“How The Hell Is There Sand In Here?” And 30 More Stories Of Doctors Not Holding Back With Language
Many years ago on some internet forum (yes, very many years ago!), I read a humorous collection of "words you wouldn't want to hear from a doctor on the operating table." There were things like, "Accept my sacrifice, oh Dark Lord!" or "Okay kitty, stop meowing, here's a piece of meat for you!"
I thought it was very funny until, many years later, when the doctor was pumping fluid out of my knee, she uttered thoughtfully: "Damn, how funnily the syringe swings..." After that, I realized that a good doctor for me is a silent doctor. Well, some characters in this collection will agree with me, and some will definitely not. Anyway, let's just read on.
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A male doctor declared that I was about to receive the best pelvic exam in my life. He then proceeded to chatter about how horrible they are for women so he asked his wife to help instruct him on making them as painless and comfortable as possible. He did not lie, it was indeed the best pelvic exam I’ve had in my life. Weird as f**k to start out that way, but bless him for caring so much.
My experience is that men are much better gynos than women. They are more considered and mindful of causing pain. Not all of them ofcourse, but in my experience.
I just had one also . I'm late 50's. Thought it was plastic not metal. And best one I ever had. Told Doctor she was amazing!
I thought it was going somewhere very different, thankfully it ended up not creepy
Dr: Are you related to Dr _____ that works here?
Me: Yes, he’s my uncle
Dr: Do you like him?
Me: No he’s an absolute d**k
Dr: opens door rushes down hallway and I can overhear him say “told you! Even his own family hates him” to the other docs in the office.
Hahahahha. Once i had between my pinkie toe and the one before it got jammed in a doorway and ripped it open. I go to the hospital and the nurse asks the Dr how she should sew it up. He lost it on her, a sweet older woman, and began insulting her for asking. I said doc, don't be a fn dikk and answer the question. He gave her advice after they both picked thier jaws off the floor. He left her to it and she profusely thanked me. I also gave that doc a review on exactly as it went down using big buzz words. "I felt threatened," "he made me feel ill..." etc.
One morning I looked at our schedule for the day and saw a familiar, but unexpected name, and didn't say anything about him. The doctor started say he was one of his favorite patients, telling me a bunch about his life story. When he finished, I sai "I know. My grandma is his baby sister, so I have known him my whole life".
Having worked with some sh!tty docs in my career, this is funny as h3ll
I asked my doctor, who had just performed brain surgery on me, how he got inside my head. He literally giggled, rubbed his hands together and said, “Power tools.”.
I had neck surgery years ago, where I received a part of a donated bone. As part of it the surgeon installed a butterfly-shaped piece of titanium plate and four screws to hold the bone in place. I asked the doctor if they drill pilot holes in the bone to thread the screws into. He said "Pretty much."
I saw brain surgery when I was between my junior and senior year of high school. I thought I’d be in an operating theatre, but noooo… I was about 3 or 4 feet away from the patient. I had to scrub in and everything. After burning/rolling the scalp back (oh that smelled great), they then do indeed use drills and little saws to remove a portion of the skull (that part smelled like getting a tooth drilled). I didn’t stay for the whole thing, which was several hours long, and I had to leave the room at one point, but I can say I saw part of a brain in a living person’s head from two feet away (they let me get closer then to get a good look).
Load More Replies...Trigger warning: surgical details (but funny): I have had two hip replacements and two knee replacements. I’m very curious. With one of the hip follow ups, I had a wacky Australian visitor guy. Friendly. I asked: “so how do you get the old hip out?” Answer: a giant corkscrew. For the knee: an oscillating saw. Whoa Nelly!
I love doctors and specialists like this! Obviously you've to know the patient! But some of my specialists, doctors and nurses got to know my sense of humour, sometimes funny, but I've a very dark sense of humour and they got that 💜 Like when I was left alone in the new wing that didn't have a lot of staff for 40 minutes to an hour waiting for the Specialist, I was unable to walk at all? "Well, at least no zombies turned up! That'd have p*ssed me off seeing as I'm unable to run!" He laughed!
In this collection by Bored Panda, you will find a variety of stories - from the damn funny to the absolutely ridiculous and completely inappropriate. Some of them could probably cost doctors their jobs, while others, on the contrary, helped their patients believe in themselves and their future recovery. After all, no one has canceled the placebo effect - and encouraging words from a doctor are also kind of a powerful placebo. And vice versa as well.
A horse threw me into the side of the barn (not really her fault) and broke my coccyx. ER took xrays of my pelvis. The ER doctor came in to tell me their findings with the biggest grin on his face and said, "Contrary to public opinion, I can't put your a*s in a sling." He obviously had been waiting his entire career to deliver that line.
I bumped my way down an entire flight of stairs on my rear end. Later that day, after my doctor had seen my x-rays, he said to me, "Broke your a$$, didn't you?"
My niece did the same thing when she was pregnant.
Load More Replies...Been there, broke that. Can't perform any exercises that push my coccyx into the floor. Now that I'm arthritic, it's a real *bone* of contention.
I broke mine twice; first time I slipped on ice and landed on my butt on the edge of the pavement. Years later I was rollerskating and fell and landed on my butt on pavement. After the second time I'd have pain for days before bad weather.
There's not much you can do but wait for it to heal and sit on a donut pillow. When we were teens a friend of mine broke hers while we were sledding and she was miserable for about a month.
Load More Replies...I didn't break it (according to the x-ray) but just bruised it while tripping/sliding on the stairs. It hurt for 2 years. Sitting was either half laying down (sagged) or entirely straight up, and when that went sort of back to normal I mostly felt it when getting up after having sat. After 2 years I could sit (and stand up) normal again without pain.
Not to me but years ago I drove my Dad to the doctors and we went in the room.
Doctor: What can I do for you Mr X
Dad. I just haven't been feeling myself lately.
Doctor. I'm glad it's a filthy habit.
I almost choked laughing.
Was it - I'm glad it's a filthy habit - or - I'm glad, it's a filthy habit??????
Sitting in the common area of my unit at prison, I was studying some chess openings. One of the women came up to me, and said I shouldn't play with myself like that in public.
I had a female doctor bend me over and stick her finger up my butt to check my prostate. When she was done she said “Your prostate is absolutely wonderful! No enlargement at all. It’s absolutely fantastic! GOOD FOR YOU!”
She did this with the same voice and look on her face that one would give to someone who just performed a symphonic masterpiece. I felt so accomplished.
I’m sorry she left the practice.
Note to guys approaching "that age "; female doctors usually have smaller hands. Choose wisely.
After the age of about fifty or so, regular exams become necessary. Just wait
Load More Replies...Many of my former students are local doctors. But when I needed to choose a new physician, I excluded all them from consideration. When one of them asked me why, I told her "I love my former students who have become doctors, and I am intensely proud of them. But I'm not going to allow any of you - not even the best - perform a prostate exam on me. No, not happening!"
Before we were together my now husband got his prostate examined for the first time - after the doctor was done, he threw some wadded up paper towels at my husband and said “clean yourself up…” upon closing the door & just left. A bit traumatic for him as a young man at the time - made him feel quite violated and belittled… but these days we throw random things at each other (usually the face) like laundry, paper towels, ect. making sure to say that phrase from the doctor. When I taught 2 of our three children to do it to my husband he was shocked, laughter ensued & we are that much closer to removing the slight lingering uncomfortable feelings from the event.
Had a very cute female doctor do the same. Not the first time that's happened, but the first time I had to pay $35!
A few years back I had a DRE and went to pay the AU$275 account. The receptionist said “Now for the hard part”, to which I quipped, “er, No it’s not” 😅
It is interesting that about a quarter of a century ago, researchers noticed a trend that doctors generally began to talk less with patients about their illnesses, preferring to answer questions and fill out standard questionnaires. “As time progresses, I’m becoming convinced that doctors don’t like talking to patients,” Frank J. Weinstock, M.D., wrote in their study dated back to 1999.
“Staff members answer most questions and screen all calls, and the ‘don’t tell the patient I’m here’ attitude seems to be on the rise. It’s especially prevalent when it comes to talking on the phone.” Well, as the old chewing gum commercial once said, "Sometimes it's better to chew than to talk!"
I saw a specialist following a serious arm injury. He looked me up and down, glancing at my pink and blonde hair, and muttered with an eyebrow raised, "Huh. That's an... interesting color."
This wouldn't be at all strange if his own hair wasn't BRIGHT BLUE.
Reminds me of Christina Aquilera in the good old days 😍
Load More Replies...I like girls with unique hair colors. Back when I was in like Kindergarten,there was a girl in my class Janessa who had white hair. People made fun of her for it,but not me. I complimented her and made a friend almost instantaneously.
Hahahah! Maybe it was just his dry sense of humor or he was fishing for complements.
An old doctor gave me a hearing exam, and said I “have the ears of a German shepherd.”
Then he paused and said “your hearing is pretty good too.”
Doctor dad jokes….
I have the eyes of a hawk... and the spleen of a sloth. I'm pretty sure I might be using the wrong recipe.
I have a perfect body. But it's in the trunk and it's starting to stink.
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In the ER about 2am, he didn't speak English very well. Starts telling me about my CAT scan and the results of it. Me being half asleep, I stop him and him if they took me out of the bed and put me in a machine. He says yes. I said I'm 99% sure that wasn't me. He says "are you (name)?" I said no. He flips over the next page of his note pad, "Are you Skittlecar1?" I said yes. Ok good. You're having a heart attack.
Ended up with 5 stents and I'm all good now after some therapy.
"I stop him and (ask) him if they..." Fixed it for you!
Load More Replies...Not the best response. Sometimes the ER folks are not the best socially.
just the "okay good, You're having a heart attack" 100% what you should say to someone having a HEART ATTACK-
The doctor originally confused him for another patient. When he got him figured out he said "good (I got the right one paperwork for you now)" and continued with bad news
Load More Replies...After all, doctors are people too, with their own character traits (some would call them "oddities"), with their own strengths and weaknesses. It just so happens that their place of work is much more vital for many of us than, for example, the place of work of a car mechanic (well, a bad example - our life also much depends on the quality of the car mechanic's work).
In any case, no matter what sense of humor a doctor has, it probably shouldn't be used in relation to a patient's illness. Simply because it looks really inappropriate and unethical. And, as we have already noted, some doctors have encountered complaints about their strange phrases when communicating with patients.
We got your blood work back and it turns out that you’re a Type 1 Diabetic!
I responded with “yes, for the last 15 years, thank goodness I came to see a specialist”.
And he was so proud of himself for discovering that! They make us fill out tons of information about our health history and they never read it! Or, worse yet, they spend the entire 20 minutes you are scheduled for finally reading the pages you gave them last week!
They told OP something they already knew and should have been in their chart already.
Load More Replies...It took my aunt's doctor 4 years to diagnose her diabetes. She was on hospice care when he figured it out.
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An older doctor was examining my breasts because they were lumpy and it concerned me. The doctor said ‘wow! Your breasts are just like my wifes … er I mean you both have fibrocystic breasts.’ He blushed and I just laughed.
A female obgyn who was examining my breasts commented that they were absolutely symmetrical, which is supposedly very rare. I'm undeservedly proud.
the realization and fix up is very funny tbh-, but hope that doesn't hurt really badly for his wife and the OP
I asked him what a long acronym "FUE" the ocular oncologist wrote meant, he tried to pronounce it, shrugged, and said "We'll just call it F****d Up Eye". It's been called that ever since.
During the same weird cancer episode, a neurologist said my brain was "unremarkable". I mean, he's right in so many ways, but I was delighted to hear it.
I had an MRI for my brain. The neurologist said my brain was perfectly ordinary. Only in that situation was that the best compliment ever.
Once I was given a CT scan because they thought I was having a stroke. Turned out I wasn't but I got a lot of mileage out of saying they scanned my head but didn't find anything.
I had some extensive things go wrong all at the same time. They did almost every test they could. I was tickled with how 'unremarkable' most of my body was.
Had an MRI on my brain once and the doc told me they found nothing. I chuckled until she meant there was no abnormalities.
what is FUE when considering the eye? Follicular has to do with the hair... that can't be the right acronym, right?
"In fact, a lot depends on the doctor's specialization and their experience," says Iryna Stasiuk, an expert in syndromic therapy from Odessa, Ukraine, whom Bored Panda asked for a comment here. "Often, urologists and proctologists joke the most - simply because of the specifics of their profession. And, of course, the doctor's experience is also important."
"The thing is that an experienced doctor, regardless of specialty, is at the same time quite a good psychologist, and is able to ‘read’ the patient - to understand how much a joke will lift their spirits. And if the specialist understands that humor is inappropriate in a given situation, they will remain silent. Of course, there are outrageous cases, but this is more the exception than the rule."
"Again, I will say that jokes - even ‘on the verge of a foul’ - are most often made by specialists with many years of experience," Iryna sums up.
I broke my arm in 3 places in 4th grade. The doctor asked me if I wanted to have any pain meds before they set my arm and immediately warned me that it’d be through a huge needle that would hurt as much as setting my arm. So I passed on the pain meds and then passed out from the pain when they yanked on my arm to straighten it out.
Doctors in the 70s acted like pain meds were made out of gold.
i don't anymore, told a guard the dr u gs were good while high on them once, granted i was 9 and had to get 12 stitches on my arms and legs, so unless need to i'll opt out of being high on pain meds if possible-
Load More Replies...I was having dental work done. I could still feel everything and requested a second shot if novocain. Doctor explained that the first is covered but not the second. That will cost you. I will pay, thanks. I mean, I know the Dutch are known for being frugal but come on.
I understand. Many years ago I had to have dental surgery. I was told I could have it done with a local anesthetic, or put completely under for an extra $75.00. That was a lot of money for me back then, but I paid it.
Load More Replies...They act like pain meds are gold right NOW. I need a monthly check up, despite the problem being unrepairable damage and long term pain management. It's the required procedure, so not their fault, 😕.
Yeh, it's worse now. If you suffer from chronic pain they treat you like you're an addict who's taking them for fun..
I'm still trying to figure out why my best friend who has chronic pain mgmt has to have a $400 pee test. It proves he's taking what you're prescribing. Great! It proves he could be taking other things. And...has he for the past 10 yrs. No. Ok. So why does he have to have a $400 pee teat? He could be doing illegal stuff anyhow as long he keeps it in line with what you're prescribing. So why does he have to do a $400 pee test. The real answer: the gov't. The govt thinks it'll stop the war on opioids by blocking access. If you're poor and need chronic pain meds, you can't come up with that kind of money. So next we make you jump through hoops to prove what you say you are, a responsible patient of chronic pain mgmt. And if he goes to the emergency dept and is given pain meds, his next pee test results are discounted but he still has to pay $400 for it. Exact words of the clinic.
Load More Replies...When my son was two he cut his mouth and the dr said the same thing. “It will hurt just as much to poke him for the pain medicine as for the stitches.” He lied. They strapped him to a board. My baby turned purple with pain. I hated them. From then on we took the pain medicine.
in the 70's our family dentist, friend of the family, didn't use any pain meds for filing cavities. I think I had 10 done without anything for pain. not until I was 16 in a different state did I get anything. the dentist was shocked
When I was in 1st grade I fell off the top of the jungle gym and my knee hit a chunk of concrete around 1 of the metal poles. My witch of a teacher d**g me to the office instead of picking me up. They were finally able to reach my aunt. The Dr told me to look at the light and it won't hurt while he put in over 20 stitches without numbing it. It took 4 people to hold me down.
I’ve had to had my head (16 stitches) and arm (11 stitches) stitched without any painkillers and honesty it’s not bad. The little pinches as the needle breaks your skin are annoying but imagining the pain or looking at the injury is far worse than the actual physical pain.
Load More Replies...I was seven and broke my arm in 3 places, one of them compound. The doctor did the yank to set it. I tried to punch him.
Back in the 60s when my husband broke his legs after getting hit by a car (at age 6), pain meds weren’t even offered. He said when they set his legs, they could hear him screaming 2 floors up.
I told my doctor that I was concerned about my drinking. He asked why. I said I drank alone. He said "well so do I, that's pretty normal", then I went on to explain how I did it quite often and always to the point of getting drunk, to which he replied "well whats the point of drinking if you're not going to get drunk?". I was in my early 20s and left there relieved thinking that my habits were fine and carried on. Almost 10 years later I really wish he'd taken me seriously.
Doctors actually have a high rate of alcoholism, so I wonder if this one had a drinking problem as well.
If you were concerned about your own drinking, you can take it upon yourself to see an addiction specialist or start going to AA. If you needed a referral to see the specialist, the office or nurse can fill out that. Hope you're doing better and congratulations getting it taken care of.
Doctor was a complete... Idiot. To put it mildly... It's - If someone comes in asking for help, then help them. It takes a lot of bravery to admit to addictions, especially alcohol.... Alcohol is so freely available and then there is the culture if you're younger at say, University... Freshers Weeks... I'm angry at this "doctor"... He should be Struck Off.
At a routine checkup a few years ago my doctor said my kidney function was surprisingly good for my age. I told her it was because the Budweiser kept them working properly. She didn't miss a beat, but immediately asked me if it was regular Bud, or Bud Light, so she'd know what to recommend to her other patients. I like her. (It was regular Budweiser, by the way.)
This is me. I'm trying to claw it back. Some days I win, some days not so much. It's easier on week days because I get bored at weekends.
i know some people who are like this, they normally die young, just saying-
Hm... Doesn´t sound like something for a normal doc to take care off. I think a therapist would have been better.
“Have you considered that you’re making this up?” when I was literally throwing up daily and in pain.
That was a private doctor that I paid good money for.
It took a kind public doctor to tell me gently that I must be extremely stressed and it had started to affect my body.
I was very young so I hadn’t found my voice to state my boundaries and assert myself.
That incident taught me to be just as kind as that public doctor was.
Uggggggggh I have CVS myself. Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome. You just.... Throw up. All the time. Would not wish it on my absolute worst enemy.
Same here. And one of the oddly specific signs of CVS is having lots of long showers. Ding ding winner!
Load More Replies...10$ says this person is female... its always in our head, or cause by hormones, or we need to lose weight. Im 5'3 and 130lbs and Im still told I need to lose weight not sure how a size 4 needs to lose weight but ok..
Where do you buy your clothes? At one time, a long time ago, I weighed 130. That was a size 10 and they were snug.
Load More Replies...i had like 3 doctors tell me my broken collarbone was a bruise, spent about 3 more hours at the hospital x-rays done not just broken, the bone was seriously just floating their, it wan't even held on by bone, just floating, if it wasn't for that 1 doc, it would of pierced my heart if i wasn't careful since it was right above my heart, doctors need to listen to patience when they say something is wrong-
99 out of 100 times, if a doctor suggests that it's made up or psychosomatic, you should find a new doctor. this happens upsettingly often with female patients, even now. i've been extremely fortunate to have never encountered a doctor like that personally, especially considering how many of my issues are things they just have to take my word on.
It's the doctors that have cost the most that have been the most useless to me, which makes me feel justified not getting private insurance.
Well, I sincerely hope that at least a few of the stories told in this collection are fictitious. After all, I have a dentist appointment next week, and frankly, I wouldn't want to hear any of the things described here... However, if you've also witnessed some weird phrases from your doctors, please feel free to share your stories in the comments below this post.
I had an MRI of my knee. Doc said two things that were unusual.
“I’ve never seen them use the word macerated to describe someone’s knee before.”
And
“How did you break your leg?” (I was not aware that I had broken my leg).
i broke my finger and it took me 2 or so years to relies it's been broken, it's like entirely bent to the right, yet i didn't notice-
You go to the doctor to find out why you are feeling bad, and they ask you what's wrong. If you knew, you would either tell them or have stayed home.
Him - Sir you have no ACL I have no idea how you’re walking, or wrestling, or playing basketball… doesn’t it hurt?
Me - mama didn’t raise no b***h
Him - no.. it’s seems not.. but she did raise a smurf
Damnnn I’m not that short.
How hard is it to decode the acronyms? The only ACLs I know of are in a computer.
The ligament that runs through the center of your knee, it connects to the big leg bones. Source: I had surgery to repair a ruptured ACL
Load More Replies...A smurf? I don't really get it. But if the doctor is making fun of the patient's height that's super unprofessional
A nurse actually asked my mom, as she got out of bed to go to the restroom, "Oh my God! Are you a midget?" Mom was pissed! She said," What the hell is wrong with you?" I suggested she be gone before my mom was back. Mom was only 4ft. 10in., but still!
Load More Replies...Like the Mets pitcher who won the Cy Young award. He was missing some tendon in his arm. Doctors said he should never have been able to pitch at all. (R.A. Dickey)
Look... You answer THAT way? What do expect? I've seen this before. Just be open and honest, ain't that hard...
"Stay here. I have to contact the state health department."
Turns out I had Zica.
I feel like I'm gonna regret asking this, but....what's Zika? I prefer it explained in very-squeamish-person terms too, if possible 😅
I worked in food service and ended up with salmonella. I found out when my doctor called and asked me how I'd like a vacation from work for a few weeks. LOL
Told me my vertebra looked like someone put a saltine cracker on the floor and stepped on it.
He was right, but that’s not exactly something I wanted to hear in that moment.
Was told by orthopedic DR that I had degenerative discs in my neck that should only be present in a 90 year old (I was 55) and was shocked I was still able to go to work. I had pain in my neck but only after horseback riding. He wanted to operate so I found another doc...I'm 70 now and neck is still ok...never rush into surgery!!!!
Years ago I blew out my fibula. They had to do surgery to put in a plate because I had a two inch gap between the ends of the bones. The doctor said afterwards that the broken bone looked like the bottom of a bag of potato chips and he estimated that he removed over 200 bone fragments.
Had an orthopedic surgeon tell my mum hers was the worst neck he’d even seen. She’s had arthritis for years and she’s still kicking a*s and taking names at 81
Well, after they took a photo from my foot the doctor said "one thing is sure, you are in pain"... gee, I knew there was a reason why I was there... Actually, after being dismissed a week earlier for being fat causing the pain iso the fall, it was kind of nice to hear.
I had a neurologist say that I was his first skull fracture patient to survive...very reassuring. He sent me back to work the next day!
what in the hell relates to your neck looking like a saltine Cracker getting stepped on-
“How the hell is there sand in here?”
Got really hurt at the beach and had busted an eardrum. Went to the ER was told my ear was fine. Got back in my home state and went to an ENT doctor, had about 7 pieces of sand embedded in the membrane of my eardrum.
I lived in Trinidad as a teen. We had a pool and i was bored so i decided to train myself to be a synchronized swimmer and spent a lot of time underwater. Got a double ear infection so painful that my nurse mom took me to a dr. I had algae growing in my ears. The pool wasn't properly chlorinated. The cure was gross, lets leave at that.
"If God wanted us to take pills He would have put a little hole in our stomachs," pokes me in the belly.
This from an endocrinologist who wanted me to stop taking **all** medications for at least a month before she would even think about listening to my concerns or having blood work done. After leaving me waiting in the exam room for nearly two hours.
Exactly. This doesn't even make logical sense the way that similar phrases like 'If God wanted you to wear earrings he'd have put holes in your ears' make sense (a real quote from my grandfather when my mother got her ears pierced). The hole... exists. Why would pills need a special one?
Load More Replies...Wtf? How does an idiot like her even make it through med school let alone get a license to practice?
It’s AMAZING what kind of scum slinks through sometimes, man.
Load More Replies...That makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. If you are diabetic or have a thyroid problem, etc stopping all meds for a month could possibly kill you.
Yep i was thinking antidepressants and heart meds myself.
Load More Replies...What if you were on insulin, because you were Diabetic? What if you were on heart medication? What if you went to a stupid endocrinologist who told you that if god had wanted us to take pills he would have put a hole in our stomachs! What a bloody stupid endocrinologist, full stop!
This person was actually in a medical profession? Guess we know who graduated last in his class.
She said I was a healthy person with lots of medical problems.
My work had this thing where if you got a basic exam ( bp, cholestersl, diabetes, etc ) that you would get money off your heslth insurance. They brought doctors in. Doc tells me " you are in excelkent health"." Yeah, for someone who is so sick " I have autoimmune and had just finished a course if chemo.
I'm kind of the same. I've got a ton of chronic conditions (mood disorder, acid reflux, migraines, fibromyalgia...) but I almost never get SICK. *knocks on wood*
Well, the ones you've listed make sense. There is a bi-directional link between irritable bowel/GI issues and migraines. And fibromyalgia is linked too. I had a doctor describe the correlation with having IBS, migraines and/or fibromyalgia as being like a venn diagram
Load More Replies...My doctors know me as do my specialists so they'd probably say that to me! I can joke with them as in dark humour but when it was very serious? I knew it was serious and they just straight out said it. No messing, just said it. When I was officially diagnosed with Covid during the height of the Pandemic? A nurse held my hand in her gloved hand. Soothed me. Stroked my head and let me cry. When I was stopping crying, I asked her "Okay, so what can I do? Like, what can I do to help fight it?"... She said "Fight". One simple word... I couldn't see her fully through the face shield and facemask but her eyes... Eyes tell a lot and she did hold my hand with her gloved hand, even though at that time I was infectious. I can't thank the nurses enough for how they helped me during that time...
Hep C ("cured"), T2D, HBP, & chronic pancreatitis - I say I am healthiest "sickie" in their practice.
Ha, is that one of the new ways to deliver bad news and make it seem like a compliment? An affirmation? What a crock of crackers!
I got a vasectomy and the female doctor said, "you've got really nice anatomy," and I couldn't believe what she had just said to me. She followed it up with "I just mean your skin (on your s*****m) is really thin..."
Talk about a rollercoaster of emotions.
During my 1st visit with a new female doctor, while she was having me walk back & forth asked me "so Mr. So & so, how did you get such muscular legs?" I didn't think it was inappropriate but was a bit odd, especially during my 1st visit. She also told me a story about treating her mother for something & the mother asked her if they should see "a real doctor." 🤣
I would think this conversation has haunted her. This will be a red-faced moment in her mind until she dies.
Maybe a little bit sensitive maybe on his part? It depends on how you take it. From this? I'd take it as - "Okay, this might make easier or harder to do". I've been called a "bleeder" when I used to donate blood. A lot of doctors are seeing hundreds of patients a day so take that into account? This isn't really that bad tbh.
"we think you might have lymphoma, but that's the cancer you want, either we'll cure it or it will just [end] you, no hanging around".
When I was diagnosed with lymphoma, the doctor said he had good news and bad news. The bad news was that I had lymphoma. The good news was that I had lymphoma. That was 20 years ago.
Weird, when I had uterus cancer I was told that was the cancer you want because you remove the uterus and over 90% of he time, the cancer is gone. They were right so far 7 years later and counting.
Kidney cancer same thing Caught early enough just take out the kidney. My husband didn't need chemo or radiation. Just removed it and all good.
Load More Replies...There are no "good" cancers, but pancreatic cancer can f**k right off. Friend was diagnosed last December and I went to her funeral in early April. Posted online about it and the number of people who knew someone whose diagnosis and death were within months was awful. Apparently the symptoms can be hard to spot so by the time it's recognised it's too late and it's spread.
Some cancers are more easily cured than others. Pancreatic cancer is sadly one of the really really bad ones. I'm sorry about your friend. My friend recently lost their mom to Pancreatic cancer. It was awful. I wouldn't wish that on anyone. Cancer sucks
Load More Replies...Daily Bored Panda Photo Fail. The IV catheter is inserted in the wrong direction. It is oriented distally in the vein instead of proximally.
"Bad news is you have leukemia, good news is that it is a rare form which is treatable, bad news is that you'll be here for a while" (6 weeks isolation ward and the rest as outpatient).
One thing that scared during my hospitalization was when I arrived somewhere new, everybody already knew who I was. I heard later my lynphoma size was exceptional.
Load More Replies...LMFAO!!!! My oncologist said to me after looking at PET scan, I have good news and bad news. The bad news, you have cancer, the good news, you have the good cancer that we can probably cure. They cure it.
That IV in the photo looks so wrong... Mine were always inserted "upwards" as in towards my head. Question that some might be able to answer? Is it to do with the way that your blood flows through your system?
To repeatedly hit my wrist with a Bible to get rid of some fluid buildup (a Ganglion)
And it worked, too. (Any heavy book or hard object could work, he just advised a Bible).
Bashing with a bible *was* standard treatment. It is no longer recommended. Most ganglionic cysts improve with no treatment. However larger, more painful ones can be treated by extracting the fluid, by a syringe, or surgery.
Yeah. My doctor said to just leave mine alone and it may or may not go away on it's own, but they aren't harmful. She also said it could be drained if it gets painful. Mine never had.
Load More Replies...Yep, had one surgically removed and the other disappear after a pretty rough, drunken float trip. I recommend the float trip, I really don't remember what I hit my arm with but that ganglion cyst has never been back!
The last time I had one, I opened a door funny at one point and my wrist hurt, and the next day I realized my cyst was gone.
Load More Replies...Yeah I went to the doctor's a lot for ganglions when I was a teenager. Hitting them with a bible is, or was, a pretty standard method (as they are cysts filled with fluid, a good bash would burst them and the fluid would disperse). Trouble was, mine were all in my finger joints (they are almost exclusively found on the back of the wrist. Much easier for biblical access.)
I would prefer the Complete Works of Chaucer or the Complete Books of Shakespeare Plays
Yeah I have one that comes and goes over the years. I named it Leon. It's getting bigger again. Most of the women in my family have had them.
Maybe there's not just one Leon that keeps coming back. Maybe there's a whole Gang of Leons. A ganglion, if you will.
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“You have by far the largest tonsils I’ve ever seen in all my years as a dcotor, I mean my god they are huge” then proceeded to show two other doctors, literally pulled them out of a room to show them. I wasn’t even sick they are just naturally huge.
i started to have trouble with my tonsils when i was 18. every once in a while would need to take penicilin. flash forward to 1988 and i am serving on the u.s.s. nimitz. we were in home port. went down to sickbay for my tonsils as they were acting up again. the ship's chief surgeon just happened to pass by, asked what was wrong with me. told him, he asked to see them. he immediately told his assistant to make an appointment for me at the local naval hospital for removal. apparently my tonsils were some of the largest he had ever seen.
Our 3 year old had tonsils so big they touched in the middle, when he wasn't sick. Tonsillitis was regular until they were removed.
My mom has always had terrible trouble every winter with bronchitis. One time she went to a doctor and he was looking in her throat and said, "How old were you when you had your tonsils out?" Very confused, she answered, "I... never had them removed." It turned out she had been sick so many times that THEY DISINTEGRATED.
I had my thyroid removed a couple of years ago and the surgeon said afterwards that it was "an extremely large and vascular organ"
When I was around 9 or so, I got a really bad case of strep throat. Throat hurt even when I wasn't talking....and I'm a talker, so that wasn't fun. Anyway, I went to the pediatrician, who has looked at kid's throats THOUSANDS of times and has been (and still is) a doctor since before I was born (I'm 15 now). She looked at my throat and said "Oh my goodness, you have one of the reddest throats I've ever seen." Also, when this happened, I didn't even have my tonsils in--I got them taken out when I was 2.
Bonus about my tonsils: I was getting strep throat like once a month for a year until I got them removed. As a toddler. 2 years old. 💀
Load More Replies...I had a doc look in my throat and ask "Has anyone ever told you you have a huge uvula? Can you feel it back there?"
Oh my god I read vulva and my first thought was, 'How does he see it from your throat?' 😳
Load More Replies...I was scheduled to have a tonsillectomy when I was 16 (had adenoids only out at 4) due my unusually large tonsils. Then I found out I was pregnant, so surgery was canceled. My tonsils shrunk during the course of my pregnancy. I’m now 50 and still have my tonsils.
My Son was three years old when he had his tonsils out. Dr. said his tonsils were the size one would see in a 65 year old man. As much as we are the same we are all so very different!
My Three year old had the adenoids of a 65 year old man and one of his tonsils looked like a deflated balloon and he would choke trying to swallow. It was the happiest of days when he had all that mess removed.
The doctor who removed my tonsils (when I was 27) told me I had the largest set he'd seen in his 35-year career. They were so big they touched in the middle of my throat. They were healthy, but so large they were affecting my breathing at night. I had to beg to have them removed.
-To stockpile my unused prescription meds instead of disposing of them because one day I might need to trade them for food or ammo.
-Eat more Wonder Bread.
They had a plant on the near West Side of Detroit in the 80's (probably predates that) and the aroma was heavenly.
Load More Replies...Expired Medications can cause serious damage to you. We're not in the Apocalypse.... Please take any expired Medications to your Chemists, Wherever you got them from presuming they're Prescription, take them to be disposed of correctly
My pharmacists won't take them. I have to mix them up in water in a ziploc bag and toss in regular waste or mix them up in a bag with coffee grounds (no coffee in our house) or something else gross and throw away. We sometimes see police officers doing take back programs. I hate to do it but I mix mine up in water and dispose in garbage. I don't want them in the house waiting for a take back program.
Load More Replies...Ummmm. Not a good idea, they do expire and some expired meds can be dangerous .
Well, the plan is to trade them to people who are your rivals for needed resources, so ...
Load More Replies...What kind of apocalypse is he prepping for where you could trade random expired medication for ammunition?
Depends where they lived and what prescriptions they were.I imagine opioids in particular would fetch a pretty good price.
Load More Replies...congrats, you found a prepper doctor. also ew, white bread, you might as well eat some styrofoam.
Meds have expiry dates. It's why our practice won't let you have "just in case" antibiotics.
Doctor giving me an exam: "You do realize Mr. HoneyBadger that your left testicle hangs lower than the right?"
Me concerned as f**k: "Uhhhh yes....is that something bad?!!"
Doctor: "No not at all. Very common and normal. You can put your pants back on.".
"Do your balls hang low? Can you move them to and fro?" (just sharing the earworm)
Well I think we should start with the fact that there are 3
Load More Replies...I always wondered if it was normal if one of my testicle was lower than the other 2.
it's very normal, in fact pants legs are built for that... my right hangs lower and it's such an inconvenience.
Proctologist inserting camera: let me know when this feels good.
I had one d**g free. Take the d***s people, take the dang d***s!!!
Load More Replies...They usually do twilight for a colonoscopy. I woke up during one. I was facing the monitor and got to watch him snag a polyp. I muttered "Good catch," whereupon the doc froze and glared at the anesthesiologist. I went back to sleep. I wish I hadn't said anything because it was really interesting.
Had a colonoscopy last year and I had a slip of paper to stick in my butt crack that said "we've been trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty". My killjoy wife tossed it out the car window on the way there.
I'm having a colonoscopy next week. I've been offered sedation, but not a full general anaesthetic. Any advice gratefully received. I'm more worried about the prep than the actual exam, though.
I had one while in hospital. The main thing is to try and relax... Which sounds silly seeing as you're having something inserted somewhere high up where it doesn't belong! But it's true! That and eat sparingly the day before, I was given soup to eat with a piece of bread. I was also given a laxative to help me poop. See if you can possibly get a laxative from your doctors etc. "Clean" the lower bowls out around 12hrs before. I also had something inserted just beforehand which I can't remember the name of right now. It was a pessary to help "relax" the area. If you can't get one? Honestly though? Really do try and relax, remember to breathe, slow steady breaths during it... It's a few minutes of "discomfort" but worth going through... Sometimes we build up things in our minds and it becomes a bigger thing than it actually is, which is absolutely normal 🙂... I hope everything is okay with you though!
Load More Replies...If you ever need a colonoscopy - take the full anaesthesia. Scopes do not feel good even when local anaesthetic is in place.
I have always been completely out for a colonoscopy and only woke up when they put me in recovery and woke me up.
And, while doing this, did he shout " Who's your doctor! Who's your doctor! Just asking for a friend....
I'm split between (both were female doctors):
"Could you move them (my balls) out of the way?"
or
"Sorry to lay on you, but I have a better access in this position".
I don't know about anyone else, but I'd rather like to see a photo of OP now 🙂
I had a cough I couldn't shake for a couple of months. Not a nagging cough but a once an hour light cough thing. Just enough to be annoying.
Since it wasn't that frequent the doc asked why I wanted to get rid of it.
wtf? First and last time I went to that guy.
'Your problem is that you think too much.' - said by the doctor prescribing me fluoxetine for my OCD.
when my doctor prescribed me the same thing, he told me “ You just need to get out more, make some freinds. If you have freinds, your brain would have no need for you to be depressed.” I had literally just told him about what me and my best friend were planning to do that weekend 💀
ah yes the just go outside cure of OCD/depression. If only my OCD would stop making me do my routines and compulsions by going outside and not dulled by 2 medications and some heavy compromises within myself to take the edge off
Load More Replies...Doc isn't wrong... You just need a little more help not-thinking than the average Joe.
“It’s just a shame to see pretty girls with all those tattoos!” when I went in to urgent care for a potentially infected cut that happened to be on one of my arms, which are sleeved. Sir, do I need antibiotic ointment or not? My tattoos have nothing to do with this interaction.
It's a shame to see a doctor expressing an opinion (to a patient) on anything other than a medical diagnosis.
It is about MDs specially or about people at all?
Load More Replies...I have a tattoo of my cat on my arm and the doc taking my blood said he's adorable 🥰 the cat's 17 years old now.
To express his own opinion isn´t allowed, even from a MD? I think tattoo is dangerous (is about blood , can trigger an autoimmune reaction and can cause inflammation), it can end different from clients choose, unmatch with elegant robes and in a pair of years can say a datum of birth, bc la mode changes.
Why would you need to go to urgent care to be told to put on antibiotic ointment? You can just buy that at the d**g store and apply it, at least in the US. Does it require a prescription in some countries?
Sure, you can buy a tube of Neosporin, but that's mostly to prevent infections. If I thought something was actively infected, I'd probably ask the doctor, too, to make sure I was using the right antibiotic.
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“your guess is as good as mine”.
What was this in response to? If it was related to scheduling a non-urgent procedure, that's a lot different than discerning between diagnoses.
Google is moe dangerous than JKJerome´s "Three men in a boat" reading a medicinal vocabulaire.
Load More Replies...I'd prefer that over being lied to. Honesty is a good thing, especially in medicine.
I hurt my knee recently and my doctor went from telling me that "Yeah everyone's climbed into thier yard waste bin and it's tipped over. Been there myself" then he figured out I was on blood thinners and did a complete 180 to "You definitely shouldn't be doing that!....." and then started detailing why.
Doctor: Are you gay?
Me: No.
Doctor: Oh, I thought you were.
A woman comes to the doctor to ask about these weird green stains on the insides of her thighs. "Hmm, are you a lesbian?" "Yes?" "Then you'd better tell your girlfriend her earrings aren't real gold."
was the doctor's name "sir galahad" (michael palin" and is the patient's name "sir lancelot" (john cleese) from
“Get back on that horse” (after I miscarried).
Aren´t you a bit touchy and oversensitive? It was told to give you courage!
Load More Replies...I had a miscarriage a few years ago and went to the ER. First, I had to explain to the nurse, ER dr, and the OB that came down what a RhoGAM shot was and why I needed one.. For those that don't know, if you are rH-, you need one of these within the first few months of pregnancy in case the fetus is a positive blood type, one after you give birth, one if there is ever a reason the fetus's blood would mix with yours, or if you have a miscarriage. It is to prevent your body from attacking the fetus if they are a positive blood type, it prevents your body from producing antibodies against rh+ blood. I actually almost lost my son due to this because the dr didn't give me this shot so my body was trying to reject the pregnancy. Sat in the ER for 4 hours bleeding, luckily it was just a threatened miscarriage and my awesome son is 11 now. But after my miscarriage a few years ago, my OB pretty much told me the same thing cause we were actively trying.
My father is an anaesthetist and (according to him) one of the anaesthetist's favourite things to do is to say something like "Now you need to listen carefully as what I'm about to say is very important" just as they put the patient to sleep.
Whatever you do DONT... and they are off to sleep.
Load More Replies...Not medical related, but when I did IT in the military hospital I was working on the Radiologists X-Ray viewing station. I glanced up at his wall and was looking at his degrees when I stopped. Me: Colonel, why do you have a degree in Sattelite (fancy name I cannot remember) Doc: Oh, because I'm also a f*****g Rocket Scientist! Me: ... Colonel... did you seriously get that just to be able to say that? Doc: Yes... but it was worth it!
X-ray review pending a scoliosis diagnosis: Oh, that’s interesting, you have an extra vertebrae in your lower spine. Must be why you’re so tall. [I’m 5’1”/155cm].
"I'd rather they take my symptoms seriously" option on the poll please 🥺
Just today I had blood work done before my Dr. appointment. When she saw the bandaid on my arm she said she was glad I finally got it done. I was lax in doing it but I told her I actually didn't & the bandaid was because I had just taken my morning fix of heroin. When I left she told me to eat something & lay off the needles. She's a good doctor & has a great sense of humor.
After going in for some standard tests the doctor called me up a few days later saying they have some bad news. Expecting to hear the worst I nervously asked what was it. Their reply was that they had lost the results of the tests and that I had to come back in to get retested. Turns out there was nothing wrong with me but I would think a doctor would know better than to start a phone call with a patient that they have "bad news" for something like that lol.
Our doctor told my mum to not drink Pepsi Max as it has sugar, she is diabetic. I sad it specifically says it's sugar free and has no more than 2 calories per can. She said as though I must be dumb...it's sweet isn't it? So it definitely has sugar...wtf
Libstak, your mum is wrong. However, "The sweet taste of artificial sweeteners triggers cephalic phase insulin release, causing a small rise in insulin levels. Regular use changes the balance of our gut bacteria. This could make our cells resistant to the insulin we produce, leading to both increased blood sugar and insulin levels." https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/artificial-sweeteners-blood-sugar-insulin
Load More Replies...My OBGYN was doing a C-Section on me, and he said, "you're just as pretty on the inside as you are on the outside". Weirdest moment ever!
My father is an anaesthetist and (according to him) one of the anaesthetist's favourite things to do is to say something like "Now you need to listen carefully as what I'm about to say is very important" just as they put the patient to sleep.
Whatever you do DONT... and they are off to sleep.
Load More Replies...Not medical related, but when I did IT in the military hospital I was working on the Radiologists X-Ray viewing station. I glanced up at his wall and was looking at his degrees when I stopped. Me: Colonel, why do you have a degree in Sattelite (fancy name I cannot remember) Doc: Oh, because I'm also a f*****g Rocket Scientist! Me: ... Colonel... did you seriously get that just to be able to say that? Doc: Yes... but it was worth it!
X-ray review pending a scoliosis diagnosis: Oh, that’s interesting, you have an extra vertebrae in your lower spine. Must be why you’re so tall. [I’m 5’1”/155cm].
"I'd rather they take my symptoms seriously" option on the poll please 🥺
Just today I had blood work done before my Dr. appointment. When she saw the bandaid on my arm she said she was glad I finally got it done. I was lax in doing it but I told her I actually didn't & the bandaid was because I had just taken my morning fix of heroin. When I left she told me to eat something & lay off the needles. She's a good doctor & has a great sense of humor.
After going in for some standard tests the doctor called me up a few days later saying they have some bad news. Expecting to hear the worst I nervously asked what was it. Their reply was that they had lost the results of the tests and that I had to come back in to get retested. Turns out there was nothing wrong with me but I would think a doctor would know better than to start a phone call with a patient that they have "bad news" for something like that lol.
Our doctor told my mum to not drink Pepsi Max as it has sugar, she is diabetic. I sad it specifically says it's sugar free and has no more than 2 calories per can. She said as though I must be dumb...it's sweet isn't it? So it definitely has sugar...wtf
Libstak, your mum is wrong. However, "The sweet taste of artificial sweeteners triggers cephalic phase insulin release, causing a small rise in insulin levels. Regular use changes the balance of our gut bacteria. This could make our cells resistant to the insulin we produce, leading to both increased blood sugar and insulin levels." https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/artificial-sweeteners-blood-sugar-insulin
Load More Replies...My OBGYN was doing a C-Section on me, and he said, "you're just as pretty on the inside as you are on the outside". Weirdest moment ever!
