Saturday Morning, 6:19 a.m.
on Oct 10, 2009"Hi, this is Mr. Noclue. I have an appointment with Dr. Grumpy today, and I'm not going to make it because I have another appointment and, what?..........Oh, my wife says today is Saturday, and my other appointment is next week, so I guess I will be...

Mary's Desk, October 9, 2009
on Oct 9, 2009Mary: "Dr. Grumpy's office. This is Mary."Mrs. Parent: "Hi. My 13 year old son needs to see a neurologist."Mary: "I'm sorry. Dr. Grumpy doesn't see anyone under 18."Mrs. Parent: "Oh... But we'd heard such good things about him, too."Mary: "I'm sorry.

Rough Crowd
on Oct 9, 2009Karaoke Singer Attacked Over Performance Oct. 8, 2009 10:17 AM Associated Press STAMFORD, Conn. – Police say a woman singing karaoke in a Connecticut sports bar was attacked by six other women...

Early Morning in Grumpyland
on Oct 9, 2009So following the time-honored tradition of my Bible (Chapter 20- Execute Forms at Dawn) I'm sitting here doing miscellaneous paperwork.For those of you who have never had to deal with employer health forms, they are a freaking nightmare. A remarkable...

Works For Me
on Oct 8, 2009Hot off the fax machine! Invite to a drug company dinner meeting about Cymbalta.With a typo...It says the topic is "Treating Depression with Cumbalta"...

Feeling Down?
on Oct 8, 2009Hot off the fax machine! Invite to a drug company dinner meeting about Cymbalta.With a typo...It says the topic is "Treating Depression with Cumbalta"...

Suicide Mission
on Oct 7, 2009As my regular readers know, I moonlight as a consultant for various medical market research companies. It's a thankless job, but somebody has to pay for the tomatoes.So last night I had a dinner meeting with neurologists and sundry other specialists...

This is Not Helpful
on Oct 7, 2009Look, folks. I understand that your back pain started sometime during your 6 week "Drive our big-ass RV all over the damn country across 28 states and 5000 miles trip."However, without a clearer idea of WHEN you were WHERE, or having an idea of your...

Thanks, Nurse X.
on Oct 7, 2009A common method of non-urgent hospital communication between doctors and nurses is the post-it note. I'll open a chart, and find a post-it in the progress notes saying: "Dr.- Can patient take his fish oil pills from home?" or "Dr.- Patient says she a...

Thank You!
on Oct 6, 2009I'd like to personally thank the reader who was kind enough to come by today to bring me a bottle of Diet Coke with a packet of Sweet-N-Low.Forgive me for not mixing them together in front of you...