What doctors really mean when they open their mouths and speak: Dr Hal Dal brings us an up to date explanation of doctish English
My favorite You will experience some discomfort. (really means) This will hurt a lot.
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My favorite You will experience some discomfort. (really means) This will hurt a lot.
I sent this on to some friends. I noted that the spell checker kept wanting to make it Doltish/English Phrasebook. I'll leave it to deeper minds than mind to work out that out.
ReplyDeleteI once told a patient that a procedure a PICC line in this case), "Would probably hurt kind of like an IV, but it would be over quickly, and it was medically necessary," and she almost refused to do it!
ReplyDeleteI'm going back to, "There may be some mild discomfort." Otherwise none of my patients will ever be out the door to SNF.
"You're just gonna feel a little Prick....."
ReplyDeleteHaven't said that since 1987 when I got mercilessly ridiculed by an ancient ER Nurse.... Sometimes doctors CAN learn from Nurses....
Frank, M.D.
A n y t i m e you hear that...it's gonna hurt...alot...however, if the doctor is cute and kind...well, that is an enormous help!
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