and when exactly was that?

i swear this happens about fifty five times a day.  i am trying diligently (have i said before that i am diligent?) to take a history and it goes something like this:

me:  'when did you first notice that your leg was numb?'
patient: 'it started two weeks after my sister-in-law came to visit.'

or,

me:  'how old was your father when he died of heart disease?'
patient: 'he died when i was 52.'


you're getting the gist of this, right?