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On a lighter side, anybody have humorous/interesting patient interactions they'd like to share?
Memorable Patient Interactions
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My personal favorites after 10 years in practice:
1) The 8 year old girl who did not want to be examined and told me that my butt was stinky and that I had boogers in my nose.
2) The middle age woman who got double vision but ONLY when looking at the Virgin Mary.
3) The 65 year old patient with unilateral cataract wearing an eye patch over the good eye because he read about amblyopia in Reader's Digest and was patching the good eye to treat it.
4) The 90 year old nursing home patient desparate for new glasses so she could read the bible because she didn't have much time left and she "had better get started."
5) The prosthetic eye patient who came in with his prosthetic eye hidden in his and and upon being asked "how are you today" by my secretary responded with "I'll be fine......as soon as I put my EYE BACK IN MY HEAD" as he held it up causing the secretary to scream at the top of her lungs. (Such a kidder that guy)
6) The daughter of an elderly patient who phoned the office crying because her mom had just picked up new glasses a few weeks ago and had died of a heart attack. (we had sent a bill for some uncovered services.) We told her that we would gladly write off the bill but if it wasn't too much trouble, if she could bring the glasses back so that we could donate them to the Lion's club or some similar charity. After a pause, the said that they buried her in the glasses.
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In the optical where I used to work (this was before I started but the manager told me what happened), this lady came storming in one day yelling about how the medicine had dripped out of her glasses (classic) and stained her shirt and she wanted us to pay her dry cleaning bill. I don't even know how people come up with stuff like that.
One day while I was working a man came in looking for some durable frames. We showed him the titanium frames and he said "Um, no. I'm a welder and titanium melts at 3000 degrees. I need something else." What the heck?!
I can't wait to start seeing patients in May. I'm looking forward to LOTS of good stories!
One day while I was working a man came in looking for some durable frames. We showed him the titanium frames and he said "Um, no. I'm a welder and titanium melts at 3000 degrees. I need something else." What the heck?!
I can't wait to start seeing patients in May. I'm looking forward to LOTS of good stories!
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My fave so far is the girl that came in and just HHHHHAAAADDD to bring her stupid teacup chihuahua into her eye exam. Shes wearing a white sundress and decides the dog scared and needs to sit in her lap for the exam...
Of course the little rat urinates ALL over this girls lap. Funny part was she sat through the entire exam saying "ewey" "yucky" and had to walk out of the office lobby (full of pt's) showing off her yellow waredrobe malfunction.
I'll give it a 6/10 on the funny-o-meter.
Of course the little rat urinates ALL over this girls lap. Funny part was she sat through the entire exam saying "ewey" "yucky" and had to walk out of the office lobby (full of pt's) showing off her yellow waredrobe malfunction.
I'll give it a 6/10 on the funny-o-meter.
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