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10 Things You Don’t Want to Hear Your Doctor Say
September 3, 2007
Yes, I know "Cancer" and "Terminal" are really at the top of everyone’s list, but this is not that kind of list.
- "Get the hemoccult cards"
- "Speculum"
- "Just try to relax and take deep breaths."
- "Do you have someone to drive you home?"
- "It should stop hurting in a few weeks."
- "Dang. You really look sick."
- "Do you have a surgeon that you prefer?"
- "Really. Shock therapy is now done in a way that is safe and well-controlled."
- "Flagyl."
- "This won’t hurt a bit."
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September 25th, 2007 at 3:00 pm
“Time to check that prostate Mr.___” (accompanied by the sound of the snap of the rubber glove.)
September 25th, 2007 at 3:01 pm
How about:
“Oh my, I don’t like the looks of this…”
“Well, if you’d come to me about this two weeks ago, I could have done something, now you’ll just have to live with it.”
September 25th, 2007 at 3:09 pm
“Oops!” When doing something procedural.
September 25th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
For patients upon whom you are performing a procedure:
“Oops”
“What the hell is that?”
“Hold still, I’m going to try something.”
[To Nurse] “How does this gadget work?”
“I’ve never done this before, but I’m pretty sure I can pull it off.”
“Now this may hurt a little . . . actually it’s going to hurt rather a lot.”
September 25th, 2007 at 3:11 pm
“It could be one of many things” (said very carefully.)
September 25th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
My Doc said to me one day….”It’s OK to call me a SOB if you want, because this is going to really hurt.”
September 25th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
Of course this is the one I hate the most…”we aren’t going to use any sedation.”
September 25th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
How attached are you to that gallbladder?
September 25th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
How about: “Wow! I’ve never seen one of those before!”
I was once actually told:
“A big one of those goes and you’ll be gone before you hit the floor.” (Talking about a TIA)