tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post8009864237394242934..comments2024-03-26T16:46:21.764-04:00Comments on Doctor Grumpy in the House: Wednesday afternoonGrumpy, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-69064444709955358042010-07-10T04:23:34.651-04:002010-07-10T04:23:34.651-04:00There is ONE place I would want to
have a spinal t...There is ONE place I would want to<br />have a spinal tap...hospital.<br /><br />If this has already been said..<br />mea cupa. too tired tired to read<br />all comments.donnanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-20798167896955075012010-07-09T09:23:01.301-04:002010-07-09T09:23:01.301-04:00This immediately made me think of this classic &qu...This immediately made me think of this classic "Dilbert" <br />http://www.dilbert.com/fast/1994-10-17/<br /><br />Anything he doesn't understand must be easy (safe, reasonable, etc.) right?<br /><br />It is a mystery why he's trying to avoid the ER....can't think of any legitimate reason that wouldn't be overriden by the severity of meningitis...Oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09983586189259538140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-38753216377098913282010-07-08T17:51:52.352-04:002010-07-08T17:51:52.352-04:00Why go to the ER, when you can just remodel your o...Why go to the ER, when you can just remodel your office?<br /><br />Make sense to me.<br /><br />Not.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794712479594188124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-55779948471838350912010-07-08T16:49:31.961-04:002010-07-08T16:49:31.961-04:00I'm thinking this doc doesn't refer to you...I'm thinking this doc doesn't refer to you because he or she has one patient. And is about to lose that one (though I sincerely hope not!)Sue Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17432899300135835946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-80507153806489578402010-07-08T14:29:04.819-04:002010-07-08T14:29:04.819-04:00Did Dr. Jerkball have a good reason for not wantin...Did Dr. Jerkball have a good reason for not wanting to send the patient to the ER? Seems like it should have been a no-brainer, especially since I imagine he'd have to spend a medically injudicious amount of time trying to find a neurologist a) set up for office spinal taps and b) with a convenient immediate schedule opening for a new patient!!PHDnotMDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-6417358583820056802010-07-08T12:20:49.233-04:002010-07-08T12:20:49.233-04:00Right. I bet Mary would love the menengitic patien...Right. I bet Mary would love the menengitic patient spewing gram negative diplococci all over the office.ERPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15973334581468131595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-58392284358738370212010-07-08T12:19:07.006-04:002010-07-08T12:19:07.006-04:00Was the patient some kind of drug kingpin or mafio...Was the patient some kind of drug kingpin or mafiosi that the Dr. was trying to treat outside the normal boundaries?ndenunznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-15186788431672592512010-07-08T12:07:46.504-04:002010-07-08T12:07:46.504-04:00I want to strangle him and I didn't have to de...I want to strangle him and I didn't have to deal with him on the phone.<br /><br />Word verification:"daniu" Is that a medicine you can get for dealing with people like him?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-47439361078173050512010-07-08T11:04:01.991-04:002010-07-08T11:04:01.991-04:00That, Anon, is the $66,000 question.That, Anon, is the $66,000 question.Grumpy, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-31910786241918304622010-07-08T10:58:52.176-04:002010-07-08T10:58:52.176-04:00OK, so I have no medical background or training at...OK, so I have no medical background or training at all (nor do I want any), but the tenor of these comments suggest that doing a spinal tap in the office is tantamount to doing brain surgery at Wendy's. If my inference is correct, why is Dr. Doesntrefertome so reluctant to send his patient to the ER since he should know that he will not find a competent doctor willing to do one in an office?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-56098355672245728662010-07-08T01:52:25.582-04:002010-07-08T01:52:25.582-04:00Hopefully that doctor is really old and will retir...Hopefully that doctor is really old and will retire or die soon.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15051428316258676659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-40188905863465691112010-07-08T01:18:02.069-04:002010-07-08T01:18:02.069-04:00I think as I know you do that you are lucky this e...I think as I know you do that you are lucky this eedjit doesn't refer to you. Mary wouldn't have a snowflake's chance in hell of quitting smoking if she had to deal with him regularly.terri chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09398808840234914275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-19013080370327315562010-07-08T01:18:02.070-04:002010-07-08T01:18:02.070-04:00Why doesn't Dr. Doesntrefertome give the patie...Why doesn't Dr. Doesntrefertome give the patient a spinal needle, and two mirrors....<br /><br />Am appalled at his gall!ireflecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06894326744424817563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-27134319623764642312010-07-08T00:36:43.756-04:002010-07-08T00:36:43.756-04:00Referencing one of your comments on someone's ...Referencing one of your comments on someone's blog. I loved it! The one about all the bottles, same size and perfect order and they all say, Hampton Inn. Perfect!middle childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09805863175279915034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-12607850970771769702010-07-07T23:34:50.441-04:002010-07-07T23:34:50.441-04:00Dammit Jim, I'm an idiot, not a competent doct...Dammit Jim, I'm an idiot, not a competent doctor!Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15236693436272479076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-40833508925987700182010-07-07T22:25:41.336-04:002010-07-07T22:25:41.336-04:00Just wondering what the M word that Ari referred t...Just wondering what the M word that Ari referred to is in this case? I think Murder would be the most applicable!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-3243715522614407842010-07-07T22:20:23.708-04:002010-07-07T22:20:23.708-04:001853- you are the only doc who can help me. i know...1853- you are the only doc who can help me. i know this because i already called everyone else. puhleeese?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-1188002118768971872010-07-07T21:52:09.206-04:002010-07-07T21:52:09.206-04:00Have a hood, and do your own STAT high-dose vancom...Have a hood, and do your own STAT high-dose vancomycin dosing, too? Sheesshhh...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-54345987768883025582010-07-07T21:47:57.449-04:002010-07-07T21:47:57.449-04:00What if the patient didn't have meningitis, bu...What if the patient didn't have meningitis, but something more insidious that needed emergent surgery...what, Dr. G., you don't have a full theater in your office either? Scalpel, Mary. Retractor, Ed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-22264879003033272452010-07-07T21:27:41.661-04:002010-07-07T21:27:41.661-04:00So...people who SHOULD be in the ER aren't and...So...people who SHOULD be in the ER aren't and people who SHOULDN'T are......what is wrong with this picture?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10922770379182854942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-11684074605821674852010-07-07T20:35:00.940-04:002010-07-07T20:35:00.940-04:00WTF was that doctor doing not sending her to the E...WTF was that doctor doing not sending her to the ER? To put it mildly, that's not how I'd want my doctor to practice. To put it less mildly, but still avoiding the M word, I'm sure there's a happy lawyer out there reading this. Hopefully (for *her* sake), not a soon to be rich one.Arinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-69277719078339154642010-07-07T20:26:17.647-04:002010-07-07T20:26:17.647-04:00Sounds like you dodged a bullet. I would love to ...Sounds like you dodged a bullet. I would love to lose some of my referring doctors. But in ER, you cannot.KateAhttp://charlesallison.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-21749893087878413362010-07-07T19:53:22.848-04:002010-07-07T19:53:22.848-04:00wonder how many neurologists he called before and ...wonder how many neurologists he called before and after you for the same arrangements?<br /><br />if he doesn't refer to you something tells me you weren't the first person he tried and most likely the last???<br /><br />Just saying!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-42286203180060546682010-07-07T19:51:49.613-04:002010-07-07T19:51:49.613-04:00If you can't do spinal taps what good is that ...If you can't do spinal taps what good is that laboratory doing in your closet?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-23464609357408034902010-07-07T19:36:19.593-04:002010-07-07T19:36:19.593-04:00I wonder if that patient ended up being sent to th...I wonder if that patient ended up being sent to the ER. That attitude sucks the most for them, who're depending on their doctor to be helping them out, not verbally abusing neurologists.Mugdhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06126027586444558410noreply@blogger.com