Re: go home...good little girl......ouch!

[Guest guest]

Arrogance isn't limited to male doctors.

I went to a she-doctor in Truckee and described my symptoms.

I said I felt " like I had been poisoned " and she asked disdainfully,

" How would you know what it's like to be poisoned. Have you ever been

poisoned? "

" No, except maybe a bad hangover. I'm just trying to describe how I

feel as best I can. "

She started talking about hyperventilation as a hysterical response to

emotional fear and I said " Look at the rash I've got. Look at the

veins standing out on my arms. Do I look like I'm hyperventilating

right now? " she said " That looks perfectly normal to me " .

" Not for me, it's not "

I told her that I was a hang glider pilot and some of the symptoms

felt like hypoxia kicking in above 14,000 ft. altitude and suddenly

she interrupted me with; " So who do you think is trying to poison you? "

" Good God, I don't think anybody is trying to poison me, I'm only

telling you how sick I feel " .

She really seemed to think that a surprise interjection was going to

startle some paranoid delusional confession out of me.

Then she said " Well there is nothing PHYSICALLY wrong with you but we

can repeat the tests if it makes you feel any better but I don't think

we'll find anything " .

" Not with your attitude, we won't " .

Actually the whole encounter was so hilarious as to be well worth her

fee. When people compare dumb doctor stories, nobody can top this one.

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