The Joys of Medicine

I love being in the medical field - most of the time. But one of the funniest things about working in medicine is the things you can discuss at the most inappropriate times - like at the table - without the slightest hint of nausea or dizziness. LOL!

This used to be a game for us before Laura and I got married. When we'd all be home sitting around the dinner table talking of our experiences, we made it a point to make them as gorey and detailed as possible because it didn't take very long unti

l Dad would start turning green at the gills. We thought it was great. We played havoc on his weak-stomached ways.

I have to say that the older I get and the less I am in the hospital doing gorey work, the less I like it. I have this thing about spit though, always have and always will that I just can't discuss it or see it. It makes me terribly nauseous. I have never liked it, but being as sick as I was during my pregnancy, I got to a point of major intolerance for it. I'm still there. Trachs and tubes are not much for me anymore. It would almost take some therapy for me to go back to it. I'm enjoying pushing the pen for the moment.

I will never forget the first medical question my brother-in-law, Gregg, asked me in the presence of Jeremy and Jeana. Neither of the three have forgotten the question or the answer I gave. We were in the car, though, not discussing it over food. I think if it had been, they would have all become anorexic!! If he wants to be brave enough to post what his question was, I'll let him. I won't go there. It was funny, though. It was a piece of information that he felt he would have been better off not ever knowing. He asked, though.

So, I said all that to get to the point of why I find this cartoon outrageously funny.

Since there are so many nurses in this family, I wanted to share the humor.