tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post7740495228644532874..comments2024-03-18T09:00:31.992-04:00Comments on Doctor Grumpy in the House: Irrefutable logicGrumpy, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-29754023849052209952010-01-26T15:36:39.238-05:002010-01-26T15:36:39.238-05:00Give him a prostrate exam. Maybe you'll find h...Give him a prostrate exam. Maybe you'll find his brain!Swami Dilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03486227823610436414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-6326903898840694542010-01-26T12:52:22.439-05:002010-01-26T12:52:22.439-05:00Now that is an epic excuse! I am more than impress...Now that is an epic excuse! I am more than impressedInternal Optimisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194212321633856081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-75892370720141670312010-01-26T10:54:19.994-05:002010-01-26T10:54:19.994-05:00Hmm...so, he smoked the joints to calm down so you...Hmm...so, he smoked the joints to calm down so you wouldn't know he had been drinking only to tell you that he had been drinking? Makes perfect sense. <br /><br />::snort::<br /><br />Verification word is "nonsoba" as in "That fool came up in here nonsoba."J-Quell'nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01878522077562588401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-53893536659496003672010-01-26T03:22:49.425-05:002010-01-26T03:22:49.425-05:00Makes it kind of hard to do a Romberg...Makes it kind of hard to do a Romberg...Dymphnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14751980570558831531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-28827329914471507112010-01-25T23:51:25.089-05:002010-01-25T23:51:25.089-05:00can I ask why he was seeing you?can I ask why he was seeing you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-91941333096867633202010-01-25T23:48:11.511-05:002010-01-25T23:48:11.511-05:00This one doesn't bother or surprise me. I'...This one doesn't bother or surprise me. I'd rather have this guy in my exam room than the manipulative, selfish people. So he's wasted. That's not the worst kind of person who will grace our offices. As long as he doesn't drive home, it's ok with me.thegooddrlaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08435755211517374081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-49440096338809225992010-01-25T21:36:40.910-05:002010-01-25T21:36:40.910-05:00I've had people come to a NOON intake spot for...I've had people come to a NOON intake spot for an OUI intake and tell me they've already had 3 beers that morning.<br /><br />So yea, I know you're not making it up!amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06932977941504816230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-52004311046841250482010-01-25T21:10:16.458-05:002010-01-25T21:10:16.458-05:00Awesome. That reminded me of a patient I once saw ...Awesome. That reminded me of a patient I once saw while shadowing. He'd been on medication for his seizures but stopped taking it because he couldn't afford to get the prescription refilled...well, that is, his girlfriend couldn't afford it anymore. <br /><br />This was no problem, though, because he had replaced his prescription medication with something else. Something cheaper and that worked better, he proudly proclaimed. When the neurologist asked what it was, the patient was still beaming and enthusiastically said, <br /><br />"Marijuana!"Josiah O. Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03008853460815824883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-39402087152528046492010-01-25T21:01:50.878-05:002010-01-25T21:01:50.878-05:00OMG! You work in Columbia, SC don't you? lol...OMG! You work in Columbia, SC don't you? lolLynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10971585546385499123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-31390581986369486622010-01-25T20:38:47.537-05:002010-01-25T20:38:47.537-05:00Some people's kids.
People never fail to am...Some people's kids. <br /><br />People never fail to amaze me.<br /><br />~cheerskayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14036374413828047766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-27301979864409162962010-01-25T20:37:25.531-05:002010-01-25T20:37:25.531-05:00Your best story yet.
Awesome.Your best story yet. <br />Awesome.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-90864486228858500972010-01-25T19:12:24.658-05:002010-01-25T19:12:24.658-05:00You sure you're not moonlighting in my VA clin...You sure you're not moonlighting in my VA clinic Dr. G!!!! I hear the same thing weekly! Gotta love them honest patients!<br /><br />KimberlyK in OKKimberlyKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-90155103167226995952010-01-25T18:49:40.586-05:002010-01-25T18:49:40.586-05:00Well, with a history like that it does help to ref...Well, with a history like that it does help to refine the differential diagnosis somewhat.John Woolmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14103272578479980723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-27710888331237445592010-01-25T18:45:20.779-05:002010-01-25T18:45:20.779-05:00Damn. If the rule they told us in medical school ...Damn. If the rule they told us in medical school is correct--that is, to double the number of any substance the patient tells us they've ingested--then this guy must have been seriously out of it. I think it's funny that he became so relaxed that he told you about the etoh.student dr. blazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17307156914515136574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-15537259526673292452010-01-25T18:44:40.200-05:002010-01-25T18:44:40.200-05:00His mistake was not topping it all off with some b...His mistake was not topping it all off with some benzos...that or some PCP.<br /><br />Do you even bother to deal with someone in that state, or do you just send them home and tell them to come back when they're sober?<br /><br />Ha! v-word is "wasted" (not really, but that'd be the perfect one)Waystednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-11063323924356249212010-01-25T18:31:54.826-05:002010-01-25T18:31:54.826-05:00:O
This patient might get the award for stupidest ...:O<br />This patient might get the award for stupidest one yet.WarmSockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12192702662231361355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-69721759692425683262010-01-25T18:27:35.104-05:002010-01-25T18:27:35.104-05:00lordy!lordy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-8328119159935553762010-01-25T18:16:34.327-05:002010-01-25T18:16:34.327-05:00definitely different ... and hopefully unique, but...definitely different ... and hopefully unique, but i don't think we're that lucky!Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06506274310934059070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-3323528653459002732010-01-25T18:14:15.935-05:002010-01-25T18:14:15.935-05:00Did you renew his medical marijuana prescription?Did you renew his medical marijuana prescription?ERPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15973334581468131595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-71275918147057546722010-01-25T18:02:45.695-05:002010-01-25T18:02:45.695-05:00Should have offered him a refreshing diet, caffein...Should have offered him a refreshing diet, caffeine-free beverage to sober him up for the ride home.Outridernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-53474282320873703682010-01-25T18:02:04.087-05:002010-01-25T18:02:04.087-05:00You're killing me over here! I would love to ...You're killing me over here! I would love to see your straight face through some of these interactions. How DO you do it?Chrysalis https://www.blogger.com/profile/00757696627388704079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-233507250107154522010-01-25T17:53:46.726-05:002010-01-25T17:53:46.726-05:00Don't drink and drive, smoke and fly!
But it...<i>Don't drink and drive, smoke and fly! </i><br /><br />But it worked, right? Or did you notice that he was drunk before he told you?instant studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13684270639990817671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-48117436987620880302010-01-25T17:47:32.120-05:002010-01-25T17:47:32.120-05:00Well, at least he was honest.Well, at least he was honest.OMDGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17937425894428802591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-37519538682011132932010-01-25T17:37:22.245-05:002010-01-25T17:37:22.245-05:00You must have a permanent indention in your head f...You must have a permanent indention in your head from banging it into the wall! :-))<br />Lord love you!<br />CPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-65075590088817546672010-01-25T17:28:11.524-05:002010-01-25T17:28:11.524-05:00*facepalm* It really takes all kinds, doesn't ...*facepalm* It really takes all kinds, doesn't it?The Evil Receptionistnoreply@blogger.com