Unprofessional

By dr immature - 23/12/2013 23:11 - United States - Washington

Today, I diagnosed a patient with a spastic colon. For some reason, the term "spastic colon" has always amused me, and I burst into uncontrollable laughter as I said it. By the time I managed to stop laughing, my eyes were watering and my patient was visibly angry. FML
I agree, your life sucks 23 406
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Same thing different taste

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I'm glad to see doctors still find medical terminology childish

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ViviMage 38

You make money than I do and you laugh at a patient's clearly embarrassing condition?? You should start pretending to be a duck!

Must be hard being a doctor. Everyone expects you to know everything, be serious all the time, never make mistakes and generally not be a human being.

maybe you should have gone into a different specialty. just sayin.

Oh lighten up ppl! He thought it was funny and so do i! Get your panties out of a bunch! U ****** ppl need to pull the stick out of ur asshole!

Hahaha, I'm smiling just just reading it. I don't blame you, though doctors generally are a little more respectable.

Sounds like you needed to go into psychiatry! Couldn't stop laughing during that rotation!

Nothing funny about a spastic colon.. Especially during the holidays :(

I am sorry to say that OP, but in this moment your behaviour was that of an asshole. As a doctor, you should be able to control yourself in such a situation. What will you do next? Find out how funny the words "pancreatic carcinoma" are?