Medical question

Post by **tnf** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 4:26 pm

Again, I know that, you know that, we all know that. But there will always be paranoid types out there (sys I am not saying you were paranoid here, this is a discussion beyond your specific situation). And I still say that I'd rather see them go and fudge the story a bit instead of not going at all.

Geebs and Saturn - I know enough about science, medicine, etc., to know that lying is not a preferrable option. All I am trying to say is: If the only way a person is going to go get treatment is by lying to the docs about what happened, I'd rather see them do that and go than to not go at all.

Post by **saturn** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 4:30 pm

every patient I catch lying will get lots of laxatives

Post by **tnf** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 4:32 pm

saturn wrote:every patient I catch lying will get lots of laxatives

Every doc that has misdiagnosed my kidney problem should get them too. Especially when I catch them making mistakes discussing the issue with me. hehe.

Post by **saturn** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 4:34 pm

that's because you lied to them

Post by **Geebs** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 4:36 pm

saturn wrote:I'm suprised you're still around considering all the shit that's coming to A&E/ER.

I still haven't managed to find a medical rotation yet. Plus being a generalist is fun; and I'm basically running the department much of the time. You get lots of excitement because you're far to busy to see everything, so you just have to wander around and hope you catch the cock-ups before they happen; like last night we had a bloke in with epigastric pain, who got seen by one of the new house officers; they come up to me and say "what would you do", so I say "bloods, erect chest and abdo; by the way, is their abdomen soft?", they go "yeah, absolutely", I reply "sure?", they say "yes". Then I see the X-ray come back with tons of air under the diaphragm, sprint in there and the patient's got an obvious acute abdomen. After that I check the notes and find out that the house officer was planning on sending the guy home with some lansoprazole.....

Gotta love it when the new doctors turn up every 6 months. I never get sick of them coming up to me and saying "hey, this patient's potassium's come back as 8, is that bad?"

Post by **tnf** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 4:41 pm

saturn wrote:that's because you lied to them

Yes, I actually changed all the lab results by spontaneously changing the composition of my urine and blood. I'm a good liar like that.

Post by **saturn** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 4:41 pm

8 millimoles? my god!

I guess the excitement of controlling the situation is fun. That's what attracted me to anesthesiology, be master of the situation and solve problems before they are there.

I'm gonna start next month, first months doing research so I don't have to be the newest guy taking all the crap

Post by **saturn** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 4:44 pm

tnf wrote:
saturn wrote:that's because you lied to them
Yes, I actually changed all the lab results by spontaneously changing the composition of my urine and blood. I'm a good liar like that.

I'd diagnose you with the syndrome of Munchhausen! In fact, this region had some fake patient that faked illness and had lots of treatments and tests in different hospitals (maybe even surgery) and he was always gone before they noticed that he was actually fine. They caught him a few months ago. Costed the hospitals thousands in unpayed bills.

Post by **Don Carlos** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 4:46 pm

saturn wrote:
Don Carlos wrote:It was a suggestion sir
i knew it was 99% gonna be wrong. But the fact is he might have bruised something hence the pain. Sorry for opening my mouth.

sys0p, i am sorry i have in someway damaged you for all eternity. You may sue me at will.
kiss and make up welshy :>

*kiss*

Post by **Geebs** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 4:47 pm

saturn wrote:8 millimoles? my god!

Renal patients are great fun. You look at the blood results, crap yourself and then go round to see them and they look absolutely fine and just came in because they have a bit of hayfever or something. The particular patient I'm thinking about had a perfectly normal ECG

Post by **Zyte** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 4:49 pm

These threads, i dunno. It's like asking for wrong information. Even saturn & geebs can easily be wrong since it's an INTERNET FORUM :0

Post by **raw** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 5:09 pm

I haven't read everything but I have to say, I asked saturn for medical advice once privately and he gave me some sound, trustworthy advice.

I love this man in a non-gay way but if we could make babies, I'd let him give birth to my first born.

Post by **Nightshade** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 5:15 pm

tnf isn't a doctor, but he plays one on the internet.

Post by **raw** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 5:21 pm

:lol:

Post by **tnf** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 5:48 pm

Nightshade wrote:tnf isn't a doctor, but he plays one on the internet.

i am pretty sure that i defer every real medical question to saturn and geebs.

Post by **tnf** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 5:52 pm

saturn wrote:
tnf wrote:
saturn wrote:that's because you lied to them
Yes, I actually changed all the lab results by spontaneously changing the composition of my urine and blood. I'm a good liar like that.
I'd diagnose you with the syndrome of Munchhausen! In fact, this region had some fake patient that faked illness and had lots of treatments and tests in different hospitals (maybe even surgery) and he was always gone before they noticed that he was actually fine. They caught him a few months ago. Costed the hospitals thousands in unpayed bills.

Unfortunately, it is hard to fake pissing these out...

Post by **Canis** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 8:35 pm

tnf wrote:
saturn wrote:
tnf wrote: Yes, I actually changed all the lab results by spontaneously changing the composition of my urine and blood. I'm a good liar like that.
I'd diagnose you with the syndrome of Munchhausen! In fact, this region had some fake patient that faked illness and had lots of treatments and tests in different hospitals (maybe even surgery) and he was always gone before they noticed that he was actually fine. They caught him a few months ago. Costed the hospitals thousands in unpayed bills.
Unfortunately, it is hard to fake pissing these out...

Oh please....be a man and suck it up!

Post by **tnf** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 8:43 pm

Post by **HM-PuFFNSTuFF** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 8:48 pm

Canis wrote:
tnf wrote:
saturn wrote: I'd diagnose you with the syndrome of Munchhausen! In fact, this region had some fake patient that faked illness and had lots of treatments and tests in different hospitals (maybe even surgery) and he was always gone before they noticed that he was actually fine. They caught him a few months ago. Costed the hospitals thousands in unpayed bills.
Unfortunately, it is hard to fake pissing these out...

Oh please....be a man and suck it up!

give the man a break he pissed out a dime ffs

Post by **bitWISE** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 8:55 pm

ow...i could have gone without seeing that tnf

Post by **plained** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:17 pm

sys0p man im pretty sure if you steer your head all round you can lybrenth that chip right out and spit it out ey

i doen it b4 ey

Post by **YourGrandpa** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 2:49 am

Getting in bar fights in your 30's? With a criminal record?

When do you learn?

A. You need new friends and a new life.

B. You need some mental help.

Either grow up or get help. You're bringing these problems on your self. It seems like you're trying to flush your life down the toilet. Why? You're a smart guy. Use your brain for 1/2 a second when trouble arises. Defending yourself is one thing, but backing some guy who can't control himself around angry women is another. Look at who you hang with, as well as who you are. Can you say that you're proud of how you and your friends reacted? What kind of "man" has to shove a chick to make a point? I'll tell you. A fucking pussy with an inferiority complex. You are obviously hanging out with someone who is not smart enough verbally negotiate the situation or too stupid to walk away. I hope your face feels better and you've taken a well learned lesson away from this. But by proxy, you deserved what you got.

BLNT....

Post by **saturn** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 9:37 am

Geebs wrote:
saturn wrote:8 millimoles? my god!
Renal patients are great fun. You look at the blood results, crap yourself and then go round to see them and they look absolutely fine and just came in because they have a bit of hayfever or something. The particular patient I'm thinking about had a perfectly normal ECG

oh yeah, renal patients....they take the crap out of you. Great looking veins and you fuck up with the needle 5 times.

Post by **saturn** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 9:40 am

raw wrote:I haven't read everything but I have to say, I asked saturn for medical advice once privately and he gave me some sound, trustworthy advice.

I love this man in a non-gay way but if we could make babies, I'd let him give birth to my first born.

I know it was confidential, but was it about your enormous penis that was hurting all that bitches?

Post by **saturn** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 9:40 am

tnf wrote:
saturn wrote:
tnf wrote: Yes, I actually changed all the lab results by spontaneously changing the composition of my urine and blood. I'm a good liar like that.
I'd diagnose you with the syndrome of Munchhausen! In fact, this region had some fake patient that faked illness and had lots of treatments and tests in different hospitals (maybe even surgery) and he was always gone before they noticed that he was actually fine. They caught him a few months ago. Costed the hospitals thousands in unpayed bills.
Unfortunately, it is hard to fake pissing these out...

I'm not standing around while you're pissing that out with colic movements