7/2017
I had this conversation at work the other night.
“So, how ya doing?”, I said as I entered the room.
“I hurt Doc. I hit myself in the leg with a sledgehammer,” he said. I presumed that he did this while working on something and it was an accident. But, I didn’t ask.
When I examined his leg, there was a large area of swelling, abrasion and the purple discoloration of a big hematoma just below the outside of his right knee.
I said, “Well, I’ll get an x-ray of your leg and come back and let you know what it shows when it’s done.”
When I went back in the room, I said, “Well, good news. Nothing is broken.”
“Then why does it hurt so much?” he replied.
“Probably because you hit it with a sledgehammer,” I said.
Sometimes you just have to use logic with your patients, whether it is needed or not.
Grumpy Uncle/Brother Dave.
Weary.