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   From: robban@clubtelco.com   
      
   On 27/08/13 12:50 AM, John F. Eldredge wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
      
   If you had been actively fighting him, he'd have known you were another   
   doctor.   
      
   --   
   Robert Bannister   
      
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