Doctor Grumpy in the House

Let's take the Way-Back machine to the early-90's. Dr. Grumpy is the medicine intern, on-call for Thanksgiving, at a large VA hospit...

The kids are watching the Macy's parade on TV, and suddenly start laughing hysterically. I go in to see what's up. The Rockettes are...

I got called to the hospital yesterday afternoon. Nice old lady (80 +) who got a steroid shot in her back for pain. There were some complica...

From a history form a patient handed me today: "I've had both right shoulders replaced twice."

Dr. Grumpy: "Do you take anything for the neck pain?" Mr. Kreepy: "Viagra." Dr. Grumpy: "Viagra isn't a pain me...

Okay, medicine is full of guidelines and acronyms. Phrases like SOAP, BRAT, TURP, CAPRIE, HIT, CABG, CHOP, etc. all have meaning to differen...

Dr. Grumpy: "Dr. Grumpy, returning a call." Mr. Duh: "Yeah, I was there this afternoon, and you told me to stop taking my Lip...

Dr. Grumpy: "At your last visit you were averaging 2 migraines a week, how has that been since starting the new medication?" Mrs. ...

On today's schedule, my first patient of the day is listed as "Mrs. Ancient, referred for memory loss". I look in the lobby. S...

And a big Dr. Grumpy thank you to alert reader Allison, who sent me this.

Mary: "Dr. Grumpy's office, this is Mary." Ms. Bright: "Yes, I need to make an appointment to see Dr. Grumpy." Mary:...

Snowball is a mutt with a lot of curly white fur. Our vet thinks he's a LhasaPoo. In the last few months the fur has overgrown his eyes,...

Sitting in the hot tub this afternoon, trying to catch up on my neurology reading. I learned that: 1. People with lots of stress tend to hav...

Since we seem to be in an ethics mood following that last post , let me put up this one up. It's a case that's bothered me for over ...