Go Back to Med School
Now that Mister is on the mend I had a conversation with our usual physiotherapist. Here is how it went:
Therapist: Which vertebrae did Mister break?
Me: C6
Therapist: Which part of C6?
Me: What do you mean?
Therapist: Which part of C6? Was it the twin transverse foramina? Maybe it was the carotid tubercule?
Me: Oh, it was the wingy bit.
Therapist: What do you mean the wingy bit? Could it have been the superior or inferior articular facet? Maybe even the caudal surface or the foramen transversarium.
Me: Is that the wingy bit?
Therapist: I will get you a spine and you can show me.
(He returns with his fake skeleton that looks nothing like the CAT scan image I remember.)
Therapist: What part was broken?
Me: I don’t know. It was the wingy bit. Maybe you should go back to medical school and figure out what that means.
As the secretary chortled and said ‘you just made my day’, I felt vindicated in a foramen transversarium kind-of way.
What??? Oh come on, EVERYBODY knows what the caudularial trinaniumum circularis is! What an ass to throw these “big” (ego inflating?) words at you. And what a great comeback!
He is really a nice guy but his use of jargon went too far – I can only take so much 🙂
Love it. I am starting PT tomorrow for a knee problem and actually had to spell the problem for the medical secretary who needs to write my referral.
Did you have to spell Knee or Problem? 🙂
well that is another reason to love you. Can you please make this guy a coffee mug that says “wingy bit” – I will totally chip in
I love it!!
Ha ha! Love it 🙂 x
Thanks!
I *did* miss this the first time around, so I’m glad you tweeted about it. It was worth it for the x-ray labels alone. That physio needs to learn regular person jargon. Or, here’s an idea: Read the referral from the MD.
Poor Mister, though. Is he all better now? Is there anyone in your family who hasn’t broken a bone in 2015?!
Technically all the family but me broke bones in 2015. Only my son and I broke anything this year. So totally normal. Glad you liked my image 😉 It is one of my better ones for sure.