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Do Doctors Have A Sense Of Humour?


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sent this to my wifes doctor, prior to her visiting the person for a check up - and did it as a dry-wit kind of thing - the doctor called it 'bizarre'!! what do you think??

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I write to alert you to some medical symptoms of your above patient who will attend an appointment on Friday 28 November 2008. Those in red are perhaps the more critical.

1. She may forget to turn up

2. She is tired all of the time

3. She complains of headaches and recently more migraine like headaches – which seems to coincide with having to do more housework

4. Ironing avoidance has become an obsession and clothes lie in bundles causing her upset. Is this a symptom of depression?

5. For the last 6 weeks, she has been suffering from bouts of coughing and some sneezing. I wonder if it’s sinusitis, from the way she snorts.

6. Pains in the left thumb have been evident – not from excessive ironing I can tell you. It may be onset of more arthritis as [-----------] seems to suffer from pain across the neck and shoulders ....especially after any window-cleaning or lifting. Or perhaps its repetitive strain injury from thumbing through books? I believe arthritis medication was being given but that stopped quite some months ago.

7. She has grumbled slightly now and again about a little pain around her scar.

8. I think I am getting used to reducing her intake of sugar and carbohydrates although it is increasingly difficult to disguise spinach in the porridge. She seems to have been given information that cereals are not really green (in colour).

9. Tired – I wonder if her bloods or system is ‘down’. At work, she is having to cover for half of her staff being off sick.

10. Sleep disturbance or lack of it is not due to me at all, despite my attempts to have the snoring cured (ie my snoring. I await a new device for my sleep apnoea next month). Although I even purposely slept in a chair this week, she still failed to get a good sleep. Perhaps a hidden worrier?? This can’t be good for her system.

11. I think she may be a little depressed at not having been given early retirement yet? Winning £5.80 on the lottery last Friday did not help at all.

12. RCND - Repetitive Compulsive Nagging Disorder – is becoming chronic. The desire to have a clear dining table with no letters or papers is becoming unbearable. Surely there must be a tablet?

13. Involuntary Euthanasia is not an option due to faith beliefs; although that went by the left side when it came to my pet dog! Do the NHS cover travel to Switzerland?

14. Skin growths under her arm give her concern and annoyance. I suggested tying a thread around each and then picking them off when they die off/or go dry and crispy. However she doesn’t trust me after I picked up a coil of rope to give that theory a try!

15. She is a bit vertically challenged at 5’ 3 ¾ ” , and it worries me that at her time of life she may shrink. Not for any other reason other than having to pay to get all her clothes taken up, and I can tell you that 3 wardobes full will not come cheap.

I realise that patient confidentiality prevents you from answering this, but perhaps if you manage to sort the things in red, then I will see an improvement.

Most sincerely

(the husband, currently not certified but that might change soon)

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Oh - and as a wee competition, can you guess what the outcome was ?????? :)

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Oh - and as a wee competition, can you guess what the outcome was ?????? :)

Divorce?? :lol:

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not even close - the doctor couldn't decide if it was serious or what.

The missus is doing the ironing today :thumbsup:

But what did the doctor do/give/suggest??

And i haven't been sectionned yet :wacko:

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naw - pit ye oot yer misery.......

a course of antibiotics - penicillin - (different eh??)

And everything else is wear and tear!!

£100,000 a year they get! And all the drugs they can self-administer, - never even seen a doctor driving a Toyota!!

the one I had told me to lose weight so I went walking for 5 miles a day. I went back to him to say my left knee was very painful and he told me it was wear and tear!! He didn't accept blame for telling me to walk in the first place.....so its back to driving the RAV over the walkways - next best thing!!

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My doctor is Indian and has a great sense of humor, sometimes when I see him the conversation goes........

Morning Doctor D----- how are you?

Not bad thank you.

You look a bit rough, have you been busy?

Yes, things have been a bit hectic.

You ought to take it a bit easier or you will have to see a doctor.

(Laughs)

Even if I have felt really crud it makes things that little bit better. He has been very good to me over the years and nothing is too much trouble, I think this helps a great deal when you can talk to someone like a friend rather than a professional who treats you like a number or piece of meat :yes:

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My doctor is Indian and has a great sense of humor, sometimes when I see him the conversation goes........

Morning Doctor D----- how are you?

Not bad thank you.

You look a bit rough, have you been busy?

Yes, things have been a bit hectic.

You ought to take it a bit easier or you will have to see a doctor.

(Laughs)

Even if I have felt really crud it makes things that little bit better. He has been very good to me over the years and nothing is too much trouble, I think this helps a great deal when you can talk to someone like a friend rather than a professional who treats you like a number or piece of meat :yes:

well, at the end of th day, its sick people that keep doctors in business....and yes, life is easier if folk work with you rather than treating you like rubbish!

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My doctor is a very nice Lady who speaks @ very low volume. One day she had to repeat something 3 times , so I told her that there were 4 Ladies of my acquaintance whom I couldn't hear at all & just hoped that I was nodding etc @ appropriate times & that she was 1 of them. I stressed that I am NOT deaf :angry:

She replied that men speak in a lower pitched voice than women, & vice versa, women in a higher pitch than men. As we get older, men cannot hear women & women can't hear men. This, she said, leads to marital harmony.

A very wise woman with a sense of humour :lol:

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My doctor is Indian and has a great sense of humor, sometimes when I see him the conversation goes........

Morning Doctor D----- how are you?

Not bad thank you.

You look a bit rough, have you been busy?

Yes, things have been a bit hectic.

You ought to take it a bit easier or you will have to see a doctor.

(Laughs)

Even if I have felt really crud it makes things that little bit better. He has been very good to me over the years and nothing is too much trouble, I think this helps a great deal when you can talk to someone like a friend rather than a professional who treats you like a number or piece of meat :yes:

Wed 3 Dec 08

Had a Hospital appointment today, and the conversation started with the (Indian) Dr. saying:

Hello, How are you today?

(I decided I would just have to go for it) ------

I'm very well Doctor, but how are you?

(Odd look) --- Oh mmmm. yes, I'm fine.

Well you look a bit knackered to me, have you been very busy lately?

(even odder look) ----- Yes, we are mostly busy

You ought to take it a bit easier or you will end up having to see your doctor.

Odd, Odd, Odd look then I lauged (Dr. Laughs) :lol: :lol: :lol:

Then I just had to say.

"I'm really only doing this because I read somewhere that Doctors don't often have a sense of humour, but good to see that you do."

----- Had a very relaxed consultation then, certainly breaks the ice.

Thanks for the idea :thumbsup:

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My Dentist is far from nice.

I had to have an injection last week and as he leaned over me he said "Its just a little pryck"

I can get this type of obscene personal observations at home without having to pay a fee ....... :crybaby:

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my partners doctor must have a sense of humour rough translation of a recent visit by her to the doctor

mrs---this that and the other are giving me grief

Dr----ahhh so you have only just realised you are not immortal then?

rofl when she told me :-)

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