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What A Waste Of Time
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On watching GPs behind closed doors on Tv ( I think that's what its called) last night, I wonder just how much these GPs have to bite their tongue with some patients. A chap around the sixty mark came complaining of the amount of peeing he was doing day and night, when she asked him how much he drank, he said between 3/4 cups of tea an hour, she said all day? yes he said, and how much coffee she asked, he said about 4/5 in between, plus water, she asked, including evening time? yes he said. She said well what's really your thoughts, or worrying you? your prostrate, yes he said. So just to put his mind at rest and get rid of him she gave him an examination there and then, 2 min job, even though he had one 6 months ago, it was normal. Do you think its his brain that wants investigating. :0)
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Doc Martin would have got that very expensive scanner out that he has in his surgery and performed an ultrasound scan to see if the prostate was enlarged or deformed. He would have taken bloods to check his PSA level to check for cancer. He would also have tested for diabetes. He was have advised him to reduce his fluid intake. Dr Martin might be rude and abrupt but he is thorough.
"bloke's got a screw missing"
What an insensitive and judgemental thing to say.
I would be interested to see any medical qualifications held by the person who posted that opinion.
Maybe the patient has psychological issues - maybe he just "made up" the 3/4 cups per hour of tea and all the other beverages he claims to drink. Would there be enough minutes in an hour and hours in the day for him to actually drink what he claims to drink?
It is possible that the GP was aware that the man has psychological issues and was putting his mind at rest to try to ease his distress. That is most certainly not a waste of time.
Let's hope that those people who would dismiss this man as "having a screw missing" never themselves suffer from any form of psychological problems. But if they do, I sincerely hope that you are never dismissed as "having a screw missing".
What an insensitive and judgemental thing to say.
I would be interested to see any medical qualifications held by the person who posted that opinion.
Maybe the patient has psychological issues - maybe he just "made up" the 3/4 cups per hour of tea and all the other beverages he claims to drink. Would there be enough minutes in an hour and hours in the day for him to actually drink what he claims to drink?
It is possible that the GP was aware that the man has psychological issues and was putting his mind at rest to try to ease his distress. That is most certainly not a waste of time.
Let's hope that those people who would dismiss this man as "having a screw missing" never themselves suffer from any form of psychological problems. But if they do, I sincerely hope that you are never dismissed as "having a screw missing".