Doctor Grumpy in the House

I suppose I should have a patient of the year award, but since I've only been doing this for a week I'll start with a patient of the...

An envelope in today's mail, sent by a major pharmaceutical company, contained a single piece of paper which only said: "Error! Not...

Okay, if you are trying to hide from the doctor, DON'T answer your phone. Guy who's trying to hide from me, because a friend of his ...

The following was posted on Sermo (a physician chat room and message board) yesterday. It is not from me, but it's a good story, so I th...

Back at my office after 5 days off. Microwaved water for tea. Heard buzzer go off, so I went to go get it. Spent a few minutes looking in th...

Here is an example of why your doctor may be grumpy: This morning I got a consult at my local hospital. So I drag myself out of bed on a q...

Okay, my office is closed for the holiday, but that didn't stop this bright lady from calling and leaving a message on my office voicema...

The following message was left on my office voicemail last night (December 24th) at around 8:30 p.m., by a pharmacist who was obviously les...

Okay, so at this time of year we get tons of cookies, candies, fattening stuff in general, dumped at the office. A few weeks ago a local p...

So last night I had to stop at the grocery store to pick up some stuff for dinner on the way home from the hospital. Like most grocery store...

We thought this was a joke at first. But no. It's horrifyingly real. Men's cologne by Burger King.

Didn't have to wait long! My first patient of the day said this (not joking, either): "I'm a fitness nut. I exercise at least s...

Why am I writing this? Because my patients drive me NUTS! Some days I want to stand on the roof of my office and scream “ I HATE MY PATIENTS...