Doctor Grumpy in the House

I try to be prompt, and run my schedule on time. I really do. Most of my patients are used to that, but you're new to my practice. So...

I was doing an online medical survey this morning, and encountered this question: (click to enlarge)

Mrs. Klumsy: "I used to fall when going down stairs, but I was able to stop that." Dr. Grumpy: "How did you stop it?" Mr...

Dr. Grumpy: "So what kind of symptoms are you having?" Mr. Papyrus: "Didn't Dr. Imed send you a note?" Dr. Grumpy: ...

As you're all aware, I was asked to host online Grand Rounds this week. So thank you all for coming! I'll be returning to my regular...

Tonight Marie asked me to look over her math homework. It featured this: Question: "Write a word subtraction problem using the numbers ...

I'd like to thank my reader PMH for submitting this. I think we've all played beer pong. I mean, what would college be without it? A...

After the war of 1812 , the United States and Great Britain resumed commercial trade. On both sides of the Atlantic, businessmen competed f...

Look, if you're trying to smuggle cocaine on an airplane, you take your chances. I think all of us have had our luggage lost at some poi...

Dr. Grumpy: "This is Dr. Grumpy, returning a page." Mr. McPayne: "Yeah, are you covering for Dr. Cortex this weekend?" D...

"Hi! I'm a patient of yours and I'm 8 months pregnant and my water broke and I've started having regular contractions and ...

This is a repeat of a post I ran last September. And since the same issue STILL drives me nuts, I'm putting it up again. Dear Mr. Presid...

I'm reading a hospital discharge summary, and discovered this quote from a neurosurgery resident: "The patient was given Valium 10m...

Doing an online survey this afternoon, and encountered this question.