Bellies
I saw a family for a physical.
The father went first. He weighed over 350 pounds (email me if you want to know my trick for weighing him on my scale anyway) and so we discussed exercise and diet and so forth.
The 9-month-old was next. We did the weigh and measure thing, then went back into the exam room for the physical. As I often do, most of the exam was performed with the baby sitting on the dad's lap.
As I went to palpate the baby's abdomen, the dad cooed, "Where's that big belly?"
I looked at him and said, "No, it's the baby's turn now."
posted by #1 Dinosaur @ 10:11 PM
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6 Comments:
Ahhh, the obese!
Fatties are a doctor's bread and butter. Oui?
So what his reaction?
C'mon...
I'm dying to know your >350 lb weight trick!
Hee hee hee hee hee hee hee. I can'y stop laughing at this one. Likewise want to know the trick with the weight.
First 4 patients I saw on a recent
saturday at the urgent care clinic, 290,295,305, and 310 lbs..all women, all upper middle class with good insurance, all with URIs[colds actually]. One asked me about Orlistat,I opined it might help along with diet and exercise,pt didn't want any part of oily stools though.
I suspect the trick is to have two scales side by side. Have the patient stand one foot on each and add up the respective readings.
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