Doctor Grumpy in the House

Dr. Phil (I assume not THE Dr. Phil) wrote in today with this horrifying story. Which I think is certainly worthy of sharing with the rest o...

I was reading some news stories this evening, and found these remarkable poll results. The study is still in progress, so I have no idea how...

A while back........ Pattie, RN’s comment on this recent post led me to remember this story: As my regular readers know, I have boy/girl tw...

I got this voicemail last night at 6:45: "Hi, this is Ron, at Local Pharmacy. An amazingly clueless patient of yours is here now, askin...

Mrs. X: "Is my muscle disease hereditary? Because I'm worried about my kids getting it." Dr. Grumpy: "No, it's not.&q...

Leaving the following voicemail message for my nurse is NOT helpful: "I have pain! Please call me back!" If this was you, leaving ...

When I got home today all 3 kids were playing Wii "Dance Dance Revolution" on a difficult setting to a fast song. They each were o...

What is a Dragonism? I'm not sure who came up with the word, but think it was my old chairman, Bob (who I doubt reads this, but if you d...

Mrs. Geritol, I'm terribly sorry that my prescription for Vicodin didn't help your back pain and made you so sleepy. In reviewing th...

If I ordered physical therapy, and told you to come back afterwards to see how you were doing, DO NOT come back to me 4 weeks later, complai...

I generally try not to steal from other bloggers, but this time I'm gonna have to. ER's Mom wrote this excellent post a few weeks ...

My cell phone beeps. Someone has left this message: "Hi, I have an appointment with Dr. Grumpy. I think it's this Monday, or maybe ...

Marie wanted to talk to my parents this morning, for whatever reason. So I dialed the phone and handed it to her. After a pause, she said &q...

We went to Target last night for some school clothes for the kids (we have SUCH exciting Saturday nights). At check-out Mrs. Grumpy had thi...