tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post5789363243766060157..comments2024-02-18T01:56:38.508-06:00Comments on M.D.O.D.: To Annoying Internal Medicine Attending circa 1993911DOChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06466669111561150174noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-46669305314215489152010-05-18T23:31:09.807-05:002010-05-18T23:31:09.807-05:00dear serenitynow,
good question. vitals didn'...dear serenitynow, <br /><br />good question. vitals didn't go with it, neither did she... i know she sounds crazy in the post, but she long ago embraced it and then punched down on the pedal and taught it a thing or two.911DOChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466669111561150174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-74322164369380626672010-05-02T09:54:42.220-05:002010-05-02T09:54:42.220-05:00Was she anticholinergic from benadryl toxicity?Was she anticholinergic from benadryl toxicity?SerenityNowhttp://serenitynowhospital.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-52374704358805932932010-04-30T18:01:32.594-05:002010-04-30T18:01:32.594-05:00OH: I have had trauma patients transferred to me w...OH: I have had trauma patients transferred to me with the original scene EMS notes written on their torso with a Sharpee! I thought it was effective. It contained only the pertinent info and I didn't have to waste time searching through all of the mandated BS on the EMS forms to find the info that I needed.<br /><br />Your post reminded me of many years ago when my Dad had open heart surgery. The surgeon was Argentinian. This was during the Falkland/Malvinas Island "War". He was heavily sedated pre-op and we wrote "Malvinas Forever!" on his chest. <br /><br />Little did we know at the time that the scrub nurses would simply obliterate it before the surgeon saw it. Good times!erdoc85https://www.blogger.com/profile/06373340227068589953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-34876198281402772572010-04-30T17:49:11.221-05:002010-04-30T17:49:11.221-05:00dear PeggyU,
aw shucks *sniff*
dear oddharmonic...dear PeggyU,<br /><br />aw shucks *sniff*<br /><br /><br />dear oddharmonic,<br /><br />you have confused me with your logic and sense of responsibility. may neither you nor your husband ever need my services.911DOChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466669111561150174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-19180031157709835362010-04-30T17:47:14.613-05:002010-04-30T17:47:14.613-05:00Here's a good one:
Patient: "My ear hurt...Here's a good one:<br /><br />Patient: "My ear hurts."<br /><br />Doctor: "Which one?"<br /><br />Patient: "I don't know."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-14949932538887184222010-04-30T17:44:24.205-05:002010-04-30T17:44:24.205-05:00It figures that two flowers I particularly dislike...It figures that two flowers I particularly dislike (callas and begonias) enjoy urine.<br /><br />I have pretty much beaten into my family's heads the importance of giving an accurate history and carrying a medicine list in their wallet. I'm only half-joking when I tell my husband that if he ever goes out to a bar, I am going to write his medical conditions and medications on his chest with a permanent marker. (It would have saved me a lot of research and concern if I had known that low potassium is hereditary in his family.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11138241451702482020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-38182972537638656992010-04-30T15:34:16.187-05:002010-04-30T15:34:16.187-05:00Calla Lillies, Wax Begonias, Narcissus, & Foxg...Calla Lillies, Wax Begonias, Narcissus, & Foxglove will all enjoy standard urine.<br /><br />If you plan to use premium nursing home pee, then Queen Anne's Lace, Box Elder, Japanese Barberry, & Hackberry are better options.erdoc85https://www.blogger.com/profile/06373340227068589953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-8633592692392974972010-04-30T15:04:32.386-05:002010-04-30T15:04:32.386-05:00i haven't really wanted to piss on anyone'...<i>i haven't really wanted to piss on anyone's grave yet. i have a feeling there will be a line at mine.</i><br /><br />Ok then. What sorts of flowers tolerate piss well?PeggyUnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-71722471997167995482010-04-30T09:51:52.903-05:002010-04-30T09:51:52.903-05:00anon. part 2,
i do not know where Dash is playin...anon. part 2, <br /><br />i do not know where Dash is playing next but the link to their site should list a variety of dives all around the world where you might go and see them and get riotously drunk while dancing till you sweat through three shirts. good times.911DOChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466669111561150174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-47019144030777807082010-04-30T09:45:53.839-05:002010-04-30T09:45:53.839-05:00anon.,
she got zebra-ed and handed off to night g...anon., <br />she got zebra-ed and handed off to night guy. she was 84 so i'm sure she got admitted after her husband and sons and daughters browbeat her into it. sent an aspirin level on a hunch. o/w spending thousands on her made me no smarter. <br /><br />frank, <br />see post on nitrous oxide. i haven't really wanted to piss on anyone's grave yet. i have a feeling there will be a line at mine.911DOChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466669111561150174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-48396255512099850882010-04-30T05:07:19.301-05:002010-04-30T05:07:19.301-05:00Thanks 9-11, for stoking my Unabomber-like hatred ...Thanks 9-11, for stoking my Unabomber-like hatred of pompous Internal Medicine Attendings...<br />and everyone blames Plague on the poor bacteria, or the rats, when its the effin FLEAS that actually spread it...<br />But did you ever piss on one of there Graves?? I mean really did it, not just dreamed of it?<br />Neither did I, effin A-holes burried in California, and the last time I went there was a damn funeral 10 feet away, wouldn't have stopped me, but didn't seem right to urinate in public with 1/2 of the LAPD watching...<br />How bout.....<br /> "THE PATIENT WILL TELL YOU WHAT'S WRONG WITH THEM??"<br />OK, occasionally thats true, but its not really profound.<br />What really used to chap my ball-sack was how the IM attendings complained about "Taking Call" which they did from home, while all the other attendings had to actually be in the hospital.<br />Umm except for the Shrinks and Pediatricians, but they don't really count...<br />Used to stick my dogs old flea collars in one prick Medicine Residents Starched-Whiter-than-a-Mormon-Temple-in-Idaho-all buttons buttoned Lab Coat-Pocket...<br />Dumbass never figured out who did it, talk about your poor diagnosticians...<br /><br />Frank "I hate Fleas" DrackmanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-71049495662552809462010-04-30T00:20:51.022-05:002010-04-30T00:20:51.022-05:00Hell yes. Dash Rip Rock. Oh to be a drunk college...Hell yes. Dash Rip Rock. Oh to be a drunk college kid again.<br /><br />Obvious case of Benadryl Hangover and "adverse reaction to medication" by taking her son's BP pills. Easy fix. Stop both, generic fluticasone nasal spray for allergies, d/c home, and no need to admit and cost tax payers money. <br /><br />Now, what time is DRR playing and what's the cover?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-80514225607407867872010-04-29T22:28:06.857-05:002010-04-29T22:28:06.857-05:00dear HugeMD,
easy ER answer... walks, talks, wigg...dear HugeMD,<br /><br />easy ER answer... walks, talks, wiggles fingers... neuro normal... outpatient CT scan and refer to neuro or psyche. okay, never mind... refer him to someone who might do something for him... allergy... ent... aromatherapist... wiccan healer.911DOChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466669111561150174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-79750920922174649082010-04-29T21:59:49.916-05:002010-04-29T21:59:49.916-05:00OMG, dizzy in Spanish would be horrible. For thos...OMG, dizzy in Spanish would be horrible. For those of us not fluent enough, with an interpreter, it's really bad. OK, try this one--hearing-impaired guy, really nice, dizzy, but more like, "something's just weird inside my head", and "my ex-girlfriend smoked in my house and could it be this and that". It went on for what seemed like days and probably was hours.ShrinkingDochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10867808515747730556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-47145848608273117532010-04-29T16:33:24.115-05:002010-04-29T16:33:24.115-05:00roger the ball tax.
at least the surgeons could ...roger the ball tax. <br /><br />at least the surgeons could be funny with their platitudes... "the only reason not to do a rectal exam is if you don't have fingers or the patient doesn't have a butthole."<br /><br />but they are wrong too.911DOChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466669111561150174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-40064647387127709962010-04-29T16:08:03.803-05:002010-04-29T16:08:03.803-05:00I did an IMed residency before EMed residency. I h...I did an IMed residency before EMed residency. I heard that mantra about poor history takers over and over. Never heard it from a doc who actually TALKED to patients though. Only from the IMed attendings in residency. Anybody who talks to patients knows that it's BS.<br /><br />Peggy, we're just checking to be sure that the Gov't hasn't imposed a 50% "ball tax" in the middle of the night and taken off with one of 'em. With Barney Frank as Chairman of the House Financial Services Cmte, you have to watch these things!!erdoc85https://www.blogger.com/profile/06373340227068589953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-80288218246196545612010-04-29T14:32:15.940-05:002010-04-29T14:32:15.940-05:00So that's why guys grab their nuts? For reass...So that's why guys grab their nuts? For reassurance? I did not know that! I thought it was just like playing with your keychain or something.PeggyUnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-8841257762858894782010-04-29T13:48:42.762-05:002010-04-29T13:48:42.762-05:00dear HugeMD,
just so you know, in Spanish, "...dear HugeMD,<br /><br />just so you know, in Spanish, "dizzy" is "mariada"... as for taking the rest of the history in Spanish with open ended questions i just can't face it.911DOChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466669111561150174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24021163.post-74021035214281359902010-04-29T13:42:53.785-05:002010-04-29T13:42:53.785-05:00Oh, if you had just asked this one a few more &quo...Oh, if you had just asked this one a few more "open-ended questions" that would definitely have helped. You know, just like they taught us in second year. Ugh. This is why we all cringe when the chief complaint is "dizziness", don't you think? The conversation often goes like that in my humble opinion.ShrinkingDochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10867808515747730556noreply@blogger.com