![]() ![]() Times have changed, and some of the humor might be dated, but I suspect folks will always have a deep-seated itch that gets satisfyingly scratched by the notion of giving blunt, maybe-sarcastic answers to questions that had no business being asked. Such imaginary retorts would probably be with me regardless, but I’ve got to imagine I’m more predisposed since my childhood was enriched by Mad Magazine’s recurring feature, “Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions.” For readers unfamiliar, I, first, offer my condolences for being shortchanged on your youth, and, then, suggest a quick Googling of the phrase for some catching up. But let’s not quibble the study was normal, and the only way to know if there had been transient neurological signs/symptoms would have been, to coin a phrase, correlating clinically.) (Of course, if the study had actually shown a stroke, it would have ruled out a TIA in the same way one might rule out a benign tumor by diagnosing a rip-roaring malignancy. Thank you for this fascinating consult.” Next case. ![]() Far from the first time, I fantasized a world in which I could just dictate “Imaging cannot rule out a transient ischemic attack. So there I was, going through a typical bundle of cases with eyes towards my upcoming break, and a brain scan bore the all-too-familiar “R/O TIA” as the reason for exam. Nibble away a Monday-say, for Memorial or Labor Day, or better yet Thursday and Friday (thanks, still-sorta-new job, for being my first gig that let me experience Thanksgiving the way normal people do!), and somehow, the remaining days just seem to drag on that much longer. It never ceases to amaze me how a holiday-shortened workweek can seem paradoxically longer than a normal five-day affair.
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