Medical Mumbojumbo

I don't know about the rest of ye, but I pretty much a blank slate when it comes to any medical mumbojumbo. Today I recieved a letter from the hospital saying things like "lumbar spine" and "radiology".. why can't they just say that "hey you, you have to get an xray on your spine".. Bah!

whiskeyman

Dr Hibbert: Homer, I'm afraid you'll have to undergo a coronary bypass operation.

Homer: Say it in English, Doc.

Dr Hibbert: You're going to need open heart surgery.

Homer: Spare me your medical mumbo-jumbo.

Dr Hibbert: We're going to cut you open and tinker with your ticker.

Homer: Could you dumb it down a shade?

the_syco

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I don't know about the rest of ye, but I pretty much a blank slate when it comes to any medical mumbojumbo. Today I recieved a letter from the hospital saying things like "lumbar spine" and "radiology".. why can't they just say that "hey you, you have to get an xray on your spine".. Bah!

The spine, IIRC, is made up of 3 different segments. The letter just says which part.

Its the same thing in hospitals though .. they always use the same medical mumbojumbo and I'm sitting there going, "hrm..er .. so.. the leg bone connects to the hip bone"

Wertz

They're trained medical professionals...it comes as second nature and for the most part, if you're not sure of something all you have to do is ask them to decipher it.

Would you expect to take your car to a mechanic and be told that the roundy things on the bottom aren't going around properly because the noisy bit in the front of it needs to be swapped for a less noisy bit?

Wertz

Wertz wrote:

They're trained medical professionals...it comes as second nature and for the most part, if you're not sure of something all you have to do is ask them to decipher it.

Would you expect to take your car to a mechanic and be told that the roundy things on the bottom aren't going around properly because the noisy bit in the front of it needs to be swapped for a less noisy bit?

My God, I wish mechanics did talk like that! That'd be fantastic

Wertz

Yes, but then how could they charge you €80 an hour, not including parts?

What we really need is medical card system for the less well-off car owners in society...

Yes, but it would make hospital visits that more interesting.."You've got a major case of the owwies and you'll need 10CC's of wooza-wooza"

aidan_walsh

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Yes, but it would make hospital visits that more interesting.."You've got a major case of the owwies and you'll need 10CC's of wooza-wooza"

In which case someone will start a crap thread giving out that doctors are talking down to them.

btkm8unsl0w5r4

aidan_walsh wrote:

In which case someone will start a crap thread giving out that doctors are talking down to them.

Oh too true.....

KTRIC

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Yes, but it would make hospital visits that more interesting.."You've got a major case of the owwies and you'll need 10CC's of wooza-wooza"

then they'd just send you home with a wollypop and a pat on the head

ronbyrne2005

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I don't know about the rest of ye, but I pretty much a blank slate when it comes to any medical mumbojumbo. Today I recieved a letter from the hospital saying things like "lumbar spine" and "radiology".. why can't they just say that "hey you, you have to get an xray on your spine".. Bah!

get them to xray your brain while your in there.

JohnCleary

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I don't know about the rest of ye, but I pretty much a blank slate when it comes to any medical mumbojumbo. Today I recieved a letter from the hospital saying things like "lumbar spine" and "radiology".. why can't they just say that "hey you, you have to get an xray on your spine".. Bah!

Your spine is divided into 3 sections.
The lumbar spine is the lowest part and consists of the first 5 vertabre*

* I'm not being a smart-ar$e, I broke Lumbar 5 two years ago

ucd_guy

JohnCleary wrote:

Your spine is divided into 3 sections.
The lumbar spine is the lowest part and consists of the first 5 vertabre*

* I'm not being a smart-ar$e, I broke Lumbar 5 two years ago

Huh? :eek: Your spine is divided into 5 sections - Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacral and Coccygeal, in descending order!

biko

Maybe they should speak like this lolz