Today, a patient was late for a psychiatry appointment, after having missed his previous two. I am the medical student on the team that was supposed to do his assessment. I said, "You snooze, you lose." Everyone stopped and looked at me. Apparently, he missed them because he has narcolepsy. FML
I agree, your life sucks (9035) - you totally deserved it (29704)
On 08/10/2009 at 6:48pm - health - by psychedout (man) - United States (Georgia)
(+1)althoughhhhh...
awkward accidental doctor-medicine humour wins again!
judd apatow is out of a job
#98 - On 08/11/2009 at 7:21am by senior_dingdong
(0)it's almost as ironic as a fire station burning down.
#130 - On 07/20/2010 at 12:07pm by criminalmind
YDI for not knowing anything about your patients, and for being such a crass, little prick.
#7 - On 08/10/2009 at 6:58pm by mkivsuptt
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not ur faut its his fault for being a sick person. dont feel bad cuz hes a freak and he wont be awake to hear it. ur healthy so u have the rite to make fun of inferiors
#9 - On 08/10/2009 at 7:05pm by stryker0530
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how in the world does that justify bullying??? does this mean doctors get to make fun of their patients just for being sick, possibly with a condition they were born with? NO!
(0)i hope you get cancer for saying that stuff. sheesh. sick people are the same as normal people.
#75 - On 08/11/2009 at 12:49am by ravinderkaler
(0)your born with narcelepsy asshole. its not his fualt. you should consider yourself lucky you ahve good health
#94 - On 08/11/2009 at 3:50am by jdizzle1245
(0)Medical student, about to do his ASSESSMENT. Meaning, he doesn't know about the guy yet.
#122 - On 08/17/2009 at 2:00am by Laaaaaauura
(0)Some doctor.... and what if it turned out he'd killed himself or been seriously injured?
But really, why didn't you know he was a narcoleptic? Shouldn't somebody have told you, or shouldn't you have looked it up, or something?
#15 - On 08/10/2009 at 7:13pm by DameGreyWulf
(0)of course he should have known it. First of all, reading patients notes before examining them saves time during the actual examination, especially if it is a follow-up (which it is in this case). Secondly, it is totally unprofessional to joke like that.
(0)he said that he'd missed the last two appointments. i really doubt he was in an accident three times. i work in a free clinic, and even there if you don't show up that many times, they stop referring you to any doctors, which was the case here. it's not his fault, it was just a bad choice of words.
#26 - On 08/10/2009 at 7:51pm by curryndricegirll
(0)I agree. The poor guy says, "apparently" meaning he had no idea, and a lot of times students are thrown into these situations and given a few minutes to learn about their next patient. I totally agree, that sucks. What irony, though.
(+1)Well, no, what I meant is that he shouldn't just assume the patient was missing the appointments on purpose, especially if he's becoming a doctor.
#37 - On 08/10/2009 at 9:22pm by DameGreyWulf
(+1)Agreed, especially since it's a psych patient. Who assumes that a psych patient missed appointments because they were lazy? He could be manic or psychotic, he could have been arrested, he could be too depressed to get out of bed...I'm sure it's very common for psych patients to miss appointments due to their disorder. The OP should be more sensitive about it.
(+2)Yeeeeeeeeaaaaahh, you're the kind of person I fear achieving a medical degree.
...You DO know you're allowed to read (and pay attention to) the case files...right?
#22 - On 08/10/2009 at 7:33pm by Lia_Mackenzie
(0)HHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
#24 - On 08/10/2009 at 7:41pm by princesspinky
(-1)I don't want to sound like a complete douche, but it kind of is the patient's fault for not showing up twice and coming late the third. I really doubt anything happened so that he couldn't come THAT many times. The doctor was just really unlucky that the guy was coming in for a narcolepsy. Technically, after a while, you can refuse them service.
#27 - On 08/10/2009 at 7:55pm by curryndricegirll
(+1)you do know that narcolepsy is a syndrome which causes one to fall asleep at innapropriate times during the day and not be able to sleep through the night? it also causes the dreaming state to occur 20 minutes faster than it normally would (after ten minutes rather than a half hour)
#32 - On 08/10/2009 at 8:22pm by rotf_coaster_9
(0)#27, you have actually surpassed the level of idiocy I thought possible. I mean, what are you even on about? Service refusal because he has an uncontrollable syndrome?
When you talk, do German subtitles come up, or...?
#34 - On 08/10/2009 at 8:38pm by repyourcliche
(0)I don't come up with the policies, but they can literally say that if you don't show up, they stop referring you. I'm not saying that I agree with it, but a lot of places have that rule.
I take back that it was the patient's fault, but it certainly isn't the doctor's either.
#45 - On 08/10/2009 at 10:03pm by curryndricegirll
(+3)It's true that they can refuse service, but you can't say it's the patient's fault when the very disorder he is trying to receive treatment for is what's causing him to miss appointments. The doctors then have to work with the patient to find a way to make sure he shows up.
The problem with narcolepsy is that you can't help it. Even if you don't want to fall asleep, you can't stop it because you feel so exhausted. Your body exerts on you this heavy pressure to fall asleep, to the point where you are unable to resist. I'm sure most people have experienced that kind of exhaustion at least once before - imagine feeling it every day. I have narcolepsy, and it sucks ass, and my case is only mild. The patient probably never meant to miss appointments, but he just couldn't control his inability to stay awake.
(0)Ok.
"Pimpin88", you are the same guy who posts Fucking TEXT WALLS Lecturing Everyone on EVERYTHING from Gay marriage to Army involvement in Iraq to Womens' rights and Sexual Morality.
And Yet here you are advocating the Dumbshit "doctor" who made an inappropriate crack at his patient.
So much for that high-horse riding shit that you normally post.
#47 - On 08/10/2009 at 10:09pm by Jazzywrites007
(0)Surely if he was taking a "crack" at his patient he would have had to know that he suffered from narcolepsy? It was just an unfortunate choice in expression.
(0)its not ur fault, narcolepsy is a really rare disorder
#31 - On 08/10/2009 at 8:17pm by justmyluck1212
(0)hahahah but YDI for using corny phrases!
dont worry though, maybe the narcoleptic person thought it was funny too
#33 - On 08/10/2009 at 8:30pm by winemysavior
(+2)Wow, next time, read the patient's chart before going to meet with him. If we nursing students can do it, surely you medical students can do it too.
(0)That would require med students to actually care about the people not just the disease they are treating. We nurses have to pick up their slack in the whole "Human contact" thing.
#71 - On 08/11/2009 at 12:29am by sarah_berah
(0)are you serious? medical students aren't people looking to just get over with the easiest stuff ever. they don't just treat patients, they do actually interact with them. and i'm not saying this because i think nurses are inferior or anything, my mom is a nurse.
#76 - On 08/11/2009 at 12:51am by ravinderkaler
(0)Hmm
I'll stand by you and say its not your fault given that you were a student. However you should have at least looked at his file. I mean seriously :p learn from it.
Also, Hilarious.
(0)So, kindly explain why "everyone" knew this man has narcolepsy? Please explain why you revealed protected confidential health information in this public forum and why you violated Federal HIPAA laws. Please explain why you would come to this site, with your IP address recorded and traceable to YOU, and admit to violating a Federal Statute.
For a medical team member, with supposedly above average education and intelligence, you have got to be one of the dumbest mother f_*kers who has ever posted on "fmylife.com".
You are right about one thing, FYL. But for the wrong reason. You have FYL and your career permanently. Good luck getting a license to practice in the USA.
Of course, you might just be a damnable pathological liar who makes things up for a laugh.
Frankly, I think you are the latter. And a dumb MOFO too.
FYL * 10 loser.
(-1)OhmyBLOODYhell get off your high horse, if you are that fucking pissed and you actually trace his IP address to him, then you are crazier than I think. And I also think that if you tried to report him they'd find what you alleged completely unfounded. And I also don't think that anyone on here, gives a fuck who he is or about his patient, there are a lot of people with narcolepsy I doubt we'd find this guys patient.
#42 - On 08/10/2009 at 9:46pm by ohhhhshizzz
(0)I have to interject, HIPAA privacy laws are meant to protect patients and their private health information. Even if you did trace the IP address (lets say to a public library computer), you A) cannot identify the patient based on any information given, B) Have no idea if any pertinent details were changed, and C) actually have no idea if the encounter even took place.
Doctors write about their memorable patients in their memoirs, blogs, etc, all the time. I'm pretty sure this guy is smart enough to make sure he didn't betray his patient. And seriously, do you think everything on FML actually happened? You might want to write one of your own.
(-1)you're so stupid, lmao. i love idiotic people like you who give long speech-type lectures on this and that. OP can't be arrested,
i'm certain that by 'everyone', the OP meant everyone on the medical team.
and he didn't give away any of the patient's personal information in the fml.
he didn't say the patient's name.
he didn't say where in georgia he was from.
all he said was the patient had narcolepsy and the patient attended a psychiatry assessment.
think it over before you write.
he DIDN'T reveal protected confidential health information on this 'public forum'.
he DIDN'T violate federal HIPAA laws.
and he DEFINITELY didn't admit to violating federal statute.
REEETARD.
(0)Fuck you for being a shitrag. And you're not even right!
HIPPA is the Health Insurance Privacy and Portability Act. It *ONLY* applies if you transmit insurance information. I (nor my agency) doesn't even collect any insurance information; we're not even subject to any of HIPPA.
If he said that Joe Blow in Smithsville, GA has narcolepsy, it would be a severe breach of doctor-patient confidentiality; this may be illegal. But the AMA would can your ass so fast that it wouldn't matter.
But he did neither. He said that, perhaps somewhere in Georgia, one of his patients has narcolepsy. Well one of MY patients had a stroke, and another a miscarriage. Tough shit for you, nothing happens to me.
I just know you're the type of douchebag who is going to be like "well I'm fucking Superman so what I say matters". So my background: I'm a NJ EMT-B, who has extensively studied the federal and state statues regulating EMS. Naturally, confidentiality is a big deal for us.
Now don't you dare ever assume you're so much smarter than everyone else you fuckwit.
#51 - On 08/10/2009 at 10:25pm by slimjim8094
(0)@51:
Well please pardon me all to hell. If I had know we had a NJ (only a fool would admit that) EMT in the audience, I would have provided you a transcript for editing before I posted here.
So what's your story? You flunked out of 1st year med school... oh wait! You don't need even a 2-year degree for your "job"... Hell, all you need is $50 and a crooked NJ cousin in politics to get your "EMT" certificate. Thanks so much for trying to sound like you know something.
Now, take a station firehouse and give yourself a high colonic... you are bound to feel so much better when you "professionally" flush all that shit out of your system.
(0)Ur sayin F.U. To them because they proved you wrong? somebody's a little self conscious here
#67 - On 08/11/2009 at 12:05am by thtnerdykid
(0)Was I a little abrasive? Sure. I'm tired of people getting a big head.
For what it's worth, I don't know anybody in politics to pay off. I steer clear of all that; I know it's not too strenuous (about 140 hours... a few months) to get a cert, but not that easy. And I'm a volunteer; why would I spend $50 when I don't even make that money back?
But you didn't address the point. At all. So clearly you have no response.
You seem to believe you're super-qualified to look down your nose at everybody else. What, exactly, is your claim to all this knowledge? Don't be modest, spit it out.
Wait, never mind. I just read the other comments on this page. I'm forced to conclude you're just a troll. I'd be embarassed about falling for it, but I'm having just as much fun as you are... Hope you're hungry :)
#74 - On 08/11/2009 at 12:47am by slimjim8094
(0)And this, psychedout, is why God has forsaken you. He hates dumbasses.
#40 - On 08/10/2009 at 9:40pm by TurdMonkey
(0)they didnt really reaveal anything.. no name no lacation ect... what the hell is the big deal ya dork
#44 - On 08/10/2009 at 9:53pm by RedNeckAndProud
(0)Wow. You couldn't have known. You were just helping with his assessment, it probably wasn't up to you to scan his file just yet. But that does such. And how was this bullying? It's a wicked common phrase! FYL.
#55 - On 08/10/2009 at 10:50pm by SusanaSaysRawrxD
(-1)@42:
By your accent, I will give you are the benefit of doubt that you do not know relevant US law, and are not an adult. Otherwise, you have shit-for-brains... the runny, yellow, baby type.
In the US, we have privacy laws totally covering all aspects of all health-care. A medical professional or staffer cannot even acknowledge to a third party that you are a patient. Perhaps in your Country, YOUR syphilis, depression, sexual dysfunction, and prescription for Viagra are a matter of Public Record. If that is the case, then it sucks to be you. We demand privacy and freedom in the USA, and it's one reason we go to war to protect it.
Next you ignorant ballerina-crotch, I have no way of knowing your IP address and could not care less. But YOUR ISP does know, Fmylife does know, and it is recorded. Are you really so stupid to think that anything you do on the Internet is private and cannot be traced? Less that ".001%" of Internet users know how to mask their locations, and you sure as "OhmyBLOODYhell" have no idea how to hide yourself.
Once again you ranting ignoramus, if I did know who your "buddy" was, you can bet your ass I would refer him to his State Professional Licensing Board. OP has no business posting patient (regardless of how anonymous) information in a public forum. Furthermore, there are more people on this thread who DO care than those who don't. In addition, I do live and work in the USA, and as a matter of fact, I DO know what I am talking about, in contrast to your statement that you "think... completely unfounded"; any 1st year law student, or any medical professional, knows this is medical malpractice, and punishable by fines and/or imprisonment in a Federal detention facility.
Finally, I am not pissed... I am not annoyed... I AM amused by your brainless and baseless "thoughts" expressed here.
Please, kindly consider doing us all a favor, and POST SOME MORE. You have shown us you are an asshole, might as well show us that you are also the stupid and nutless pencil-dick that we know you are.
P.S. To all of you Insurance staffers: what the hell do you know about HIIPA law? Just shuffle your papers, and keep denying subscriber benefits. Obama is going to fire you numnutz anyway.
(0)may i suggest that you take that pretentious manner of yours and swallow it... but i suppose with how inflated it is you would choke on it.
With no name and no location(besides state) given, there is no breach of federal HIPAA laws.
please do not try to show us up with your "knowledge" its quite like watching a bee in a spider web... quite self confident that it can escape but entirely screwed in all aspects.
(0)chill #60. Its when a person falls asleep at random times...that is a very basic answer. Someone else can answer it better probably.
(0)lol tell a lazy insomniac to stop sleeping on the job
#107 - On 08/11/2009 at 12:23pm by rotf_coaster_9
(0)I don't get why they stopped to look at you. It was a pun. They should have laughed. They must be really uptight.
(0)What's the big deal? Just bad timing and you didn't know. On top if that I HIGHLY doubt he missed and was late for that reason... It's not like they fall asleep all the time.
(0)Why must we be so politically correct people grow up if people make fun of a defect of yours suck it up. Plus it makes for a boring life if you can't take a joke and have to run to ur mommy all the time.
(0)Dont really see how this a fml life moment. More like haha moment. You take your self to seriously.
#77 - On 08/11/2009 at 12:51am by yahyahgirl18
How is this funny? I highly doubt this is real. Seriously, it's so fucking corny.
#79 - On 08/11/2009 at 12:56am by Tarynkd
(0)HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA! YDI for being an ass! Students are supposed to study, like . . . oh I don't know . . . maybe the patient's file so you don't say something stupid.
(0)If you were to be doing his assessment, wouldn't you have known before hand that he had narcolepsy? So YDI for being dumb. Also, I highly doubt anyone got upset/mad about it. I'm sure plenty of people laughed. I know I would have.
#83 - On 08/11/2009 at 1:27am by toughluck08
(0)Nice choice of words rofl
Don't worry too much, it's not like you knew and were making a sick joke or anything =P
(0)Now this is funny. OP you're an asshole AND YDI .
#93 - On 08/11/2009 at 3:18am by BlackScorpionAng
(0)Stryker0530: it's not the guys fault he's sick! What is wrong with you?!
But it wasn't your fault. Youndidnt know.
(0)"You snooze, you lose."
"He's not SNOOZING, he's teaching a class."
"...Well then somebody's snoozing."
SORRY, HAD TO SAY IT.
#99 - On 08/11/2009 at 7:34am by RockieGirl
(0)Haha, come on, that joke was hilarious BECAUSE he had narcolepsy. Your psychiatry friends should lighten the heck up. It's not like a joke is going to make them care less about treating his narcolepsy. Sometimes if you're not laughing you're crying, so LAUGH FOR PETE'S SAKE! Hell, even the guy WITH the narcolepsy might find this funny, and if he doesn't then he has personality problems to add to his sleeping problems.
(0)#56... FarSide, you're insane. If you're so convinced that the OP violated some laws, why don't you use your internet tracking expertise and report him to the proper authorities. Then they can arrest him and punish him.
And while you're at it, report me too. Why? Because I'm going to violate the same privacy laws right now. Ready??
Some dude has narcolepsy.
There you go. I'm an outlaw.
(0)man you are a bitch
this is why i hate psychiatrists. they think they know everything
#109 - On 08/11/2009 at 12:59pm by thecryingpotato
(0)YDI For not being a fucking psychic and knowing he has Narcolepsy.
I mean, it's totally normal for people to ask, "Hey, do you have a medical condition that will stop you from attending an appointment?"
Now that I completely over-analyzed this situation and jumped to conclusions, I'm going to give you a long list of vile insults.
(0)No one is expecting him to be a psychic. What I do expect however, is a certain level of professionalism from someone studying to be a DOCTOR. YDI for being an unprofessional ass.
(0)Oh god, this is my favorite part of FML.
You screwed up, it was funny, and now we get to read about it. I can almost promise you that the end of the world will not be the result of ban puns.
Thank you for being "an unprofessional ass." YDI
#112 - On 08/11/2009 at 10:57pm by wheretonow
(0)i decided to read the comments in hope of finding out what narcolepsy is, but i guess im the only one who doesnt know..
oh well, off to urbandictionary.com i go!
#113 - On 08/11/2009 at 11:23pm by lnf9ohfour
(0)narcolepsy is a chronic sleep disorder.
if you didn't know before, use context clues and/or google.
welcome to the 21st century.
#114 - On 08/12/2009 at 1:30am by toughluck08
(0)You're going to urbandictionary for that? Do you do all your research there? I'm not sure what earthly reason you would have had to think that "narcolepsy" was some kind of slang term. I really, really hope you learn about this new thing called "google" in the near future.
(0)Narcolepsy is horrible. It causes people to fall asleep at random times in the day. They might even be driving and doze off. But seriously dude, psychiatric patients are the last people you want to be judging. YDI
#115 - On 08/12/2009 at 4:29am by jewelzgalore
(0)Dude, FYL. That's way too wrong to be anything you could have anticipated. Pretty funny though. Awful luck.
#120 - On 08/13/2009 at 9:50pm by DoctorDoomed
(0)narcolepsy win
together with tourettes the most funniest decease
i mean it sucks but its hilarious
