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   From: john@jfeldredge.com   
      
   On Sun, 28 Jul 2013 20:18:45 +1000, Peter Moylan wrote:   
      
   > On 28/07/13 08:28, R H Draney wrote:   
   >   
   >> I'm pretty pleased that I've finally found a doctor who appreciates   
   >> that some laymen are familiar with the names of things, and can give   
   >> evidence that they actually have some understanding of them (like my   
   >> observation upon being issued a glucose-testing meter that "starches,   
   >> if I remember right, are basically polymerized sugar")....   
   >>   
   >> An earlier PCP became offended during an exam when I casually referred   
   >> to "cerumen" instead of "earwax"...she stiffened and then barked out   
   >> "that is a doctor word! you will not speak it!"...guess she'd never   
   >> heard of people who do crossword puzzles....r   
   >   
   > I'm just back from taking my wife to hospital. (Well, actually, an   
   > ambulance took her there. We were exploring the local creeks, and she   
   > fell and broke her fibula and tibia.) When, after many hours, somebody   
   > came to tell her what sort of surgery she needed, he started by asking   
   > "You're a nurse, aren't you?". After she confirmed it, he proceeded to   
   > give a meaningful explanation. I got the impression that he would have   
   > given much less information to anyone else.   
      
   I have coronary artery disease, and so have been in the hospital a number   
   of times.  On one such visit, a doctor said, "You are an engineer, aren't   
   you?".  I said, "No, I am a programmer/analyst."  He said, "I figured it   
   was something like that."  I was calmly discussing the upcoming   
   procedure, seeking to learn more about it, rather than going into panic   
   mode.   
      
   --   
   John F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com   
   "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.  Hate cannot   
   drive out hate; only love can do that." -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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