Re: word help please

Sooooo glad your/his news was good, Barb! Hopefully you can get him to
back off some...

Anne/OH

On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 19:47:19 -0500, "Barbara Carlson"
<bbcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>This doctor often comes up with some strange ones--archaic terms. The ROS
>and PMH are often the ones I get stuck on because usually there is no
>reference!
>
>Tonight I am brain dead anyway. Rushed my husband to the ER at 6 this
>morning with chest pain. I had taken a sleeping pill to try to get a good
>night's sleep, so that was a waste. The good news is that it wasn't his
>heart--He had been doing way too much with hurricane cleanup, against
>everyone's advice. Apparently it was muscle spasm (after loading and
>unloading about 50 fence posts he picked up "free" from a shade house that
>was destroyed--still long enough for fence posts!) He has a serious cardiac
>condition and shouldn't be doing things like that!
>
>Anyway, they have kept him overnight for observation because of his cardiac
>history, but his cardiac enzymes were okay, EKG okay, CAT scan okay, chest
>x-ray okay, and whatever else they tested him for! He is feeling okay
>tonight and probably home in the morning--but when I went to come home car
>wouldn't start--electrical system not working at all. Had to get someone to
>come pick me up, and will have to take me back tomorrow, and car is still
>parked at the hospital 20+ miles away! A friend is going to try to get the
>car started.
>
>I am so tired right now I shouldn't be working but after over a week with no
>electricity I am behind!
>
>Back to work, but I am going to bed early. I read about Sue's problems and
>know how lucky I am to have one of the "good ones". He isn't great at
>nursing care such as when I dislocated my hip prosthesis after Katrina, but
>he does care and tries hard!
>
>Barb C.
>"Anne Vasquez" <annevasquez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:1rxaf.12128$dO2.9058@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> I've about given up trying to figure out why they dictate some of the
>> things in the PE or ROS the way they do. For example, why do so many of
>> them dictate, "HEENT: No adenopathy or thyromegaly"??
>>
>> Anne
>>
>>
>> Barbara Carlson wrote:
>>> That would sure make more sense. I will listen again and see if I can
>>> hear that. I bet that is what it is, except why would he just say
>>> "mouth". It should be ENT: negative since he doesn't mention any other
>>> positive findings.
>>>
>>> Thanks. I was sure I should be hearing something other than "minty".
>>>
>>> Barb C.
>
.

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