1.26.2007
Patient Story of the Month
From J. Tole:
Chol Pak and I were at the VA one night in November admitting an elderly white male who apparently was a frequent flyer. When we first walked in the examination room I asked, "Sir, why did you come to the ER tonight?" He replied "Vagina." Not sure if I heard him correctly I repeated my question "You came here for what?" He again said, "I'm here for vagina." As I began to tell him that he has come to the wrong place for that he then blurted out "Oh, I mean angina." Apparently, the elderly male was enough of a frequent flyer for chest (wall) pains that he thought he'd give a shot at the medical terminology. I was laughing so hard I had to step out of the exam room twice during the H&P.
Chol Pak and I were at the VA one night in November admitting an elderly white male who apparently was a frequent flyer. When we first walked in the examination room I asked, "Sir, why did you come to the ER tonight?" He replied "Vagina." Not sure if I heard him correctly I repeated my question "You came here for what?" He again said, "I'm here for vagina." As I began to tell him that he has come to the wrong place for that he then blurted out "Oh, I mean angina." Apparently, the elderly male was enough of a frequent flyer for chest (wall) pains that he thought he'd give a shot at the medical terminology. I was laughing so hard I had to step out of the exam room twice during the H&P.
