Sunday, July 10, 2011

I Don't Know How To Respond Or What To Answer When...

People tell me;

1. "Oh you so short?"
Really people, I've lived in my body my entire life - tell me something I don't know!


2. "How old are you?"
Do I just say my age or what?(but u don't just go about asking people their ages anyway!) I already know the response is gonna be " but you look so young" as though it's so shocking!


3. "Oh so you just a GP?"
WTH!!! Do you realise what it took just to get into Med School and to stay in there for 6 years? And hey every Dr has to start off as a GP anyway!


4. "How's your husband doing?"
Oh dear where do I begin! Should I just smile and mumble he's fine or do I go into the whole history:(



Family members ask;

1. "So how much are you earning?"
Isn't that personal? Sorry uncle but I don't exactly ask you how much you earn!


2. "So how many patients have you killed already?"
That is so not a funny question.


3. "The specialist said I'm going to need this Medication/Operation/Test, you think it's necessary?"
Hey you've been to a specialist and now you asking my opinion? I'm Confused?


4."My back/finger/toe/ear/hair/any other body part.... is paining, what do you think is wrong?"
I'm flattered by your faith in me but seriously I really can't just make a diagnosis based on your vague symptoms only!


5. "So do you think this drug 'trade-name' is good?"
I'm sorry I know I'm a Dr but I don't know the trade-names of all the drugs available.


6. "I would never send my daughter to University like how your mother sent you."
I'm glad I'm not your daughter:)




Patients say:


1. "I don't have money for bus-fare or to make a call to my family"
I'm really lost when it comes to this coz I mean I wanna help but then again majority of the patients are from poor social circumstances and I can't help everybody:(

2. "But Dr am I gonna be ok?"
Ooh I just hate this:( Usually get this after having explained a condition in simple terms. Should I be honest but cruel or just give false hope???




Colleagues say:


1. "You don't watch TV!! So what do you do when you get home?"
I don't know! TV has not been a part of my life for so many years so my routine is without it, anyway.


2. "You can definitely eat these gummy sweets, its got the halaal stamp on it:)"
No I can't! Why the hell do we have to have so many halaal certifying organisations in SA and no consensus amongst them!


3. "How come Muslim guys don't drink alcohol but they are allowed to do drugs?"
No they not supposed to do either...but how do I know what makes them think drugs is a lesser sin!

4. "You don't know what you missing out by not eating bacon. You should try some when your parents are not around"
Seriously do I look that starved?? And hey it's not my parents making these rules!



5 comments:

Fafa Lane said...

al can i say WOOOOOOOW!!!! dats really a lot questions that i wont be able to answer. talking about short i hate it bcoz its not like i can do a thing about my height. n about this question "I would never send my daughter to University like how your mother sent you." seriously!! dat is soo rude!!! n the bacon part, hmmm evntho dats the last food on earth i will never eat it :(

to b honest i really want ppl to shut up n stop saying stuff or asking stuff like these but this is the bitter sweet of life that everyone hve to face it :)


Silla

Humayda said...

Now you can just shake your head,tsk appropriately and link em to this blogpost.

Problem= Solved.

Sa'dia said...

LOL! that was hilarious! :)

Bint Mahmood said...

Lol:D top post! I shall definitely be linking some people to this post!

Adeel Qureshi said...

Hahaha. Think I should pop a question in I think ;) That's a alot of typical type of Q's many answers, not enough time :D