tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post6275774895672948206..comments2024-03-18T09:00:31.992-04:00Comments on Doctor Grumpy in the House: (sigh)Grumpy, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-64788241874403833702011-03-02T21:35:46.783-05:002011-03-02T21:35:46.783-05:00Some days I wonder how you keep your sanity..Some days I wonder how you keep your sanity..LivingDeadNursehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09330559010315448255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-17322025270560375712011-02-28T20:36:40.695-05:002011-02-28T20:36:40.695-05:00Years of practice.Years of practice.Grumpy, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-4906418342578625392011-02-28T19:58:51.467-05:002011-02-28T19:58:51.467-05:00Dr. Grumpy, can I ask you a serious question? How...Dr. Grumpy, can I ask you a serious question? How on earth do you keep from laughing at these people and then asking Mary to throw them out of your office? See, this is why I could never be a doctor... my nurse would come into my office looking for me, wanting to know why I'm so far behind in seeing my patients. She would find me huddled under my desk, sucking my thumb and rocking back and forth.Teehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129283674618952945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-63864122984982190962011-02-27T09:42:32.921-05:002011-02-27T09:42:32.921-05:00Honestly, Dr. Grumpy. You don't have the new &...Honestly, Dr. Grumpy. You don't have the new "psychic EEG" machine yet?The Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15157821003454766570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-83646513201620334342011-02-25T00:21:25.353-05:002011-02-25T00:21:25.353-05:00She really meant "indigestion" when she ...She really meant "indigestion" when she said "dizzy." So your x-ray/MRI vision isn't working so well these days, huh??<br /><br />And when I go to a neurologist, I expect to be seeing a psychic as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-73089111559964065682011-02-24T22:44:30.119-05:002011-02-24T22:44:30.119-05:00OMG these people are my architecture clients! EEEE...OMG these people are my architecture clients! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!! "I know I told you I wanted a door there but why is a door there?" UGHwatercolordaisyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08918878832628412824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-34359788028324546812011-02-24T14:46:18.479-05:002011-02-24T14:46:18.479-05:00Did you say dizzy or ditzy?Did you say dizzy or ditzy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-83467336675323734152011-02-24T14:41:49.554-05:002011-02-24T14:41:49.554-05:00Is she sure she wasn't having both? Depending...Is she sure she wasn't having both? Depending on the headache I get both. Oh wait!! She was so dizzy that she couldn't tell she was having a headache. Or was it that she had such a bad headache that she couldn't tell she was dizzy. Or it could be...<br /><br />muckwi - what certain patients do...Kat's Katshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05519016601947528061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-75999923976299917402011-02-24T13:49:29.327-05:002011-02-24T13:49:29.327-05:00Don't you just hate those darn time-travel par...Don't you just hate those darn time-travel paradoxes?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-18419367098409013362011-02-24T13:46:58.653-05:002011-02-24T13:46:58.653-05:00Retcon.Retcon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-65889317082757209832011-02-24T13:27:29.972-05:002011-02-24T13:27:29.972-05:00Goodness. She IS rather dizzy isn't she?Goodness. She IS rather dizzy isn't she?terri chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09398808840234914275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-74361876466441664092011-02-24T12:30:27.612-05:002011-02-24T12:30:27.612-05:00"When I didn't tell you it wasn't a h..."When I didn't tell you it wasn't a headache in the first place, you should have realized that I WAS actually telling you."Li'l Azathothnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-56001734515062881862011-02-24T12:00:15.344-05:002011-02-24T12:00:15.344-05:00After this encounter, were you dizzy or did you ha...After this encounter, were you dizzy or did you have a headache? Or did you smack her upside the head and say, "this is the difference between dizziness and headache"!lovinmyjobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02251424092621233215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-9962565975898304232011-02-24T09:41:19.586-05:002011-02-24T09:41:19.586-05:00i was sighing too after reading this post, that...i was sighing too after reading this post, that's an appropriate post title.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-3550377202197007382011-02-24T09:36:53.946-05:002011-02-24T09:36:53.946-05:00Omniscience not your forte ?Omniscience not your forte ?Packerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10790343423937405624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-2608901887063397722011-02-24T08:28:33.938-05:002011-02-24T08:28:33.938-05:00So, Doc, did your dizziness and/or headache start ...So, Doc, did your dizziness and/or headache start before or after you finished this talk with Mrs. Batty?laughingmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12144289190001684974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-39903131803022884182011-02-24T08:16:03.682-05:002011-02-24T08:16:03.682-05:00"Describe the dizziness? You're a doctor ..."Describe the dizziness? You're a doctor - don't you know what dizziness is? *heavy sigh* It's like a headache, but different."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-64929864627044834672011-02-24T08:14:15.442-05:002011-02-24T08:14:15.442-05:00"Dizzy" is a word that drives me nuts, b..."Dizzy" is a word that drives me nuts, because people use it to describes so many different things. Vertigo, lightheadedness, imbalance and in this case, headaches. So I try to pin down exactly what they mean.<br /><br />In the UK the phrase "giddiness" is commonly used for the same thing, something I still encounter in my practice when talking to people from across the pond.Grumpy, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-55341388503410315502011-02-24T07:30:27.774-05:002011-02-24T07:30:27.774-05:00I asked her to describe the dizziness. It's be...I asked her to describe the dizziness. It's best to just move on.Grumpy, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-47881141784112949512011-02-24T07:28:08.723-05:002011-02-24T07:28:08.723-05:00wow. As someone who will be starting med school in...wow. As someone who will be starting med school in August, I must say I cannot wait for precious encounters like this gem. Pray tell, Dr. Grumpy, what did you say to that admonition?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-34903028075237494522011-02-24T07:25:25.204-05:002011-02-24T07:25:25.204-05:00"Sadly I was expecting better ESP from my neu..."Sadly I was expecting better ESP from my neurologist"Not Househttp://iamnothouse.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-85539550144775677532011-02-24T06:55:57.413-05:002011-02-24T06:55:57.413-05:00Really, if you cannot tell me what I am feeling......Really, if you cannot tell me what I am feeling... well, I just don’t know if I can keep you as my doctor.<br /><br />Get real, Mrs Batty.Lynda Halliger Otvos (Lynda M O)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08938791116446859160noreply@blogger.com