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11. I can't count how many times a patient of mine has said:

Thu May 6, 2021, 02:04 PM

May 2021

"No one ever told me that before!"

They probably did have a provider tell them, just not in the non-finger-wagging way I tell them.

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The doc is right. lark May 2021 #1

Wow. I don't talk to my patients like that... Aristus May 2021 #2

But don't you wish you could? ret5hd May 2021 #3

It's the Sam Kinison school of bedside mannerism EYESORE 9001 May 2021 #4

It could have been said more tactfully, but he wasn't wrong. Ocelot II May 2021 #8

I wasn't saying the medical information was wrong, Aristus May 2021 #9

True. Most people tend not to process information as well Ocelot II May 2021 #10

I can't count how many times a patient of mine has said: Aristus May 2021 #11

There are other opinions... aka-chmeee May 2021 #6

My sister's husband was recently hospitalized again... Buckeye_Democrat May 2021 #7

Not necessarily true Generic Brad May 2021 #13

The balance of sodium and potassium is more important TexasBushwhacker May 2021 #14