Re: INTERN FLUNKS BEDSIDE MANNER 101

[Guest guest]

> Where oh where are those witty retorts when you

> really need them

Yeah.... I always wondered that also.. Only if we had built in " rewind "

[Guest guest]

Joe sorry to hear about your problems and wow I think this jerk errrrrrrr I

mean Intern needs to be back in school does he not realize that we have a

disease gosh people like this P--- me off I hope they soon get you fixed up

Joe

TN

INTERN FLUNKS BEDSIDE MANNER 101

> I was hospitalized last week for treatment of my third abdominal

> abscess since my RNY surgery on 12/13/02. Doctors think I may have a

> micro perforation in my plumbing that didn't show up on leak tests.

> An intern asked me why I'd had the RNY. I explaineed that it was for

> weight loss to which he replied; " Couldn't you have just eaten less? "

> I was so shocked by the callousness and stupidity of his question

> that I made some dumb reply. In hindsight, I should have smacked my

> forehead with my open palm and said; " Holy sh_t doctor, why didn't I

> think of that! " Where oh where are those witty retorts when you

> really need them.

>

> Joe Parks

> VBG 1992

> Medial RNY 12/13/02

> 295/200/190

>

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[Guest guest]

I should have smacked my

forehead with my open palm and said; " Holy sh_t doctor, why didn't I

think of that! " Where oh where are those witty retorts when you

really need them.

Joe Parks

Oh Joe that is too funny. The same thing usually happens to me too......

I get the best retorts..... hours later.

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[Guest guest]

whoa! i think i'd write a note to the hospital about educating their

interns better!!

i personally have kinda made it a goal to educate ppl about what its

like to be obese. especially now cuz ppl look at me (5' 1/4 " , 130lbs)

and have NO clue that i used to weigh 268lbs!! when i was going

through my emt class last semester we came to a section about

carrying out patients and our teacher, a fire capt/paramedic,

commented on how sometimes if your patient is 500lbs it takes 6

firemen and then you might have to remove a window to get the patient

out...there were a few snickers from class so i raised my hand and

reminded everyone that patients are under enough stress from just

having to call 9-1-1, don't you think they KNOW they are morbidly

obese and don't you think they are embarassed and even mortified when

they see 6 firemen having to come in and carry them out using their

bed sheets cuz they can't fit onto a gurney?? or if the window/door

has to be removed to fit them out?? luckily no one made a big deal

about it or made jokes about it but just the snickering po'd me! and

our fire capt reminded them that we are there to take care of ppl and

not judge them in any way.

anyhoo, take care!

kate

open rny 6-14-01

pre op: 268lbs

goal weight: 135lbs

current weight: 130lbs

> I was hospitalized last week for treatment of my third abdominal

> abscess since my RNY surgery on 12/13/02. Doctors think I may have

a

> micro perforation in my plumbing that didn't show up on leak tests.

> An intern asked me why I'd had the RNY. I explaineed that it was

for

> weight loss to which he replied; " Couldn't you have just eaten

less? "

> I was so shocked by the callousness and stupidity of his question

> that I made some dumb reply. In hindsight, I should have smacked my

> forehead with my open palm and said; " Holy sh_t doctor, why didn't

I

> think of that! " Where oh where are those witty retorts when you

> really need them.

>

> Joe Parks

> VBG 1992

> Medial RNY 12/13/02

> 295/200/190

[Guest guest]

Mensa_joe, Are you sure you had surgery on 12/13/02. That doc is good. I think

it is probably a printing error. Hope so anyway. Or my calendar is way off. haha

God Bless,

Carl

INTERN FLUNKS BEDSIDE MANNER 101

I was hospitalized last week for treatment of my third abdominal

abscess since my RNY surgery on 12/13/02. Doctors think I may have a

micro perforation in my plumbing that didn't show up on leak tests.

An intern asked me why I'd had the RNY. I explaineed that it was for

weight loss to which he replied; " Couldn't you have just eaten less? "

I was so shocked by the callousness and stupidity of his question

that I made some dumb reply. In hindsight, I should have smacked my

forehead with my open palm and said; " Holy sh_t doctor, why didn't I

think of that! " Where oh where are those witty retorts when you

really need them.

Joe Parks

VBG 1992

Medial RNY 12/13/02

295/200/190

[Guest guest]

Bravo, Kate, sometimes it's so hard for others to understand. You handled it

wonderfully, IMHO.

And we need to remember (my smart-mouthed wisecrack aside) that docs only know

what they've been taught, and most medical schools really don't teach a lot

about morbid obesity - or at least they didn't when I worked at one.

And also, that docs are taught what their teachers know, which is what they're

taught by the docs before them. (Talk about the child abuse theory of education

<G>.)

Bariatrics is a specialty, and I'm not sure that it's even a traditional

hospital internship specialty, i.e., it might be one that docs end up going into

after their internship, as opposed to surgery, OB, internal medicine, etc.,

which they usually get on rotation. If we have any nurses or docs on our list

who are more up on this than I am, please chime in.

Pam in Niceville

Date: 2002/08/23 Fri AM 11:45:47 EDT

To: GastricBypass-InfoCentral

Subject: Re: INTERN FLUNKS BEDSIDE MANNER 101

[Guest guest]

Joe - Sorry to hear about your hospitalization. I know what you mean about

those witty retorts. I can never think of them on the spot either. Did you

file a complaint with the hospital? Have they got your problem fixed now? Hope

it's all in the past soon. By the way, you are doing fabulous with your weight

loss.

Jeanne in WI

Age 39

Open RNY 05/21/2002

314/ 263.5 /150-175

5' 8 "

djgraves@...

[Guest guest]

as one who has worked with interns and residents for the past 28 years remember

medical school =brains not COMMON SENSE

Deb in Cleveland

[Guest guest]

good for you Kate *hats off to you *

Re: INTERN FLUNKS BEDSIDE MANNER 101

> whoa! i think i'd write a note to the hospital about educating their

> interns better!!

>

> i personally have kinda made it a goal to educate ppl about what its

> like to be obese. especially now cuz ppl look at me (5' 1/4 " , 130lbs)

> and have NO clue that i used to weigh 268lbs!! when i was going

> through my emt class last semester we came to a section about

> carrying out patients and our teacher, a fire capt/paramedic,

> commented on how sometimes if your patient is 500lbs it takes 6

> firemen and then you might have to remove a window to get the patient

> out...there were a few snickers from class so i raised my hand and

> reminded everyone that patients are under enough stress from just

> having to call 9-1-1, don't you think they KNOW they are morbidly

> obese and don't you think they are embarassed and even mortified when

> they see 6 firemen having to come in and carry them out using their

> bed sheets cuz they can't fit onto a gurney?? or if the window/door

> has to be removed to fit them out?? luckily no one made a big deal

> about it or made jokes about it but just the snickering po'd me! and

> our fire capt reminded them that we are there to take care of ppl and

> not judge them in any way.

>

> anyhoo, take care!

> kate

> open rny 6-14-01

> pre op: 268lbs

> goal weight: 135lbs

> current weight: 130lbs

>

>

>

>

> > I was hospitalized last week for treatment of my third abdominal

> > abscess since my RNY surgery on 12/13/02. Doctors think I may have

> a

> > micro perforation in my plumbing that didn't show up on leak tests.

> > An intern asked me why I'd had the RNY. I explaineed that it was

> for

> > weight loss to which he replied; " Couldn't you have just eaten

> less? "

> > I was so shocked by the callousness and stupidity of his question

> > that I made some dumb reply. In hindsight, I should have smacked my

> > forehead with my open palm and said; " Holy sh_t doctor, why didn't

> I

> > think of that! " Where oh where are those witty retorts when you

> > really need them.

> >

> > Joe Parks

> > VBG 1992

> > Medial RNY 12/13/02

> > 295/200/190

>

>

>

>

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