Just thought I would post this to hopefully brighten someone's day.
Laughter is the best medicine........Heather
True Doctor Stories
A man comes into the ER and yells,
"My wife's going to have her baby in the cab!"
I grabbed my stuff, rushed out to the cab, lifted
the lady's dress, and began to take off her underwear.
Suddenly I noticed that there were several cabs, and I was
in the wrong one.
--Dr. Mark MacDonald, San Antonio, TX
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At the beginning of my shift I placed a stethoscope on
an elderly and slightly deaf female patient's anterior chest
wall. Big breaths," I instructed. Yes, they used to be,"
remorsefully replied the patient.
--Dr. Richard Byrnes, Seattle, WA
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One day I had to be the bearer of bad news when I told
a wife that her husband had died of a massive myocardial
infarct. Not more than five minutes later, I heard her reporting
to the rest of the family that he had died of a "massive internal fart."
--Dr. Susan Steinberg, Manitoba, Canada
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I was performing a complete physical, including the visual
acuity test. I placed the patient twenty feet from the chart and
began, "Cover your right eye with your hand." He read the 20/20
line perfectly. Now your left." Again, a flawless read. Now both,"
I requested. There was silence. He couldn't even read the
large E on the top line. I turned and discovered that he had done
exactly what I had asked; he was standing there with both his eyes
covered. I was laughing too hard to finish the exam.
--Dr. Matthew Theodropolous, Worcester, MA
**********
During a patient's two week follow-up appointment with his
cardiologist, he informed me, his doctor, that he was having
trouble with one of his medications. Which one?" I asked.
The patch. The nurse told me to put on a new one every six hours
and now I'm running out of places to put it!" I had him quickly undress
and discovered what I hoped I wouldn't see. Yes, the man had over fifty
patches on his body! Now the instructions include removal of the old
patch before applying a new one.
--Dr. Rebecca St. Clair, Norfolk, VA
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While acquainting myself with a new elderly patient, I asked,
"How long have you been bed-ridden?" After a look of complete
confusion she answered "Why, not for about twenty years
-- when my husband was alive."
--Dr. Steven Swanson, Corvallis, OR
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I was caring for a woman from Kentucky and asked,
So, how's your breakfast this morning?" It's very good,
except for the Kentucky Jelly. I can't seem to get used
to the taste," the patient replied. I then asked to see the
jelly and the woman produced a foil packet labeled "KY Jelly."
--Dr. Leonard Kransdorf, Detroit, MI
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And Finally (always leave the best for last). . . .
A new, young MD doing his residency in OB was quite embarrassed
performing female pelvic exams. To cover his embarrassment he had
unconsciously formed a habit of whistling softly.
The middle aged lady upon whom he was performing this exam
suddenly burst out laughing and further embarrassed him. He looked
up from his work and sheepishly said, "I'm sorry. Was I tickling you?"
She replied, "No doctor, but the song you were whistling was 'I wish I
was an Oscar Meyer Wiener."
--won't admit his name
Alan Meyer - 27 Apr 2005 02:06 GMT
Hoot hoot!
keith340@webtv.net - 27 Apr 2005 14:08 GMT
Good stuff Heather!!!!
Keith Lundy/So. California
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David S. - 27 Apr 2005 15:48 GMT
Hilarious! I am going to send these to my doctor.
> Just thought I would post this to hopefully brighten someone's day.
> Laughter is the best medicine........Heather
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> --won't admit his name
cpw@traverse.com - 27 Apr 2005 22:39 GMT
I have one from my own internship...
On my obstetrics rotation at a busy county hospital in St. Paul,
Minnesota, I had just delivered a baby (under supervision) at 3:00am to
an experienced Mom with three other children. After I repaired her
episiotomy incision, I calmly informed her that: "just relax, we're
almost done, you are going to feel your finger in my rectum". She just
stared at me but everyone else in the delivery suite collapsed in
hilarity.
I guess that's why I went into radiology.
CPW