My Emergency Room Horror Story

[proudretiredvet]

46. Don't you love docs who know it all before they examine you?

I'm a 100% disabled vet with aftermarket parts in both knees, one hip, and one shoulder. One of my knees suddenly became very painful. I went to the VA, saw the intake nurse who sent me to Xray for some new pics of that knee. When I went into see the doc, before he read my files, reviewed the xrays or even looked at my knee, he told me I had RA. My wife and I just looked at each other and then I told him that I have total knees in both legs. How does that work, how can I have RA in that knee. He then brought up the new pics on his computer and told us that, "OK we need to start over."
The visit turned out well but I should have been able to put a note in his file.