tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post7828482717831324257..comments2024-03-18T09:00:31.992-04:00Comments on Doctor Grumpy in the House: Fine, then call GoogleGrumpy, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-78104392185426127792013-11-28T02:20:37.973-05:002013-11-28T02:20:37.973-05:00As someone who has ET and spend some time googling...As someone who has ET and spend some time googling before I was diagnosed, yes, it can be confused with Parkinson, but all in all ET is less of a bad diagnosis than Parkinson. No matter how pig-headed you are and how much you dislike being proved wrong, just take the ET diagnosis and smile...<br /><br />And as for wine helping with ET: All alcoholic beverages do, the trick is just to stop before you get uncoordinated due to drunkenness. :PCharlie's Dragonhttp://www.charliesdragon.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-30674404898367054482013-11-03T11:21:44.821-05:002013-11-03T11:21:44.821-05:00Wordygirl. Is that you Jan?Wordygirl. Is that you Jan?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-70292302759030154712013-11-02T12:07:55.403-04:002013-11-02T12:07:55.403-04:00Hey, could you diagnose me with synesthesia? I'...Hey, could you diagnose me with synesthesia? I've always wanted that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-78784568048854163662013-11-02T10:26:59.457-04:002013-11-02T10:26:59.457-04:00It's not the "patient is always right&quo...It's not the "patient is always right" but the "customer is always right". You're not technically a service-based industry unless she's a cash-pay patient. Then maybe. If insurance is involved, then there's their ethics board. Besides, you have medical ethics board plus... plus... plus....<br /><br />Yes, there is something wrong. Yes, we need to do something about it. No, I'm not a robot.<br /><br />AbigailAbigail Cashellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06250292620460654855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-30197913629715305102013-11-01T15:46:43.647-04:002013-11-01T15:46:43.647-04:00Ms. Parscompacta will find neurologist #5 - Dr. Qu...Ms. Parscompacta will find neurologist #5 - Dr. Quackster (who isn't a real neurologist and who has practiced in 8 different states in the past 10 years, but always staying just under the radar of his or her regulatory board). Dr. Quackster will tell her that she does, indeed, have Parkinson's, as any good neurologist should have been able to tell, and the best treatment will be for him to administer twice-weekly infusions of a chelating agent and intravenous hydrogen peroxide, which is not covered by the backward-thinking insurers, as well as mega-doses of vitamins, which she can buy only from him. Having received the attention and dismal diagnosis that she craves, she will file complaints at the medical board about you four idiots who did not correctly diagnose and treat her. Now, she is MY problem ... thanks a lot. TCGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-15306310752761281182013-11-01T14:57:57.990-04:002013-11-01T14:57:57.990-04:00Hmm . . . I wonder if that was my mother-in-law. ...Hmm . . . I wonder if that was my mother-in-law. Dr. Google is her *favorite* physician!<br /><br />WordyGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16589276941504832385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-86413520858845018572013-11-01T11:20:49.923-04:002013-11-01T11:20:49.923-04:00OTOH, my grandmother, who was in a nursing home fo...OTOH, my grandmother, who was in a nursing home following a stroke, had a diagnosed familial tremor (her father had it, too), not Parkinson's. EVERY YEAR, at least twice, she was sent to the neurologist by the new MD at the nursing home for evaluation for Parkinson's. Every year. <br /><br />The neurologist would say, "Ms. Killen, why are you here again? You don't have Parkinson's." <br /><br />And being old and free with her words, she would reply, "That's what I told that asshole, but he didn't listen."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-40020745394182316112013-11-01T04:49:54.662-04:002013-11-01T04:49:54.662-04:00Might she be looking for a certain type of disabil...Might she be looking for a certain type of disability? No one wants to be diagnosed with PD!arzt4empfaengerhttp://arzt4empfaenger.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-55841944620647695392013-10-31T23:16:57.145-04:002013-10-31T23:16:57.145-04:00Mrs. Parscompacta: "You're the 3rd neurol...Mrs. Parscompacta: "You're the 3rd neurologist I've seen, too."<br /><br />IANAMD, but I think my reply would have been, "Let's make it an even four. Next!"<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-27484730173119982402013-10-31T21:33:08.261-04:002013-10-31T21:33:08.261-04:00He should have stuck with essential tremor. My da...He should have stuck with essential tremor. My dad has it, and has found that wine can be used to mitigate the symptoms.Doug DeJuliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06856003396904359565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-57507458484549285042013-10-31T19:50:45.836-04:002013-10-31T19:50:45.836-04:00Anon 10:15, I know of a dog who had been diagnosed...Anon 10:15, I know of a dog who had been diagnosed with lymphoma last week, based on the neck and side fatty tumor like things, plus several labs. Now he needs doggy hospice, very sad. Glad that your puppy is OK.<br /><br />Awesome... hope that your daughter got hipped and finally took her daughter to the Pediatrician. How long does it take to know that she is really sick? <br /><br />I do love Dr. Google though. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-63892706084258897822013-10-31T18:45:32.796-04:002013-10-31T18:45:32.796-04:00I had one call me the other day, asked if she shou...I had one call me the other day, asked if she should give her dog baby aspirin or put her back on prednisone. Told her it would be better to stick with the prednisone than switch back and forth between the two drugs, since you need to have 3 unmedicated days between these particular meds to avoid the bad, and would she like a script called in for the prednisone? "Oh, well I've been giving her the baby aspirin for two days now. Does that mean I have to wait three days to give her prednisone? She's limping pretty bad."<br /><br />Headdesk. Yes, yes you do. And next time you want my advice on how best to treat your pet, please call BEFORE you've guessed wrong and effed up the treatment plan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-91300277198660550292013-10-31T16:33:23.253-04:002013-10-31T16:33:23.253-04:00Sounds like someone malingering in order to get di...Sounds like someone malingering in order to get disability benefits. Steeny Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886224738812704532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-804387571243701262013-10-31T13:40:10.147-04:002013-10-31T13:40:10.147-04:00Refer her to a specialist - Doctor Headshrinker.
Refer her to a specialist - Doctor Headshrinker.<br />Mad Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06190137186843630543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-44432068736731368552013-10-31T13:31:55.526-04:002013-10-31T13:31:55.526-04:00My, oh my.
Some people's kids.
I don'...My, oh my. <br /><br />Some people's kids. <br /><br />I don't know about you, but I don't think I would dare call myself a 'customer' at the doctor's office, unless, I had actually stopped in a gas station, or grocery, or another sort of variety store, thought a few minutes about my random impulsive purchase, compared prices, looked at the most colorful packaging and decided for myself what I wanted to buy, based on the advice of my child's 3rd grade teacher--Think 'Head On', the person that files my nails--Think 'Revlon' or rakes the lawn--Think 'Scott's Lawn', or came over to the house when the septic system needed Roto-Rooter.<br /><br />The 'customer' mentality, as Moose suggests, is a business lingoism, associated with 'Completely satisfied or your money back' and 'try it, if you don't like it after 3 days, return it for exchange or refund'. Or, possibly even, 'we guarantee we'll have it for you in 3 days or you get it free', 'no rain-checks', and 'available while in stock'. <br /><br />This doesn't even sound like the art or science of medicine. <br /><br />If she wants to be a 'customer' perhaps, she should play the slots and see how it works out for her at Vegas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-91312798154286534282013-10-31T12:51:16.391-04:002013-10-31T12:51:16.391-04:00Time to call Marcus Sickby for a consult. He was a...Time to call Marcus Sickby for a consult. He was a famous TV "doc" and I am sure he'd make a great Internet "doc" too.MAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11917985681829130997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-68808981705170115522013-10-31T12:35:42.123-04:002013-10-31T12:35:42.123-04:00"And you don't want to know how many sear..."And you don't want to know how many search engines I had to try."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-15633299539202095542013-10-31T12:34:05.110-04:002013-10-31T12:34:05.110-04:00Yes, they do breed. That is why MDs are supposed t...Yes, they do breed. That is why MDs are supposed to get patience (NOT patient) glands.<br /><br />Of course, the rate of rejection . . . Ms. Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11945753071493117365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-71541702405304076002013-10-31T12:29:12.149-04:002013-10-31T12:29:12.149-04:00Ah yes.. must be a relative of a patient I saw.
He...Ah yes.. must be a relative of a patient I saw.<br />He diagnosed himself with Herpes type II, ordered medicine from a foreign pharmacy (!) and treated himself. After one month when the 'Herpes' had not resolved he came to our clinic where he was dx'd and treated for HPV.ye olde clap chasernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-66221742458267333302013-10-31T12:01:01.002-04:002013-10-31T12:01:01.002-04:00One can only sigh...One can only sigh...bobbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14353836074794786357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-5053319402268295752013-10-31T11:58:26.895-04:002013-10-31T11:58:26.895-04:00I bet this person is just like your patient from t...I bet this person is just like your patient from the other day who "isn't the pill taking type"...she'll bitch about lack of knowledge/treatment/"I live with this condition you don't"/"I'm the exception" blah blah blah...and then bitch when she doesn't get healthy.<br /><br />Yep, the customer is always right. In their own minds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-58018447749444568932013-10-31T11:18:26.788-04:002013-10-31T11:18:26.788-04:00The phrase "The customer is always right"...The phrase "The customer is always right" was invented as an advertising slogan decades ago, and somehow got held on as some kind of truth.<br /><br />Which just continues to prove my belief of Rule One: PEOPLE ARE MORONS.<br /><br />Moosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10397412122635951126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-58103021476728469652013-10-31T10:23:28.353-04:002013-10-31T10:23:28.353-04:00I am worried I think I might have essential tremor...I am worried I think I might have essential tremor, I just googled it.Packerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10790343423937405624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-18930303183030028162013-10-31T10:17:28.121-04:002013-10-31T10:17:28.121-04:00Dr Google has misdiagnosed many of my speech thera...Dr Google has misdiagnosed many of my speech therapy kids with autism.<br /><br />Problem is that he doesn't communicate with the parents of the kids who ACTUALLY have autism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-20957158166885567302013-10-31T10:15:06.207-04:002013-10-31T10:15:06.207-04:00Dr google just diagnosed my dog's rapidly grow...Dr google just diagnosed my dog's rapidly growing neck mass as lymphoma or some other type of cancer with sarcoma in the name.<br /><br />To be fair, vet even thought it was most likely cancer, although he wouldn't specify a type.<br /><br />Turned out to be inflammatory response to infection. Dr Google wrong again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com