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[bbirder]

My primary doc is in BSW, too. They have some good doctors, practitioners and nurses in Southlake. Unfortunately, the old guard doctors, who actually know something are being replaced by inexperienced ones or newly minted practitioners that act more like waitresses than doctors. It may be that I am getting old but I get irritated when the "doctor" you see responds to everything by saying "grrreaattt" like I had just chosen an item from the lunch menu.

There really are no more real Doctors anymore. They are all specialist, and don't even challenge them with a hangnail if that is not their specialty. But, they are perfectly willing to refer you to a "friend" who can help you with that problem. Do these specialists still take the Hippocratic Oath?
Another irritating word that is used far too much is "Perfect". It seems like no matter what you answer they say perfect.

 

[Named'em Tamed'em]

I couldn't be happier with my medical team that I wish I'd never met. Virginia Mason Seattle is the place to be, the team in the basement (radiation) is beyond the best. I've been to crappy Dr's before too ,should have been diagnosed 7 years ago. Don't discount the new Dr's mine saved me, I hope.

 

[Redgully]

I couldn't be happier with my medical team that I wish I'd never met. Virginia Mason Seattle is the place to be, the team in the basement (radiation) is beyond the best. I've been to crappy Dr's before too ,should have been diagnosed 7 years ago. Don't discount the new Dr's mine saved me, I hope.

I went to two drs a couple of years apart with a sore throat and was told nothing wrong. I said its really sore. One said probably a reaction to something and the other said probably hayfever. Very dismissive of me. I felt embarrassed i had asked. Fast forward a few years my wife got me to go to her dr for bursitis in my shoulder. She asked a few questions and asked if anything else wrong. I said i have a bit of a sore throat, she had a look and said it all looks good but if I'm saying it's sore we better investigate. Turns out i had thyroid cancer. She is a terrific dr and i won't go to anyone else now. Looks after our kids like they're her own. If we ever need a specialist somehow she finds the very best to refer us to. She worked in emergency for 10 years so has seen most things and also has a great sense of humour which really helps when dealing with health issues. I have also learnt not to argue with her!

 

[Rafter S]

I went to two drs a couple of years apart with a sore throat and was told nothing wrong. I said its really sore. One said probably a reaction to something and the other said probably hayfever. Very dismissive of me. I felt embarrassed i had asked. Fast forward a few years my wife got me to go to her dr for bursitis in my shoulder. She asked a few questions and asked if anything else wrong. I said i have a bit of a sore throat, she had a look and said it all looks good but if I'm saying it's sore we better investigate. Turns out i had thyroid cancer. She is a terrific dr and i won't go to anyone else now. Looks after our kids like they're her own. If we ever need a specialist somehow she finds the very best to refer us to. She worked in emergency for 10 years so has seen most things and also has a great sense of humour which really helps when dealing with health issues. I have also learnt not to argue with her!

I also have one I really like, with a sense of humor. A year or so ago when I was in for a checkup she was looking at the test results and said my kidney function was unusually good for my age. I told her the Budweiser does that. She didn't miss a beat, and immediately responded with "Is that regular Bud, or Bud Light, so I'll know what to recommend to my other patients?"

She's also younger than I am, with local ties, so hopefully I'll never need to find a new one.

 

[greybeard]

One of my problems is sleeping because of worn out parts, bad right side sciatica and bad or strange dreams.
Like last night...

I dreamt I was a muffler.

I woke up exhausted.

 

[lynnmcmahan]

One of my problems is sleeping because of worn out parts, bad right side sciatica and bad or strange dreams.
Like last night...

I dreamt I was a muffler.

I woke up exhausted.

Even God thinks that's funny ;-)

 

[Walking W]

There really are no more real Doctors anymore. They are all specialist, and don't even challenge them with a hangnail if that is not their specialty. But, they are perfectly willing to refer you to a "friend" who can help you with that problem. Do these specialists still take the Hippocratic Oath?
Another irritating word that is used far too much is "Perfect". It seems like no matter what you answer they say perfect.

Yep! That's the other word these newly minted practitioners use that irritates me. "Peerrfect"!

 

[Walking W]

I have to be careful nowadays when I malign the medical profession. My daughter-in-law, who is an BSN-RN, just started medical school to be a family practice doctor. She has a few things going for her besides nursing experience. She was raised immersed in the world of medicine as well as large animal raising and care. Her parents are both doctors and her mother is a country girl, through and through.

 

[bbirder]

Walking W,
She's got a better than most chance of being a "good one". Some of that has to rub off.
"Peerrfect"!

 

[bbirder]

A new type of recruitment

 

[SBMF 2015]

 

[SmokinM]

A new type of recruitment

Do what you gotta do sometimes.

 

[greybeard]

3 rough looking men were sitting at a table minding their own business in a biker bar one night. In comes an man, obviously already had a few drinks. He sits down at the bar, orders a drink and looks around and spies the 3 burly guys and walks over to them. He taps the meanest looking guy on the shoulder and says "BOY, I saw your grandma naked today and she's a good looking woman!"
The biker dude looks up, then back down at his beer and doesn't say a word, which surprises his 2 buddies.

The guy taps the man on his shoulder again and loudly says:
"I put my old hands all over your grandma and it really felt good."

The guy didn't even look up and his buddies were wondering when he was going to react since they knew he always had a short fuse when it came to insults and fighting.
The man then said:
"I took your grandma right there on the kitchen table and let me tell you, she is one fine piece of tail!"

The biker finally stands up and faces the man, towering over him and his 2 buddies back their chairs away figuring all hell is fixin to bust loose.

The biker just says:
Pawpaw, you're drunk. go home. Maw maw's gonna whip your wrinkled old butt when I tell her about this.

 

[Named'em Tamed'em]

 

[TCRanch]

 

[MurraysMutts]

Why did the chicken cross the road?

To get to the "insert colorful metaphor" house...

Knock knock..

Who's there?

Chicken

 

[Grayme]

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Hahaha!

 

[Bob-s]

I believe I did them all. #17 - My mother was a great seamstress and made shirts for us but I thought it meant we were poor and was reluctant to wear mine. I wish I had one of those shirts today. Was not sure about #19 so I searched it ... yup did that one too.

Bob

 

[CowboyRam]

 

[Mrcopier]

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I believe I did them all. #17 - My mother was a great seamstress and made shirts for us but I thought it meant we were poor and was reluctant to wear mine. I wish I had one of those shirts today. Was not sure about #19 so I searched it ... yup did that one too.

Bob

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