yourself. Keep up the...Best thing ever working for yourself. Keep up the good work!HeyHeatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07663286545004140827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-88128546933362361852012-11-06T19:33:23.347-05:002012-11-06T19:33:23.347-05:00A beautiful note from Mary ~
we love you too, gir...A beautiful note from Mary ~ <br />we love you too, girl!!bobbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14353836074794786357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-526749982594758052012-11-06T19:26:11.430-05:002012-11-06T19:26:11.430-05:00My husband came home one evening and told me he qu...My husband came home one evening and told me he quit his job working for a large engineering firm. That night we celebrated! Friends and family called to congratulate him! He started his own engineering company and hasn't looked back once. Congratulations, Dr. G!gin4407https://www.blogger.com/profile/13255866433439527764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-91068685912122027442012-11-06T19:25:43.967-05:002012-11-06T19:25:43.967-05:00My husband came home one evening and told me he qu...My husband came home one evening and told me he quit his job working for a large engineering firm. That night we celebrated! Friends and family called to congratulate him! He started his own engineering company and hasn't looked back once. Congratulations, Dr. G!gin4407https://www.blogger.com/profile/13255866433439527764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-7583299026541762402012-11-06T18:24:41.587-05:002012-11-06T18:24:41.587-05:00Fabulous post. It's so nice to hear that some...Fabulous post. It's so nice to hear that someone has found their niche in the working world and has wonderful people to share it with. Gives me hope.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-18789268743392081672012-11-06T14:55:20.511-05:002012-11-06T14:55:20.511-05:00That actually brought tears to my eyes. You are a...That actually brought tears to my eyes. You are a good man to recognize, appreciate and thank all of those who have supported you and helped you along the way. And thank YOU for sharing your life with us...I really consider you the best doctor I know (and I know a lot of them!)Mari-Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14988301762737203798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-19056787287043156612012-11-06T14:49:36.598-05:002012-11-06T14:49:36.598-05:00Well done. It sure was the right decision.
And lo...Well done. It sure was the right decision.<br /><br />And lovely to read your comments too, Mary. We can all tell from his comments that Mr Grumpy is a wonderful person to work for.merinzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01950053039147788819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-34086459711649340362012-11-06T14:14:06.809-05:002012-11-06T14:14:06.809-05:00It's awesome that you respect and honour your ...It's awesome that you respect and honour your staff. My last employer let me go after 21 years of very loyal service (giving me only 10 minutes to clean out my desk and leave the building) and not even allowing me to say goodbye to coworkers or clients.<br />(PS ... I won the lawsuit that followed)<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-69812133819166963602012-11-06T13:26:36.444-05:002012-11-06T13:26:36.444-05:00Aw, man, there's no way I can follow Mary. GE...Aw, man, there's no way I can follow Mary. GEEZ!<br /><br />But, really, there's no way you could post the things you do without the support of all the people who support you, both personally and professionally. They're part of the solution, not the problem. Or the precipitate.<br /><br />I used to see a doctor who was originally with a larger practice. One day when I was very sick in the hospital, the senior doctor in the practice came in instead of my doctor. Instead of addressing my problems, my healing, my at-the-moment serious health issues, he chose to start berating me for being overweight. It went on for about 5 minutes before I finally yelled [to be heard over him, he wouldn't let me get in a word edgewise], "WOULD YOU PLEASE DEAL WITH MY ACTUAL CURRENT ISSUE??" He promptly left in a huff, mad that I wouldn't "take his advice." I told my doctor about it next time I saw her, and you could see her teeth set on edge.<br /><br />A month later my doctor told me she was leaving the big practice and starting her own practice. When I asked why, she said, "Remember what happened to you in the hospital? It's too much of that kind of crap."<br /><br />I've heard of this problem as "the bike shed problem". You get so involved in what color the bike shed should be painted that you ignore immediate issues like not having enough materials or the right building permit. The smart people stop and look at the whole picture. The nutters pick on the little details that don't have to be dealt with right now.<br /><br />May your bike sheds always be constructed with people who worry about the correct details at the correct times.<br /><br />Moosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10397412122635951126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-64210809929098343932012-11-06T13:20:47.073-05:002012-11-06T13:20:47.073-05:00Congrats! Your solo practice is something I bet yo...Congrats! Your solo practice is something I bet your pts enjoy. I have been to a "Humongous" practice a time or two and felt like a cog in the medical machine. <br /><br />Being sick is no fun, and that just makes it worse.<br /><br />Best to you and ll the people who make the gerbil wheel turn!Ms. Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11945753071493117365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-17332306166836061272012-11-06T13:04:40.105-05:002012-11-06T13:04:40.105-05:00(Blush)(Blush)Grumpy, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-69944424546870183152012-11-06T12:57:33.896-05:002012-11-06T12:57:33.896-05:00No, Thank you Dr. grumpy. Thank you for (almost) 9...No, Thank you Dr. grumpy. Thank you for (almost) 9 years of the best working years of my life. You make coming to work not dreadful. Coming from a big corporation myself, I can certainly agree that I wouldn't want it any other way but solo. Your decision to shoot for the stars and create a solo practice has been wonderful in more than one way. You're patients adore you, they trust you, they appreciate you, and besides, Annie, you, and I make a great team. You treat us exceptionally well, and your patients too. You are truly one of a kind and irreplaceable. So Thank you Dr. Grumpy, for the opportunity to work for you and be apart of your Dream practice! <3 MaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-89438771365926139232012-11-06T12:32:57.041-05:002012-11-06T12:32:57.041-05:00Wow, happy independence day! Was Kate as special a...Wow, happy independence day! Was Kate as special as Mary? Must have been weird and wonderfull that you were without awesome secretary for just one day.Wendynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-74501928253234497872012-11-06T12:22:41.609-05:002012-11-06T12:22:41.609-05:00If I ever need a neurologist I will drive the 900 ...If I ever need a neurologist I will drive the 900 or so miles to see you.Jonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170214396483091419noreply@blogger.com