Never a Dull Moment!

So one day I was working at a walk-in clinic on a Friday afternoon and I had the following patient encounter:

Nurse: What are you here for today?
Patient: My back hurts.
Nurse: Where does your back hurt?
Patient: I dunno, up here (touching upper back) and down here (touching lower back)
Patient: Do you think the doctor will give me some pain medicine? Because if I can't get any pain medicine I don't know what I'm doing here, I should just leave.
Nurse: I really don't know what kind of medicine the doctor might give you, how long has your pain been there?
Patient: Well about 2 weeks, but this pain in my low back has been there for like 2 years!
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Nurse (to doctor): Just to let you know the patient in room 5 is asking for pain medicines.
Doctor: Well, I'm not going to give narcotics, but I'll talk to them and check it out.
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Doctor: Nice to meet you, what brings you to the clinic today?
Patient: I need some more treatment for my herpes.

So Many Stories, so little....

There are so many random, interesting, funny, sad, whatever stories I've meant to archive in this space, but obviously it has not been happening. I could make a whole list of excuses... to little time, interest, energy, motivation, etc. But the stories are still there floating around in my memory, they won't be 'fresh' when I finally write them, but that is probably just as well. So coming someday... I will continue the "my first" series, like my first delivery, circumcision, suturing, death, chest tube, toenail removal ext. and also the "The other day I saw or did ____" series for other stories. So hopefully my memory will hold out until I can get whatever it is I need to write them down!