good lord, no!
actually, i told her if she ever saw me coming toward her with a scalpel she should jump off the table and run!
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
will you be removing my gall bladder?
i saw a woman with intermittent right upper quadrant abdominal pain very suspicious for a gall bladder problem. we ran a confirmatory test and i recommended that she have her gall bladder removed. just to give her an idea of what to expect, i described the surgery to her in very general terms. she then asked, 'are you going to remove my gallbladder?' i said sure, now if you'd just lie back and stay still...
good lord, no!
actually, i told her if she ever saw me coming toward her with a scalpel she should jump off the table and run!
good lord, no!
actually, i told her if she ever saw me coming toward her with a scalpel she should jump off the table and run!
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I'm still floored when I tell patients I think it might be time for a knee replacment and they ask me when I can do it! Don't think that falls under "see one, do one . . . "
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