Close to Home by John McPherson for February 16, 2023

Hopefully your doctor gets your point…literally!

Nurse we’ll need ex-rays, blood test and what ever else we can think of that will run the bill up. We’ll get to the bottom of this.

Just slump forward a bit with your head between your knees so they can get a better view.

Ever notice that the white paper on that exam table is the same that butchers use for wrapping meat?

Something tells me his wife has something to do with this…

I think this would be a good use of Occam’s razor.

Doctor, Doctor, I’ve been stabbed in three places!

(I would make a Vegas bet, that almost everybody here knows the response.) ツ

“When did this pain start? Do you have any idea what’s causing it?”

Cue The Backstabbers by The O’Jays.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCY6flzgfA4

Hi Bleeb!

My luck, this would be a virtual visit and they’d never have a chance to look at my back.

sir do you happen to have a good friend named iscariot or an arnold? That might explain your predicament

Maybe listen to his lungs….

True story about a woman a few years back who got mugged. Went home. Next day discovered a knife in her back…I could Google it but…nah.

Work related injury.

It does seem like doctors today are more likely to listen to what the problem is than to ever actually touch or examine you. It’s been years since any of several doctors I’ve had looked in my ears, thumped on my back or stomach or looked down my throat.

Nurse’s scrubs are spoiling Bleeb’s view.

“I’m going to send you down the hall and have Dr. Cassius take a look.”

You may need to see a specialist.

If they would just turn him around, they’d probably get a better handle on the situation.

Don’t worry Bleeb, they don’t suspect a thing.

That reminds me of the time I got a kidney stone but the stab was a bit lower!

OK, just lie back and we’ll see what the problem is.

See, I had a run in with that backstabber at work.