Yesterday i had a transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE).
while gettiing me prepared for the procedure the Doc asked me--"are you a heavy drinker"? i replied "no, i only weight 147lbs."
i thought that reply was funny but the Doc didn't share my humor. he hesitated for a few seconds & then asked again, more slowly, with more emphasis. "ARE YOU A HEAVY DRINKER"? i admitted to 3 per day.
i really don't remember reading or hearing that quip before i said it. anyway, i still think it's funny.
Doctors deal with some pretty serious shit, things most of us never are exposed to, I respect them for what they do, and what they have to deal with, I would not handle that type of job well.
I think it is funny also and doctors do not have a sense of humor. In my last in-home examination I was told that due to my early smoking I should be having all kinds of tests ran for lung cancer. I have no lung problems and have not smoked in 20 years. Why would the doctor want to cause me stress? Maybe married to Big Pharma.
no doubt in my mind that they get kickbacks from big pharma.
"No, I only drink Carlsberg Lite."
TEE, as in TEE-HEE?
Doctors have no sense of humor in pre-op. When I went for surgery on my pinched nerve, I asked 2 different docs (and the nurse) if they could make the scar in the shape of a "Z" so it would look like I had a fight with Zorro. Blank stares.
good one.
Ha! I've got to remember that, next time I go in for surgery!
They seldom have much humour.
maybe overworked. my previous GP, who retired recently, had a great sense of humor.
i suppose a hospital setting doesn't lend itself to much humor.
they are exposed to a lot of despair & misery. i guess it's understandable that some of them are affected by it.
@callmedubious I had one family dr. [retired] who was always good for a laugh, so I'd print out jokes & take them to him each visit. I figured with all the misery they had to deal with daily, I'd try to lighten it up some. Other drs. or specialists etc., I wouldn't dare.
I think that doctors lose their sense of humor at medical school. Twice I tried and failed.
The first time was with my family doctor. An infrequent visit where he looked at my notes and said: "It seems that you have not been to see me for 12 years!"
"No, I've been ill"
Later on, I moved and my new doc gave me a physical. He asked when my last tetanus shot was and it was overdue. "Okay let's take your blood pressure then I will give you a shot"
I remarked that it was a bit off to tell me that before taking my BP
"Do you think your BP will go up then?"
"Well it is unlikely to go down"
"Well if you had an educated blood pressure? It would neither go up or down"
"Sorry doctor but my blood pressure is as thick as pig-shit"
On both occasions, tumbleweeds rolled across the room.
That was a funny answer! I hope the procedure went well.
thanks. it was to check on a heart valve which turned out to be only mildly impaired.
still doesn't make any progress to correct my atrial fibrillation.
Reminds me of the time the doctor said I was taking years off my life after I told him how much I drank. I replied, "Yeah, but those are the shitty years." He didn't have an answer for that, but he wasn't amused.
good answer.