Pain Tolerance Level: Asian
Why yes that IS Justin Bieber crying in the middle of a Scrubs meme. Sue me.
I see this elderly Asian farmer on the ward who has his foot covered by a cloth.
Me: Hello sir, I'm told you have necrotising fasciitis (flesh-eating bacteria). Would you mind if I took a look?
Patient: No, go ahead. It's nothing great though.
Me (uncovering the leg): Oh, I've only seen NF cases in the UK. They're just red rashes mostly.
Patient: Yeah, this one is nothing much either.
I uncover his leg - AND THE ENTIRE FOOT'S SKIN IS GONE. Seriously, it looks like a 
dissection model.
Me: ...holy crap. Why did you wait so long to come to hospital?!
Patient: Oh, it was starting to itch a little in the field, so I thought I'd get a doctor to check it out.
LOL Asian people are just cool that way. Although I seem to be a bit of an exception :(
ReplyDelete*sigh* I wish I was Oriental Asian...A man can dream though...a man can dream...
ReplyDeleteyeah not to be racist, but a consultant once told me that oriental asians complain about half the pain they feel, but south asians complain about twice the pain they feel. bit strangely worded, but u get the message...
ReplyDeleteChocolateAndCream: NAWNSENSE. You're on ma blawg! All people on mah blawg are cool, dawg! Let's go smoke up an' shoot some nig-- okay you know what, I give up. This 'cool talk' is tiring. Damn kids.
ReplyDeleteNo but seriously, let's hope we never have to find out how much pain you can tolerate!
Prickatron: Oh I know precisely why you want to be Oriental Asian. Oh ho YES.
ReplyDelete*coughIwanttobeOrientaltoocough*
Dr Wannabe: Normally I wouldn't condone such jingoistic remarks here, tut tut, but OMFG THAT IS HILARIOUS. I come from a med school where these memes about race are widespread and tolerated. But seriously, ROFL.
ReplyDeleteZOMG, you actually replied to my comment. Excuse me while I go through my omgthereallycoolguyactuallyrepliedtomethatssoawesome*giggleslikeagirl* phase. In other news, I finally confimed my place on Med School today, so I'll see you in hel-uh,I mean- on the wards in a few years time.
ReplyDeletePrickatron: Whoa! Congrats! Are you SURE you wanna go through with it? I'm not even kidding, most doctors I know wouldn't encourage people to do medicine these days unless you had a real passion for it. It's not financially or socially rewarding anymore, which is why my idiot investment banker friends who graduated 3 years ago are all driving Beemers around whilst I kick-start my hand-crank jalopy in the morning. Blast.
ReplyDeleteI'll answer your question with a snapshot of my interview -
ReplyDeleteInterviewer: So, Prick, tell us, why do YOU want to do Medicine.
Me: Well, uh, you see, my parents want-
Interviewer:(sceptically)Your parents?
Me: I'm Asian, you see...
Interviewer: (nodding sympathetically) Ahh, I understand.