Patient A- a gentleman c/o episodes of syncope@blackouts.
Me with a patient in a slot, in the middle of doing the MSE to assess confusion, now testing the patient's ability to recognise 2 persons.
Me: So do you remember who was it who took your bloods when you came in?
Patient: ... (recalling)
A nurse peeked through the curtain with eyebrows drawn together, looking worried if she had done something wrong, "ME! I did!"
Me: Urm.. that's ok i'm actually just testing his memory (smile).
Nurse: Hoo sorry2! *laughs
Me: *laughs
Patient B- a lady who came in with recurrent headaches, has a hx of L eye enucleation 2ry to malignant melanoma.
While pointing at the affected eye and looking at me with that confident stare.
Patient: And you know, this is prostate.
Me: Err.. (2 seconds).. you mean prosthetic?
Patient: Oh ya prosthetic, what did I say? *laughs
Me: *laughs
Moral of the story: Find fun in what you're doing and insyaAllah, you'll be fine! ;)
