Thursday, December 02, 2004
first, do no small talk...
i went to the doctor yesterday to get a lump on my stomach checked out and to try to uncover a reason (besides despair over the demonstrated worthlessness of the entire human race) for my unrelenting exhaustion.
doc comes into the exam room. i tell him i have a lump. he feels it and declares it a "fibrous tumor." i look confused, and then he says, "some people have fatty tumors; some people have fibrous tumors. nothing you can do about it--it just happens." well, ok, that sure puts my mind at ease. then, for the rest of the visit, he proceeds to make small talk with me about my job. "i'm tired all the time," i proclaim, trying to set him on track. "so am i," he responds. great doctoring skills there, marcus welby! i bet you graduated at the top of your class at harvard medical school! not to be deterred by my petty medical issues, he brings the conversation back to my job. Knock, knock. Anyone there behind the stethoscope? i'm all for pleasant bedside manners, but is it too much to ask you to at least incorporate some medicine into the mix?
doctors are so useless.
i went to the doctor yesterday to get a lump on my stomach checked out and to try to uncover a reason (besides despair over the demonstrated worthlessness of the entire human race) for my unrelenting exhaustion.
doc comes into the exam room. i tell him i have a lump. he feels it and declares it a "fibrous tumor." i look confused, and then he says, "some people have fatty tumors; some people have fibrous tumors. nothing you can do about it--it just happens." well, ok, that sure puts my mind at ease. then, for the rest of the visit, he proceeds to make small talk with me about my job. "i'm tired all the time," i proclaim, trying to set him on track. "so am i," he responds. great doctoring skills there, marcus welby! i bet you graduated at the top of your class at harvard medical school! not to be deterred by my petty medical issues, he brings the conversation back to my job. Knock, knock. Anyone there behind the stethoscope? i'm all for pleasant bedside manners, but is it too much to ask you to at least incorporate some medicine into the mix?
doctors are so useless.
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