[IrishMike]

Ritter’s Doctors ‘Did Everything Wrong’

GLENDALE, Calif. (Feb. 12) - A lawyer for John Ritter’s family told a jury Monday that he would show doctors caused the actor’s death by an improper diagnosis and substandard treatment.

“What you’ll hear, ladies and gentleman, is that ... they did everything wrong,” attorney Moses Lebovits said in his opening statement at the trial in Los Angeles County Superior Court.

http://news.aol.com/entertainment/television/tv-news-story/ar/_a/ritters-doctors-did-everything-wrong/20080212071009990001

[cripplecreek]

" Why, not for about twenty years - when my husband was alive."

LOL

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Hilarious!

I have one to add, admittedly a third-hand story from a friend.

"Carol" visited a podiatrist for a problem she had with one of her feet. As she sat in the examination room, the doctor poked his head in and said "Please take off your hose and I'll be with you in a minute."

Well, Carol thought she heard the doctor say "Please take off your clothes." She thought that was a bit odd coming from a podiatrist, but accustomed to obeying a doctor's instructions, she dutifully removed all of her clothing, and, absent a gown to put on, sat completely nude on the examination table. And may I add, she is NOT a slender lady.

Anway, at one point she dropped something, and had to dive under the exam table to look for it, her bum in the air. It was at that point that the podiatrist came back in, and hilarity ensued, Carol's face and other parts turning bright red.

If that's not bad enough, several years later, she had to visit a different doctor who had offices in the same building. While she was chatting with the doctor, trading funny stories, he finally added, "And if you think that's funny, a podiatrist-friend who used to occupy this office told me about the patient he had who took off her clothes instead of just her hose."

Insult added to injury.

[Army Air Corps]

Ping

[Army Air Corps]

I have an aunt who worked as an RN for many, many years and she has some tales like these to tell.

[KoRn]

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[raybbr]

8. As a new, young MD doing his residency in OB, I was quite embarrassed when performing female pelvic exams.. To cover my embarrassment I had unconsciously formed a habit of whistling softly. The middle-aged lady upon whom I was performing this exam suddenly burst out laughing and further embarrassing me. I looked up from my work and sheepishly said . . ." I'm sorry. Was I tickling you ?" She replied with tears running down her cheeks from laughing so hard . . ." No doctor, but the song you were whistling was . . .' I wish I was an Oscar Meyer Wiener.' "

Well, at least it wasn't "Ode to Joy" by Beethoven....

[Gay State Conservative]

Having worked in an ER for 20+ years I've picked up a few stories along with funny comments by patients,etc.For example:

Sick As Hell Anemia=Sickle Cell Anemia

Smilin' Men In Jesus=Spinal Menningitis

Fireballs Of The Eucharist=Fibroids of the Uterus

And many others.

[RebelTex]

Pinging my humor ping list - freepmail me if you want on or off this list.
(This is usually a low volume ping, as I don’t search for humor threads, but I do ping when I find something really funny.)

[glock rocks]

Did I ever tell y'all about the time Pete was recovering from surgery? His wife put the doggie sized flotation device on her miniature doberman to show us how it would keep the dawg from sinking on an upcoming post-recovery boat excursion on Pete's boat to Lake Powell.

Well, it was a tad (just a tad) large for the critter, and tended to bind his back legs, so he just stood on his back two legs and hopped around the living room, with his front legs only exposed from the elbows up - sorta looked like a tiny dayglo orange tailless tyrannasarus which'd had a terrible genetic labratory accident with a kangaroo. His wife and I busted up laughing so hard that Pete had to leave the room. In fact, he left the house... down the drive to the end and leaned against the back of his pickup, cause it hurt to laugh... but he could still hear us.

Being the great friend I am, I walked out of the house, mostly out of breath and tears running down my face from laughing, and asked Pete "you okay man?" He curled up even more, obviously caught in the dilema of laughing and hurting at the same time, and started up the street to get away from me.

Being the great friend I am, I followed him...

[Squantos]

For yer Sweetie Pie !!

[redstates4ever]

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