Remember Your Hippopotamus Oath!!

It's a line used by Homer Simpson in an episode where he had a heart attack. He says to Dr. Hibbert, "Well, what doesn't kill me makes me stronger, right?" Dr. Hibbert chuckles as he does and replies, "Heavens no! In fact this has left you weak as a kitten." Hibbert then goes on to pester poor Homer by poking him, taking his nose, things like that. Homer then cries out, "Stop! Remember your hippopotamus oath!"

This is of course in reference to the Hippocratic Oath, which doctors tend to take and in part says 'you shall do no harm.'

Of course this should not be mistaken for 'you shall not hurt your patients.'

Finally, after about 8 months of on again, off again pain, I went to the doctor today to have my shoulder looked at. I go to the University of Oklahoma clinic, since that is where the hospital sent me after my first seizure. My normal doctor wasn't there, but the doctor I had seemed nice.

But of course since OU is a learning school, the first doctor who saw me was an intern (like Zack Graff's character on Scrubs). He had me move my arm and and listened and felt me up... Usual doctor things. He determined that it wasn't damaged or dislocated or anything, just that some of the cartilage was inflamed.

He told me he'd be back with the OU version of Dr. Cox.

When he returned, the overseer doctor wanted to verify his underlings diagnosis. Unlike Dr. Intern, he was a bit more rough with me, bending my arm, purposely, in the directions that it hurt. I don't think getting kicked in the junk would have caused as much pain as that guy did! I wanted to cry out like Homer, but having major pain being inflicted on me seemed to dull my sense of humor.

None the less, when he was done, he agreed with the intern and I was told to just take Advil. So, I will. But if it doesn't get better, I need to go back, which might be impossible. It was very hard to get an appointment. In fact, the next available date with my regular doctor is in October... I think I need to switch to a smaller clinic.

So, what's caused this, you may ask? Well, it started in December, so I blame the wreck. But it may also be from work, since many TV news photographers develop shoulder issues, though not usually so quickly (I have only been doing this for about 6 years).

Of course I will keep you updated, since I really don't have much else to blog about.