Call me Judgy McJudgerson

[jamesonontherocks]

So I'm on the bump last night trying to respond to threads, and stop every fucking response because i'm smacking my head and saying "really" to the poster. (if any of you are asking these questions, sorry but I can't take it!) These are paraphrased

My 2 month olds eyes are red, goopy and itchy. Its 10pm and I couldnt get an appointment until tomorrow. Should I bring them to the ER and have my ped paged? Ummm NO! Even an idiot knows what pink eye is. It does not belong in an EMERGENCY room and if I was your ped and got paged about pink eye, I might just try to find a way to get rid of you.

Will I get something to numb me up during my csection. no fucktard. you are going to be wide awake while they cut open your gut and make you feel all of it so you dont miss out on the pain of childbirth.

My 6 week old cried so hard when I dropped him off at daycare. he must be so scared. reality? hes probably hungry.

And my personal favorite "am I over-reacting?"... if you ask that, you are. period.

Im feeling super judgey today...sorry!

[honeybadger]

You didn't end up responding? The only thing more frustrating than ridiculous bumptard threads are the slew of responses supporting the fuckery. It's amazing.

[jamesonontherocks]

I couldn't bring myself. I know most common sense goes out the window when your a first time mom, but come on. And I think I did respond to the pink eye one, most for all the stupid pages I've gotten in the middle of the night. "Can I take two pain killers?" Me: "what does it saw on the bottle?" Patient: "Take 2 pills...." try that pregnant at 230am.

[honeybadger]

May 24, 2012 10:27:09 GMT -5 jamesonontherocks said:

I couldn't bring myself. I know most common sense goes out the window when your a first time mom, but come on. And I think I did respond to the pink eye one, most for all the stupid pages I've gotten in the middle of the night. "Can I take two pain killers?" Me: "what does it saw on the bottle?" Patient: "Take 2 pills...." try that pregnant at 230am.

LOL.

[MrsAggie]

Dying.

[basilosaurus]

You should respond. Who cares if you get banned (and you will b/c common sense is anathema over there)? I would say you should link so I could respond, but I'm not giving them page views.

[jamesonontherocks]

You can't make this shit up. I also was paged in the middle of the night by a patient's mom. We finished a surgery on him around 1130, I had just gotten home, showered and in bed (like 130ish). Medication question. I called mom back to find out what the deal was (I figured the pain pill made the kid sick or something). "Does he take this once or 11 times a day?" "What?" "Well, it looks like once, but Johnny takes spanish and said it could also mean 11". Me: "Is the rest of the label in English or spanish?" Mom "English". Me - "Once" Mom - "Is that one time or 11?" SMH. (And this was a little pale, causcasian kid - not a spanish family at least then it would have been a valid question)

Needless to say, I sent out a department wide email that no one is to use the word once in a presciprtion again.

[JakJak]

May 24, 2012 14:54:41 GMT -5 jamesonontherocks said:

You can't make this shit up. I also was paged in the middle of the night by a patient's mom. We finished a surgery on him around 1130, I had just gotten home, showered and in bed (like 130ish). Medication question. I called mom back to find out what the deal was (I figured the pain pill made the kid sick or something). "Does he take this once or 11 times a day?" "What?" "Well, it looks like once, but Johnny takes spanish and said it could also mean 11". Me: "Is the rest of the label in English or spanish?" Mom "English". Me - "Once" Mom - "Is that one time or 11?" SMH. (And this was a little pale, causcasian kid - not a spanish family at least then it would have been a valid question)

Needless to say, I sent out a department wide email that no one is to use the word once in a presciprtion again.

Oh my god. Who in their right (non spanish speaking) freaking mind would think 11?? Common sense people.

[Dory1988]

The prescription thing is mega stupid but MH always reminds me that just because we think a lot of medical stuff is common sense, it doesn't mean that everyone does.

[jamesonontherocks]

May 24, 2012 18:40:13 GMT -5 Dory1988 said:

The prescription thing is mega stupid but MH always reminds me that just because we think a lot of medical stuff is common sense, it doesn't mean that everyone does.

I agree with somethings. Like earlier today with GracieLou, I didn't think she was an idiot for HFM. Thats different. But pink eye? Hell, most patients come in or call in and tell you they have pink eye.

But then again, I side eye the adult that comes in with stomach flu (3 hours of nausea and vomiting, and oh her son had it 2 days ago)....(and this is the average adult - not the pregnant, elderly, severe chronic illness, etc). All a doctor is going to do is tell you to rest, drink fluids, and if you havent kept something down in x days, come back in. And then get the stomach flu his or herself.