Where’s the sense in that? For a doctor he doesn’t seem to know
Posted in General on 11. Oct, 2010
Where’s the sense in that? For a doctor, he doesn’t seem to know much about the human body And another thing Exercise makes you hungry. If I go on the long walks he wants me to go on, what am I going to do? Replace that lost energy by eating more Put on more weight You see, he doesn’t make sense. And then he accuses me of negligence! I’ve a good mind to counter-sue for sheer barefaced cheek…Counsel: MRS ARMSTRONG!Defendant: Yes?Counsel: We are not here to listen to your monologue! The way this court works is that I ask you a question, and you give me the answer. Then you wait for another question.Defendant: Fair enough.Counsel: Now, Mrs Armstrong, I believe that the last time you went to Dr Fellowes, you were complaining of bad knees…Defendant: I’ll say I was! They were causing me agony First one, then the other Such aches and pains I could hardly walk. He said that the reason for this was that I was loading too much weight on them Weight, I said.
You think I go round the house carrying heavy loads? I’m not well enough to carry heavy things. No, no, no, he said, I mean your own weight, your knees aren’t well enough to carry your own weight. The cheek! Look, I said, that might be true if I did a lot of standing up, but most of the time I’m sitting down, taking the weight off my legs, so what’s he talking about? And if he wants me to take more exercise, what’s that but giving my knees more of a load? You see…In the public interest, we are drawing a veil over the rest of this trial. But remember, the average doctor has to put up with this mental cruelty from patients all the time. The next time you go to your doctor, give the poor thing a break And if in doubt, don’t go at all. This trial was sponsored by the ‘Better Patients Mean Better Doctors’ campaign
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