Mar 292005
Received from a coworker via email, this purports to be sentences found in patients’ medical charts. Of course, the accuracy of its origin is impossible to assess, but regardless it’s pretty damned funny:
- She has no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was very hot in bed last night. - Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year. - On the second day the knee was better, and on the third day it disappeared. - The patient is tearful and crying constantly. She also appears to be depressed. - The patient has been depressed since she began seeing me in 1993. - Discharge status: Alive but without my permission. - Healthy appearing decrepit 69-year-old male, mentally alert but forgetful. - The patient refused autopsy. - The patient has no previous history of suicides. - Patient has left white blood cells at another hospital. - Patient's medical history has been remarkably with only a 40-pound weight gain in the past three days. - Patient had waffles for breakfast and anorexia for lunch. - Between you and me, we ought to be able to get this lady pregnant. - Since she can't get pregnant with her husband, I thought you might like to work her up. - She is numb from her toes down. - While in ER, she was examined, X-rated, and sent home. - The skin was moist and dry. - Occasional, constant infrequent headaches. - Patient was alert and unresponsive. - Rectal examination revealed a normal size thyroid. - She stated that she had been constipated for most of her life, until she got a divorce. - I saw your patient today, who is still under our car for physical therapy. - Both breasts are equal and reactive to light and accommodation. - Examination of genitalia reveals that he is circus sized. - The lab test indicated abnormal lover function. - The patient was to have a bowel resection. However, he took a job as a stockbroker instead. - Skin: somewhat pale but present. - The pelvic exam will be done later on the floor. - Patient was seen in consultation by Dr. Blank, who felt we should sit on the abdomen and I agree. - Large brown stool ambulating in the hall. - Patient has two teenage children, but no other abnormalities
That’s one hell of a rectal exam…