Yesterday my patient said to me, “I got fucked by the snake tip. It was waving a flag.” He then shifted his head toward me, looked directly into my eyes, and while grinning said, “Yeah that’s right, you know what I mean. We got fucked by the snake tip. You know what I’m talking about, [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘crazies’
August 31, 2009
life with the crazies
When your patient has his privates hanging out and asks you to come and sit on his lap, you learn about focal neurological deficits that result in hypersexuality. When your patient insists, while in the hospital bed, that he is in a prison in Las Vegas in 1987 and whose urine is positive for nitrates [...]
April 1, 2009
the psych ward
Today I’m interviewing psych patients in one of the worst inner cities in New Jersey.
When I arrived I walked to the front desk just beyond the front door, hoping to get some directions. White coat on and clip-board in hand I politely asked, “Can you tell me how to get to the elevator?” The large [...]
