Me: after removing dressing over pt's incision It looks good!
Patient: Oh. Good?
Me: Really good.
Patient: Just really good?
Me: Really, really, really, really, really good.
Patient: Well, that sounds good.
See, this is what happens when I leave my thesaurus at home.
There's an app for that.
ReplyDeleteThat's what you get from cluttering your mind with all that fancy medical terminology. For example, the word"owie" covers most less-than-fatal injuries. Knowing that could free up a lot of mental capacity.
ReplyDeleteI just spent a few minutes catching up on your twitter feed for the past couple of weeks and laughed so hard my black tea almost came out of my nose. I guess maybe I will have to think about actively using that gizabeth twitter account I made years ago so I can follow and respond. Someday. It stresses me out to think about how to find and use it. Back to a big breast case. P.S. Dr. orthochick you crack me up. That reminds me of conversations I had with my kids when they were toddlers. Endless spirals of banal reassurance.
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