just to give you an idea of some of the characters I have to work with...this happened to me on Thursday afternoon. just for background, "sundown in the city" is a huge, free, outdoor concert here in knoxville at market square every thursday night in the summer. if you're ever here, it's loads of fun and always jam packed with people. anyway...
Me: I want to have you try 2 or 3 new exercises today.
Patient: Are you kidding? I'm gonna have to get lit tonight at sundown so I can dance anyway. If you make me do this, I'm gonna have to get so drunk I can hardly stand up. And I STILL might be hurting too bad to dance! Please don't make me?!
(And yes, he was being totally serious, but he did at least try the exercises. Then I made him promise he wouldn't drive while he was drunk. He laughed at me. Then he offered to buy all of my patients "2 Heineken's" if they would join him at Sundown..."even the ones who aren't 21! I don't care!")
Oh have mercy...
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That is quality right there. My patients like to say they are not going to anything (HEP) if it is not on Goodyear time. I guess they think they are sticking it the man.
HOoray, Leslie's back!! (sorry it's taken me this long to realize....)
My pt load can't even remember me giving them a HEP five minutes after I put it in their hand... :o)
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