What is the funniest thing a doctor has ever said to you?
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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Just got done having my bone marrow aspirated. Can't get a better hemo-onc doc. I say I watched the procedure on You Tube.
He says to me "I think I learned more on You Tube than I did in college."
So funny 🤣, I didn't need more anesthetic. He is very dead pan, so I don't know if he knew he was making a joke.
My story is 7 ½ years of TKR pain with my right knee about 90% good and my left knee requiring a revision that failed with a loose implant.
Now at 90 years of age my dilemma is whether to have a second left knee revision.
Not having further surgery I face increased pain, reduced mobility, chronic pain, instability, and potential destruction of surrounding bone and soft tissues.
OR
Undergo a third surgery and face elevated risks for medical complications like blood clots (DVT/PE), infection, anesthesia complications, and potential higher post-operative mortality compared to younger patients. Surgical challenges include bone loss, the need for specialized implants, longer surgery times, increased risk of periprosthetic fractures, and scar tissue formation.
I remember my Ortho advising me prior to my first revision that “revision surgeries are inherently more complex and may have less predictable outcomes than primary replacements. Oh how right he was!
This was said to my friend, but I thought it was worth passing along. She is 79, went for her wellness check. Her doctor listened to her heard and said, "I think you are pregnant!" She said, "Well, then you are the father."
That’s hilarious 😂
My first visit with a dermatologist I'd hope could help me, left me sorry I'd made the trip. He looked at my lower legs and acknowledged what I have. He didn't fully examine me. He just said he's glad his wife doesn't have what I have, and prescribed a low dose antibiotic that I never got filled.
I went for a well visit in the years before latex allergies were recognized.
And latex gloves were the norm. The month prior I had an anaphylactic reaction not only to touch but to airborne. When the doctor came in I
explained to her and asked her to take the box of latex gloves out of the room. She looked at me angry and walked over, grabbed the box and opened the door. Threw them down the hall and rudely said “ now, do you feel better? “
I was having 20,000+ off heart beats per day could feel every single one driving me crazy. Doc said “ do you drink enough water?” I told him I drink lots of water. His reply “I think you’re drinking too much water” that was after him accusing me of doing cocaine. First and last time I saw him. Met with a heart surgeon who performed a cardiac ablation and I’ve been fine ever since going on 15 years. Absolutely ridiculous some of these people.
I make jokes at my doctor’s office and no one knows how to laugh. I’m not for sure if I have ever saw them smile. It’s a bit depressing and sometimes thinks it’s me. I wish I had a doctor that knew how to loosen up and be human.
Keep "EM Laughing..
At 90 I would rather use the pain meds,,Good ones