Comments on: Mmm-huh http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2010/04/mmm-huh/ A blog from inside the emergency department Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:17:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: matthew http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2010/04/mmm-huh/#comment-18826 matthew Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:29:15 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=4664#comment-18826 the “Mmm-huh” dosorder is certainly much less common than the “f******” this and that disorder

]]> By: leeM http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2010/04/mmm-huh/#comment-18825 leeM Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:06:02 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=4664#comment-18825 Speaking of “damaged for life” the hernia comment reminded me something I heard a while back:

The father takes his son in for his first sports physical, without explaining/warning him about the hernia exam.

While the doctor is doing the “turn your head and cough routine” he notices the surprised and concerned look on the kids face and says:

“don’t worry, just checking that there are four of them”

]]> By: ERP http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2010/04/mmm-huh/#comment-18821 ERP Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:23:50 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=4664#comment-18821 That almost sounds like something a psych patient would end every sentence with.

]]> By: Aaron http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2010/04/mmm-huh/#comment-18814 Aaron Tue, 06 Apr 2010 05:33:39 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=4664#comment-18814 At least you weren’t doing a hernia check on a young man… Might have to send the patient in for a psych eval after that.

]]> By: classof65 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2010/04/mmm-huh/#comment-18810 classof65 Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:47:26 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=4664#comment-18810 Reminds me of “Sling Blade.”

“I like the way you talk.”
“I like the way you talk, too, uh-huh.”

]]> By: SeaSpray http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2010/04/mmm-huh/#comment-18809 SeaSpray Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:46:43 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=4664#comment-18809 PS Mmm-huh.

]]> By: SeaSpray http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2010/04/mmm-huh/#comment-18808 SeaSpray Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:46:03 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=4664#comment-18808 PS And this question I asked was based on something a respiratory therapist told me while working at the hospital. So ..then there I was the pt sitting upright on the exam table at the end of my appointment and my co-worker’s story came into my brain and so I casually… matter of factly .. and innocently, while looking into my docs eyes relayed the scenario and then asked the question relating to it. I don’t recall ever getting an answer and I think that is because he couldn’t talk about it at that point. The awkward tension was palpable… and hilarious that he was suffering so and I was embarrassed because I obviously asked something ridiculous or if true that scenario just cracked him up ..although if it could really happen ..it would mortify me as the patient if it happened to me.

Anyway ..since then I have wondered if my co-worker was just having some fun with me and I fell for it… but he was serious when he told me… although, I have to admit ..it wouldn’t be the first time they got me with a joke! :)

]]> By: SeaSpray http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2010/04/mmm-huh/#comment-18807 SeaSpray Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:27:33 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=4664#comment-18807 THANK YOU!!! I needed this one! I busted out laughing ..really laughing. This is so funny. I love exquisite med humor and is one of my favorite things about med blogs. YOU are a riot! :)

I am taking a writing break and so put up 5 of my favorite posts in one post. I hope you don’t mind, but I am going to share part of one of those posts because it exactly ties into your experience. Except ..it is written from this patient’s perspective watching her doc try to control himself and wishing he would just laugh already. :)

I would hate to have been the pt rep in the room gathering info when you walked in. A. I would’ve been trying not to implode/explode with laughter B. If I glanced even for a split second and saw you ..omGOSH!

Here is part of the post that applies: “Really…I don’t know how doctors keep straight faces sometimes. :) What is their secret? is there a “No Laughing” 101 course in med school? And if there were such a class…what would they have to do to pass? Would they be faced with a daily barrage of the most outlandish and hilarious scenarios and then penalized for laughing? What about a smirk when looking off to the side? Although, I suppose if you even smirk…you run the risk of losing it all together. I know…Seaspray’s imagination gone wild again. ;)

Actually, I do have a funny story about a PCP I used to see who was dying to crack up at something I stated (as relayed to me by someone else) and then questioned. I swear he was turning magenta and looked like he was going to explode while still trying to answer the question. Really…it would have relieved the tension in the room if he just would’ve given in to his heaving shoulders, magenta face oh and dancing eyes.”

Thanks again WC and also J O Morris for the laughs. :)

Mmm-huh.

]]> By: Albinoblackbear http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2010/04/mmm-huh/#comment-18801 Albinoblackbear Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:15:35 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=4664#comment-18801 Soooo bad. And of course the more you try to *not* laugh the worse it gets.

Ah well, we all need a good dose of the giggles at work to keep us sane.

]]> By: DreamingTree http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2010/04/mmm-huh/#comment-18800 DreamingTree Mon, 05 Apr 2010 12:34:16 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=4664#comment-18800 Oh, that is just sweet, mmm-huh.

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