tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post3257231525307026887..comments2024-03-26T16:46:21.764-04:00Comments on Doctor Grumpy in the House: FolliesGrumpy, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-44233430749795331722016-07-22T13:03:19.474-04:002016-07-22T13:03:19.474-04:00Wow, the guy was forgetful, but radiation changes ...Wow, the guy was forgetful, but radiation changes are quite typical in their appearance and it sounds quite weird to me that neither you, nor the neuroradiologists even thought about this...Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02029878964852986835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-75160810716141535402016-07-21T00:21:08.073-04:002016-07-21T00:21:08.073-04:00The number of women who forget they had a Hysterec...The number of women who forget they had a Hysterectomy (when coming in for abdominal pain) is Astounding! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-10464595162257070602016-07-20T10:53:57.348-04:002016-07-20T10:53:57.348-04:00Thinking is hard. And this does not bode well for...Thinking is hard. And this does not bode well for our society.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12325073056767689259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-31332121848013311022016-07-19T08:22:06.840-04:002016-07-19T08:22:06.840-04:00Hilarious! It's reassuring to know that this c...Hilarious! It's reassuring to know that this can happen to a physician at any stage, not just medical students. Zedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01863284870600009484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-38775779751155499342016-07-15T23:04:28.455-04:002016-07-15T23:04:28.455-04:00Doc Grumpy,
Don't even get this ER nurse star...Doc Grumpy,<br /><br />Don't even get this ER nurse started! I can't tell you the amount of frustration I experience everytime I triage someone and try and get a medical history.<br /><br />It is one thing for lil' ol' ladies who go "Oh, I have a heart problem and Dr. Heartguy says I should take this little white pill and a little brown pill twice a day."<br /><br />QUITE another for otherwise active, cognizant adults! I've even started offering 'leading' questions i.e. "Do you have any heart/lung/kidney/stomach/bowel/bladder/brain disease? High blood pressure/stroke/heart attack? Ever been DIAGNOSED with ANYthing at all - from birth to now?" When that tactic doesn't work, I switch to "what medications do you take daily?"<br /><br />I still get the ones who 'forget' that they had Cancer! An MI!<br /><br />But even those are sometimes forgivable - as compared to the indignant "it should be in your records!" crowd. My feelings about this sub-species of patients/family members probably compares to your feelings of 'Artisinal' products...<br /><br />cheers,Spook, RNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11085577662135429417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-15392529326561995742016-07-14T19:08:11.674-04:002016-07-14T19:08:11.674-04:00My husband was asked if he had a family history of...My husband was asked if he had a family history of cancer. He said no. And when I reminded him of his 2 sisters. He said "but they're dead"Candynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-30335953051385219362016-07-14T11:48:00.860-04:002016-07-14T11:48:00.860-04:00Goodness.Goodness.Magehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333086721654817750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-18409515384984122312016-07-13T11:23:26.646-04:002016-07-13T11:23:26.646-04:00I wonder if he really was thinking that the headac...<br />I wonder if he really was thinking that the headaches were due to recurrence of lymphoma but had that superstitious "if I don't say it out loud it won't be real" attitude.<br /><br />and a useful EHR might have helped. clairesmumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-58565456987318641932016-07-13T11:00:26.230-04:002016-07-13T11:00:26.230-04:00Patient history aspect of the electronic health re...<br />Patient history aspect of the electronic health record business would be a benefit if it included this information, wouldn't it? Unfortunately, the numbskull drivel format has a way of obfuscating the important details, so one has to depend even more on that spidey-sense. Where does it come from, anyway? Well, something to put in that black bag that doctors carry around?<br /><br />It's the old story about the patient and hypertension. The blood pressure medicine 'normalizes' readings, so 'no' there is no problem with blood pressure, and surely no problem with the over-the-counter decongestant, or on-line 'fat buster' and then we see the after-effects of the stroke.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-67294456464207460712016-07-13T05:40:01.721-04:002016-07-13T05:40:01.721-04:00So, was that a level 5 follow-up or a level 1?So, was that a level 5 follow-up or a level 1?MSGMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08299587873107955460noreply@blogger.com