First Day of Neurology

[vintagechalkboard]

I made a neurologist smile once. I consider it a highlight in my career.

[cyanide]

After all other doctors ignored my symptoms, my neurologist did check-ups that definitely weren't a part of his job. That guy has my eternal respect

[grantmegan]

My daughter was one month old and was a preemie so still only 5 pounds. She went into a coma and the Drs couldn't figure out why for days! One morning the neurologist came in and was asking about reflexes and a resident said she has none but they were super gentle on her, so weren't sure 100%. And he came in and grabbed her head and squished between her eyes and multiple other things while the residents kept looking at me in horror. And he said "well if that didn't piss her off she ain't responding to anything else " he ended up diagnosing her in the end and saved her life. Just thought it was so funny what he was doing to her face and head when she was handled like glass by everyone else.

[rocklauraarthus]

My brother-in-law is a neurologist and he loved that line - “they hate us cause they ain’t us” 😂

[rlevy]

Can confirm. Went into a neurologist for the first time with an issue that was being passed around for years and she knew what the issue was just from the notes.

[JAYZ]

I saw this joke on Reddit a few days ago and had to share it here. It goes like this;

Two doctors are out on a hot balloon ride when they realize that they are hopelessly lost. They reduce height and spot a man walking in a field below them. The first doctor calls out to the man, saying "sir, we're lost up here, could you please tell us where we are so that we can find our way back home?" The man on the ground calls back "Of course, your latitude and longitude are 40N, 92W and you are currently floating approximately 30 ft above the ground."

The second doc turns to the first and says "just our luck, you found a neurologist." His friend, a little baffled, asks "how do you know that?"

"Well, he's located the problem quite precisely but it hasn't helped us a single bit"

[Sua_sponte_is_weak]

I suffer from terrible migraines and have to see a neurologist monthly. I can say, he is the only doctor I've seen that orders lots of tests and imaging that doesn't even have to do with neurology. He is very, VERY thorough.

[MichaelTeitcher]

I am a neurologist and I support this message. We now need to see the neurologist in therapy!

[jiraniku]

Doing a complete neuro exam on a patient seems tedious, but rewarding when you can localize and lateralize the problem almost immediately even without a ct or mri scan.
I was in my 4th year of medschool when i had to do one on er patient with dizziness. He was treated as a case of vertigo but when i did my exam we discovered he had a problem with his field of vision. I received high praise from my neuro resident.

[sooz]

My neurologist apologized to me as I was diagnosed wrong for years. I have basilar migraine with aura (aphasia, visual disturbance, etc) and the doctors were saying over and over they were panic attacks 🤨 even after I said that I had epilepsy as a child, they refused to send me to a neurologist but after years complaining, I got her, best doctor ever🥰

[thefancytophat]

Grandpa was a neurologist. He always sped on roads, and when he inevitably got stopped, he said he was going to the hospital, because what kind of monster stops a doctor on his way to save lives? He died from dementia a few years back. He would have loved the irony.

[digitiminimi]

I wish my neurology professor was this kind... she was a monster... silent monster...

[eacarrell]

Oh, I loved my neurologist! He was a wonderful doctor with a confusing mix of empathy, compassion, witty sarcasm, and sometimes dark humor. I cried when he retired 😅

[LadyRad]

“I’ll show you what a physical exam looks like”. Neurology throwing shade, I love it!👍😂

[JadeCanada]

I have had physical and mental struggles all my life, with very few doctors caring. I am forever grateful for the Neurologist who was intrigued enough by my medical history to order an MRI. It turns out that I had a stroke before I was born! That was very enlightening to hear!

[JDH]

The certified classic returns, this time in its lawful home!

[francinesmith]

2 doctors I never question, because they have never wronged me: my neurologist (I have moderate cluster migraines treated with a muscle relaxer, not some scary med with scary side effects), and my gyno (I actually got one of the Top Shelf gynecologists; zero trouble getting my ovarian torsion properly diagnosed and surgically removed.
When it comes to mood and meds, I never question my primary because, additionally, I have ADHD and so does he. After establishing care, this man served me better than my psychiatrist.

[imnoteamplayer]

As a patient with a wonderfully kind and thorough neurologist… “MRI is broken” sounds like something I’d jokingly tell him, because he’s ordered severalMRIs for me lately, and they’ve told him absolutely nothing of value.

When I told him I was frustrated because the MRIs didn’t provide any useful information, he smiled and told me that sometimes a lack of information is, in itself, information.

True, doc, very, very true.

[veronika]

As a patient I have to say, the neurologist I went to once was just a really nice and patient person, explaining everything (even though it was like no deal at all) way more thoroughly than my (for a reason) former family medicine doctor.

[gregorylandon]

It only took me four meetings with a neurology preceptor to to fully grasp why they hold themselves to such high regard. For cases where the nervous system is involved, and equipped with nothing but a hammer and their eyes, one can already figure out what's wrong long before a patient touches the MRI machine.