Doctor 's Say The Funniest Things

I've had 2 different doctors say things to me recently that almost offended me until I realized what they meant was not the way it came out of their mouth and then I laughed. Just wondering what funny things your doctors may have said to you?

1. At a trip to my cardiologist I mentioned that my PM was sticking out and "rubbing" against my skin. He took a look at it and very seriously in his accent said "If you were just a little bit fatter it wouldn't stick out so much." Nice!

2. At a follow up for my adrenal surgery the surgeon's PA came to get me from the waiting room herself as they were short nurses. She stopped at the scale to get my weight. As I stood on the scale I was thinking everything looked really good and she exclaimed very loudly "Wow! I can't believe you weigh so much"! I said "Uh, thank you???" and she said, "No, I just mean you must be really strong." Right!

For the record I'm a 44yr old female 5'8" and wear a size Medium. And I am strong :)

4 Comments

Oh My!

by NiceNiecey - 2014-07-29 11:07:13

That IS hilarious! I'd die if the nurse ever said that to me!

patient label

by Gotrhythm - 2014-07-30 01:07:17

Speaking of how a doctor's slant might be very different from a patient's, here's a patient label I found in an article by a cardiologist addressed to cardiologists that cracked me up. "Reassurance resistant."

That's all of us who have gone to the cardiologist with a symptom more than once only to be told "Your pacemaker is working fine."

That was me

by valley01 - 2014-07-30 01:07:38

... at least the first month that I had my PM I was calling the Cardiologist office 2-3 times a week asking questions to verify everything I was feeling was "normal."

that's so funny!

by NikkiScissorhands - 2014-09-09 02:09:39

I was in the ER one time before I got my pacemaker because I almost passed out. The nurse that was evaluating me was asking me questions. I told her that I had third degree heart block and bradycardia. She then asks me "how often does your heart beat slow?" I burst out laughing.

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