tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post7954741529466088727..comments2024-03-26T16:46:21.764-04:00Comments on Doctor Grumpy in the House: Friday morning, 12:03 a.m.Grumpy, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-87894104311069865292011-02-19T22:28:30.050-05:002011-02-19T22:28:30.050-05:00When one of my clients do this, I call them at 5 A...When one of my clients do this, I call them at 5 AM to ask how their pet is. <br /><br />Even if I have to set the alarm to wake up and do so.<br /><br />I find it so much easier to fall asleep while chuckling.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11203576857349571909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-31605718528412512762011-02-08T00:02:20.069-05:002011-02-08T00:02:20.069-05:00WHY does my dr's office tell me to call them i...WHY does my dr's office tell me to call them in a week to tell them how my plantar fasciitis is doing, and then when I call to tell them nothing changed, they don't really seem to care?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-51711898410516893362011-02-05T22:11:49.432-05:002011-02-05T22:11:49.432-05:00I think it's time we go on the offensive. We s...I think it's time we go on the offensive. We should start calling our patients at 2 am to ask them how they're feeling.The Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15157821003454766570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-91256234735090131932011-02-04T21:46:45.406-05:002011-02-04T21:46:45.406-05:00Was this a patient who would take their tid pills ...Was this a patient who would take their tid pills q 8 hours within 3 minutes? This seems like the behavior expanded...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-79256298961065760512011-02-04T20:53:29.196-05:002011-02-04T20:53:29.196-05:00Obviously Mr. Awake was not raised by humans. I w...Obviously Mr. Awake was not raised by humans. I was taught that one never calls doctors outside of office hours except for emergencies (such as seeing if one needs to go to the ER). One also doesn't call *anyone* until it is 0900 and never after 2100 unless it is a family member or friend whom one knows well enough to know they have a different schedule.<br /><br />I have taught my children likewise. Now if I could just teach my son, who has Aspergers, how to answer the phone and take messages.Kat's Katshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05519016601947528061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-28701109914477549382011-02-04T17:10:33.138-05:002011-02-04T17:10:33.138-05:00Back in my Vet School days, my mother would call a...Back in my Vet School days, my mother would call at 7:30am on Saturday, just to chat. Her reasoning? "Well, I knew you'd be home." Thanks, Ma!McDuckGAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-48167236220741451812011-02-04T14:46:51.661-05:002011-02-04T14:46:51.661-05:00Sounds like Annie needs to give more specific inst...Sounds like Annie needs to give more specific instructios. "Call back on Friday <i>during office hours</i> to let us know how that med worked for you."<br /><br />Some of us are pretty literal.WarmSockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12192702662231361355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-64952821094174119832011-02-04T13:05:02.467-05:002011-02-04T13:05:02.467-05:00Correct. The call came in at 12:01. It took me 2 m...Correct. The call came in at 12:01. It took me 2 minutes to wake up enough to call back.Grumpy, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-67420684437375164792011-02-04T13:03:32.469-05:002011-02-04T13:03:32.469-05:00Yes, indeed, a compliant patient. And you know fro...Yes, indeed, a compliant patient. And you know from the time of the page that the patient called AS SOON AS IT BECAME Friday. A bit over-scrupulous maybe, but compliant.terri chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09398808840234914275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-55150795144825337022011-02-04T10:25:52.725-05:002011-02-04T10:25:52.725-05:00Bet he didn't want to talk to you and was thin...Bet he didn't want to talk to you and was thinking he'd just leave a voice mail message, not realizing it was a pager number and you'd call back. I've called people when I've assumed they wouldn't answer their phones just because I had an obligation to call them but I didn't really want to talk to them. Hehehe. <br /><br />Speaking of pages, some doctor called me the other day, on my private, unlisted landline, and said he was returning a page. I didn't page him. I don't even know who he is! I'm guessing he hit the wrong number when calling back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-59008547877406232152011-02-04T10:17:03.522-05:002011-02-04T10:17:03.522-05:00LOL I bet he sat home all day thursday counting do...LOL I bet he sat home all day thursday counting down the minutesAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17288854341623647927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-34589376235428704372011-02-04T10:09:04.541-05:002011-02-04T10:09:04.541-05:00Can your call service screen those calls a little?...Can your call service screen those calls a little? I know that when I call the pediatrician's office (and I HATE calling them, especially late) they ask me 97 questions before they page the doctor.Ellienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-58340426122243016072011-02-04T09:38:12.819-05:002011-02-04T09:38:12.819-05:00Sad fact some people simply don't know. I have...Sad fact some people simply don't know. I have two college aged children who think nothing of staying up until 2 AM, and wondering why the two parents go to bed at 10PM and get up at 5. I like to remind them that it has to do with their being able to eat and stay up to 2 AM. What really cranks me is the their mother wants them to announce their arrival at home. So for the entire summer I am awakened every night at curfew.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-29494130338465343942011-02-04T09:24:53.377-05:002011-02-04T09:24:53.377-05:00I have some friends who I will call at snore-dark-...I have some friends who I will call at snore-dark-fifteen should I need something, they owe me for picking them up at the calaboose at 0400 when the drunk tank empties.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-91398817122596533232011-02-04T08:28:54.780-05:002011-02-04T08:28:54.780-05:0010/10 for patient compliance! Shame, it must have ...10/10 for patient compliance! Shame, it must have been way beyond his/her normal bedtime.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-20503038221849083522011-02-04T07:41:01.054-05:002011-02-04T07:41:01.054-05:00This post really confused me, I was sat thinking &...This post really confused me, I was sat thinking "That's a perfectly reasonable phone call" until I read it again and noticed the time :D<br /><br />I have been known to do that. I phoned home at 1am once because I forgot that normal people don't keep those hours, and my mum panicked because normal people don't phone home at 1am unless something's happened. She nearly killed me when I said I was just phoning for a chat!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-57216968560722849542011-02-04T07:34:19.264-05:002011-02-04T07:34:19.264-05:00Ok, so he can follow instruction. Now if you can ...Ok, so he can follow instruction. Now if you can just give him something to make the frontal lobe work....<br /><br />PA in OKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com