tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post4350986721437335039..comments2024-03-25T10:22:04.995-07:00Comments on Ed Gorman's blog: When the Patient Gets Lost in TranslationEd Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-14771455139511755762009-04-25T15:17:00.000-07:002009-04-25T15:17:00.000-07:00Ah, the joys of medicine... more than twenty years...Ah, the joys of medicine... more than twenty years later, after my own cancer surgery, I had leakage from a small incision on my back that was used to drain the main incision.<br /><br />So one of the surgeons -- and this was at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, not some obscure out-of-the-way hospital -- decided the small incision needed to be stitched up. And instead of spending an extra 10 or 15 minutes to give me shot of Novocain, he told me, "Nah, it'll be quicker if I just put in two stitches..."<br /><br />Well.<br /><br />I'm told they could hear my yelling clear on the other side of the ward.. and Mom & Dad, horrified at what happened, saw my toes curl up...<br /><br />But I guess I shouldn't complain... after all, I'm still here *to* complain...Brendan DuBoishttp://www.brendandubois.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-20085418276090268432009-04-25T12:55:00.000-07:002009-04-25T12:55:00.000-07:00Ed,
I'm so glad your okay, and sorry you had to s...Ed,<br /><br />I'm so glad your okay, and sorry you had to struggle so hard to find out. Medicine is both brilliant and a mess just now.<br /><br />Richard WheelerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-17452560832319525952009-04-25T07:24:00.000-07:002009-04-25T07:24:00.000-07:00Have you read the short story "Interpreter of Mala...Have you read the short story "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri? It's all about a man who works in a doctor's office translating patient complaints from one language or dialect to one the doctor can understand.David Jack Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02156198681784465777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-31346169209399525132009-04-24T18:57:00.000-07:002009-04-24T18:57:00.000-07:00What separates the technician from the engineer? T...What separates the technician from the engineer? The degree.<br /><br />But I think I take your point.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-41597264376919773282009-04-24T17:18:00.000-07:002009-04-24T17:18:00.000-07:00Actually, Todd, most doctors are just technicians,...Actually, Todd, most doctors are just technicians, not engineers.Jerry Housenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-26561964823370651922009-04-24T17:04:00.000-07:002009-04-24T17:04:00.000-07:00Doctors are engineers of humans. Most engineers ar...Doctors are engineers of humans. Most engineers aren't that good at People Skills. <br /><br />Every once in a while you get the guy who is Really Really that much better with the specs than with the actual product.<br /><br />And then you might get the one who got into it because they liked to hang out in the garage.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.com