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A Blog detailing the insanity of my medical practice and the stupidity of everyday life.
Welcome to my whining!
This blog is entirely for entertainment purposes. All posts about patients, or my everyday life, or anything else may be fictional, or be my experience, or were submitted by a reader, or any combination of the above. Factual statements may or may not be accurate. I could be making all this up. I may not even be a doctor. The only true statement on here is that I probably drink more Diet Coke than you do. A lot more.
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Cast of Characters:
Annie: My Phenomenal MA
Mary: My Awesome Secretary
Ed: The office fish
Dr. Pissy: The guy I share an office with
Mrs. Grumpy: My Boss (also the world's greatest school nurse)
Frank, Craig, and Marie: The Grumpy Tribe
Garlic and Riley: The Grumpy Dogs
Questions? Comments? Biting sarcasm? Write to: pagingdrgrumpy [at] gmail [dot] com
Note: I do not answer medical questions. If you are having a medical issue, see your own doctor. For all you know I'm really a Mongolian yak herder and have no medical training at all except in issues regarding the care and feeding of Mongolian yaks.
Cast of Characters:
Annie: My Phenomenal MA
Mary: My Awesome Secretary
Ed: The office fish
Dr. Pissy: The guy I share an office with
Mrs. Grumpy: My Boss (also the world's greatest school nurse)
Frank, Craig, and Marie: The Grumpy Tribe
Garlic and Riley: The Grumpy Dogs
Questions? Comments? Biting sarcasm? Write to: pagingdrgrumpy [at] gmail [dot] com
Note: I do not answer medical questions. If you are having a medical issue, see your own doctor. For all you know I'm really a Mongolian yak herder and have no medical training at all except in issues regarding the care and feeding of Mongolian yaks.
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15 comments:
Sheesh! This was the day that the medical person was out and the high school volunteer or the 'pink lady from the gift shop' was called into duty (after they gave their HIPAA pledge)?
He had close personal contact with his girlfriend so I would think he could catch the asthma. Fortunately he doesn't see his neighbor much so he should be OK with the cancer.
He also heard about a guy who had some really strange disease, but he's not sure what it was.
"...oh, and his dog has worms."
Actually, the dog having worms is probably more relevant. A lot of parasites are zoonotic.
When I asked my doctor about getting tested for thyroid issues, he asked if it ran in the family. I told him my grandmother, mother, sister, father, and cat had issues.
The difference me and this patient is that I knew my cat wasn't relevant, and just mentioned her as a joke (she did have thyroid issues, though).
Okay, I get the patient giving out random information but who put it in the chart??? Or do you docs do that to amuse each other?
Internists are from Mars. Surgeons are from who-the-fuck-knows-where.
If someone told me that, yes, I would put it in the record. It gives an indication of the person's education, reasoning ability, and, possibly, intelligence. It would give a clue as to how accurate any other answer might be.
Maybe they're all the same person...?
@Denise, the cat might actually be relevant, if the cause was environmental, as with GHWBush family's autoimmune problem.
In 30 years I have worked for two surgeons. I am hyper aware when I am in a medical office personally. I hate to say it but the patient isn't always the one coming up with dumb stuff.
Surgeon here! Personally, it's the kind of stuff I just leave in there sometimes, to brighten the day of the neurologist reading it.
must be very close to his neighbor! haha
What asthma inhaler is used? Any reactions while kissing (other than the natural ones)?
How often is mouth-to-mouth breathing assistance given? Is she live-in, and is the asthma recent since she moved in?
And...does he sample his neighbor's cancer drugs or babysit his radium collection?
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