Doctors and doctors - A poem!
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I mentioned this poem in another post this morning. Given the number of people who commented on their experiences with mis-diagnosis I thought you'd like to see it - I posted it on another PMR forum.
In last month's edition of Scope, the magazine for the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine, there is a historical article about the man who founded the society that preceded the IPEM. After his death his family found the following poem in his papers. Remember, he was a doctor himself!
Doctors and Doctors
One little doctor, looks you thro' and thro',
Can't diagnose your case, and then there are two.
Two little doctors, failing to agree,
Call a consultation. Then there are three.
Three little doctors, poke you o'er and o'er,
Send for a specialist. Then there are four.
Four little doctors, wonder you're alive,
Order in the x-ray man, then there are five.
Five little doctors, trying funny tricks,
Another brings the stomach pump - and then there are six.
Six little doctors, preparing you for heaven,
In comes a DD, then there are seven.
Seven little doctors, decide to operate -
Call in a surgeon, then there are eight.
Eight little doctors, think it is your spine,
Send for a neurologist, then there are nine.
Nine little doctors, all of them are men,
Send for a lady doctor - then there are ten.
Ten little doctors, standing by your bed,
Come to a decision, find that you are dead.
5 likes, 17 replies
linda17563 EileenH
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This is great Eileen, can`t understand why anyone would object to it....perhaps she had PMT...oh dear, does that really exist?...how naughty of me!!..
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rocketman42 EileenH
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shirley40391 EileenH
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faye______00403 EileenH
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barb30898 EileenH
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Thanks for sharing, EILEEN.
Both funny, and sad, to me.
the words demonstrate the medical field's lack of scientific knowledge, and understanding, and that medicine is not an exact science, after all
That's why I would rather depend on you guys, to get my info.
Be well.
Barb
mphooey EileenH
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diana21296 EileenH
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Oh poor patient, seriously under par
Let's all keep our fingers crossed
It wasn't PMR.
I was thinking Lady Doctor, she will know the drill
But obv!ously she was just as bad and went in for the kill!
darlene96382 EileenH
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Funny!! You all are the best! I've been fortunate with my GP and Rheumie but I have been comforted and learned way more in this forum. We are like one big team looking out for each other. Thanks!!
Elijo EileenH
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ptolemy EileenH
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Love it. My father always warned us against doctors and hospitals and to keep away from them. I don't know if the fact that he was a doctor and worked at a hospital as a consultant had anything to do with it.
The only trouble with the poem is that patients at my surgery cannot even get a referral any more even for xrays unless they go private. So you don't actually see anyone, let alone more than one person! This week we have no resident GPs they are all on holiday, all five of them, they are bringing in a couple of locums, but are discouraging anyone trying to make an appointment.
Flutterbie57 ptolemy
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Silver49 Flutterbie57
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ptolemy Flutterbie57
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Danrower EileenH
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In keeping with the spirit:
here in the US, when I went to school they called it
Political Science, and the Medical Arts.
hmmmm.
Silver49 EileenH
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Love it. Very true. Just get diagnosed with one condition and before you know it you've got 10 and on so many tablets that all have contra indications and each is causing problems with the other . Go in to hospital and they take you off them all and you either improve miraculously or you're dead!