What is the funniest thing a doctor has ever said to you?

Posted by scottbeammeup @scottbeammeup, Jun 24, 2025

I had a good rapport with my (now retired) General Practitioner. Once, I went to see him for food poisoning. It was campylobacter and he gave me antibiotics. They worked but I got clostridium dificil from the antibiotics and he said I had to take Vancomycin, the antibiotic of last resort.

I asked what happens if it doesn't work? "Well, Scott, then I'm going to have to take you out back and shoot you." He said it so calmly and dryly that I couldn't stop laughing.

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Once I had growths on the back of my ear. I showed my doc during an annual visit. He had "baby doc" with him. She asked, "What caused the growths? Is he out in the sun too much? He answered, "No, he is never in the sun. He's had too many birthdays." She replied, "What?" I answered her, "He said I am getting old!"

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Laughing

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My oncolgist told me i could keep the paper gown.

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“I don’t want you to lose weight. If you fall, you won’t break a hip because you have padding in just the right spots. And I bet your husband likes it.”

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“I don’t want you to lose weight. If you fall, you won’t break a hip because you have padding in just the right spots. And I bet your husband likes it.”

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@turandot LOL!!

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When. I was diagnosed with osteopenia some years ago. I asked my doc at uc davis what is the treatment. He said, don't fall!

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“I don’t want you to lose weight. If you fall, you won’t break a hip because you have padding in just the right spots. And I bet your husband likes it.”

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@turandot

Funny but mostly Ick.

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When I met with my transplant surgeon when I got put on the transplant list, she first told me that there was no treatment for my bile duct condition. then with a smile she said, but we can cure it and the cure is a transplant. She then went on to explain how once the deformed bile duct and damaged liver were removed and replaced the disease would not come back. Looking back, it was funny lead in to explaining the process I was going to undergo.

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I was quite nervous during the visit, wondering what the doctor would find.
i tried not to show it but I was, and still am, also very insecure.
To top it; I had to undress.
So, there I sat, on that bench.
Waiting for the conclusion.
He said "May I ask you something?"
I thought this would lead to a diagnosis, so I said "Yes."

He said:
"Are you Gothic?"

I Had No Words.
And no, I just had long dark hair and never belonged to a particular tribe.

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