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.
@@darkkitty645 god I love that joke 😂 my parents always said I bounced my head off everything when I was a baby. I asked if them if that made me the way I am. They “nope. You were always that way. You just loved bouncing off things”
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"
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.
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.
@@karlc4277 OB/GYN rotation was hell on earth as a bright eyed MS4. One of the most consistently toxic departments across all hospitals one can imagine. It did make the CTS consultants seem like genuinely nice people during ureg and now as a reg though.
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.
I know it’s annoying when people ask/say things like this (and I know your comment is a year old!) but I fully understand how debilitating and awful migraines are and just genuinely want to help🥺: Has your doc ever put you on Amitriptyline to try and help prevent them? Or propranolol? I got cancer at 19 and started having horrible migraines after my first brain surgery. They often led to nights in the ER and/or hospitalization from vomiting so much. During my spring break, we went to Mayo Clinic and were able to see a neurologist who specifically specializes in headaches/migraines. He put me on Amitriptyline and it made an enormous difference. I went from about 15 migraines a month to 1 or 2. My local neurologist had put me on propranolol which is why I had mentioned that one, and I think that helped too, beta blockers are a common way of preventing migraines as I’m sure you well know. But the Amitriptyline definitely did. If you’re seeing the same physician every month and you’re not getting any better, don’t be afraid to see someone else for another opinion. There are lots of options to try, some people even do Botox although it didn’t work for me, unfortunately. Anyway! I hope in the last year since you left this comment that you’ve been able to make some progress and get some relief. I’m so, so sorry for what you’ve been through, migraines are just absolute monsters. Good luck!❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹
@@soniczforever5470Oral contraceptoves have big problems regarding hormonal balance, mental health and other health issues. But I guess if you already have kids and are chosing between these and unlivable migraine the choice is straight forward.
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.
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🥰
I have similar. I don't tolerate pain meds either. I was 40 before seeing a neurologist. You'd think since they prescribe anti epilepsy medications often to migraine sufferers, they'd see the connection. Btw phenergan stops mine. It gives me the creepy crawlies sometimes, but that's better than migraine.
As a mechanical engineer, I have almost no idea whats going on in most of your videos. I have watched every single one though! The different personalities in the medical field is hilarious!
Tbh it's mostly the same, though that one is probably more relevant because of the dumbassery of collegues we have to work with. I've worked in IT in a medium sized business where I was the whole IT dept and I've had to deal people who don't know they need to plug the plug into the socket of the same shape and that plugging an extension into itself means you won't have power because the input isn't connected to a powered outlet.
Don't worry; as you age and see more practitioners, you will understand more. For better or for worse. You might even consider Dr. G's videos to be preparation. Good luck.
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 😅
“If I catch you checking reflexes with a stethoscope, I will beat you to death with it.” I’ve been having many appointments lately and my main practitioner was the only one that used the little pizza slice thing. She was the only one that got my leg to kick. When I went to the endocrinologist last week, she did it with a stethoscope and nothing happened. She didn’t even react to nothing happening, like what???
I had something similar. I think doctors had mainly been using their hand to check my knee reflex and for the life of me I could not recall ever kicking. Went to my doctor, (I've only been with her for a year or so), and she did the procedure so different and damn if my leg didn't kick like crazy. I had never had it happen before I was so shocked.
@@athenareese3354 thank you for everything you do for us and our patients! We love our SLP colleagues and very sincerely could not care for our patients properly without you!
@@MichaelTeitcher why is every other specialist wrong and even fellow neurologists? You have to retest every test a patient has already had to disprove them? 🙃🤪 My original neurologist retired - a professor who took my rheumatologist view and ran with it. Next neurologist decided rheumatologist and neurologist had no clue what they were doing and had me test for everything under the sky including things I had no symptoms for.. Got another professor, very knowledgeable in my condition then sadly Covid took him. Now undergoing the same nonsense with another neurologist who won't take notes, treatment plans, tests done by my former doctors. I have an underlying condition that needs a neurosurgeon follow up and she's seen me go through all this over the years and she's almost taking her stethoscope and hitting the none professor neurologists on their collective noggins!! NB. I have SPS.
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.
In many cases neurology is useless. Very few are actually good and all specialities are hard when done at the highest level. No justification for being egotistical and condescending
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.
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!
"NOT EVERYBODY PAID ATTENTION IN MED SCHOOL" He is soo on point with his neurology doc impersonation. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 "They hate us because they ain't us!"🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I had a triple doctorate neurolgist/physical therapist teacher once who was super kind and humble. But out of this world smart and clever to the point she lost most of our class when she explained basic concepts.
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.
@@LickMyMusketBallsYankee You realize that they might (and statistically speaking, probably does) live in an actually (semi) sane country that provides free healthcare? Like Canada for example? Or (as far as I know) literally every European county? Or India (with 10× the population of the U.S but less then half the GDP. And said free healthcare is still better rated then the U.S's 'pay to use' healthcare)?
I actually learned the stethoscope thing from a cardiologist. Showed it to the neurologist, he wasn't happy, but begrudgingly admitted that if you (were too incompetent to have one) didn't have one at hand, a stethoscope could 😒 work
@@massivedamagegaming9004 I LOVE WHEN USELESS KNOWLEDGE BECOMES USEFUL I KNOW THIS ONE The one in the video is the original reflex hammer called the Taylor hammer (named after the dude who invented them). There are other versions such as the buck hammer which usually had a couple different attachments to conduct other sensory/nerve tests. The Babinski has a funny backstory and is typically more adjustable. Or my personal favorite, the Stookey, just cuz I like the name haha. Our reflexes won’t “react” unless we are at rest cuz the hammer strike forces a signal “ping” between the nerve in your knee and your spinal cord, as if your brain is telling your leg to move. If you’re already activating that nerve, the “ping” is overridden and nothing happens. If your legs dangle limp from a table, the signal can move freely, and a reflex response indicates proper function. Yay! There are many analog handheld devices still used in the medical field today! 👍🏽
I grew up going to school with a bunch of doctor's and lawyer's kids, and for whatever reason I was the neurologist dad's favorite kid. He would always take the time to talk about what I was interested in and encourage me the way he did his own kids. Idk where I was going with this, it just made me think of Dr. Sundaram. Hope he and Vig and all the rest are doing well.
"they hate us cause they ain't us" In the case of the doc depicted in this Short, I think they hate him because he's a freaking butt-head. He could've communicated all the same points to other people without belittling them, ya know?
Out of the many, many docs I've seen through the years, my neurologist has always been the best. Incredibly thorough, helpful, and patient. Still my favorite doctor! That ego is well earned, honestly.
A neurologist consultant made me really understand what it meant to be a doctor. She would greet all the nurses, even helped us interns suctioning and wiping mucus from an elderly patient's trach then patted his chest to comfort him when we were overloaded. She knew what the patients had going on in their personal lives and would ask them or their family member how their kids are and stuff like that. And when she took the time to teach us, she did it so kindly and with such mastery of the wirings of the human body, I knew she was born to be a doctor. I hope wherever I end up I can give as good as that.
Every line in this was golden! Reflex hammer, tuning fork in the pocket, “MRI is broken” consult, snazzy tie. You might consider trading out for a bow tie next time. 😂. Signed, long time neuro nurse.
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.
It took me YEARS to find out what type of seizures I've had since I was 15. Apparently it was something so common. My new neurologist was flabbergasted as to why no one had dx me? I love my neurologist. 🥰
I have to find a new neurologist😭 he decided that he wanted to spend the rest of his life not working. Great doctor, thought a 15-year-old was old enough to know what's going on and what she has to deal with. So many doctors will just talk to your parents and ignore you. He didn't and he's still my favourite doctor because of it.
I used to see 2 pediatric neurologists when I was a kid. One was this guy. The other made it a personal challenge to out do my bad jokes. Both were some of the best people ever.
I’m an epileptic, I haven’t had a seizure in 6 years. When I told my new neurologist this, it actually made him happy. Never seen that from a neurologist
I absolutely adore my neurologist. He's the most caring and down to earth human. He really is indefinitely intelligent and interesting and actually saved my life. I'm going to cry when he retires. In contrast his partner is arrogant, flirtatious, loud, and thinks he's God's gift to humanity. At work Neurologists make me feel like screaming. So thankful mine is a great one
I have/had specialists where I say a little selfish prayer that they never retire, but of course, they must, and do... ❤️ My (former excellent Rheumy AND endocrinologist finally got worn down by their family's and retired and I'm sure my whole region is suffering! 🙏
I've been a huge fan of this channel for a long time now, and some of my favorite skits are ones with the neurologist in them! And it turns out, I'm having some brain issues (extra fluid causing mild swelling behind the eyes) and today was my first time actually seeing one! I have to say, if I hadn't seen your series, I wouldn't have been as prepared. I wasn't expecting this, but soon after meeting him it was clear that there are stereotypes for a reason in the medical community. Not only did he speak precisely and notate frequently during our session, but he said "You did a good job" to me after the appointment LOL
Not to mention, he seemed totally displeased and uninterested until I surprised him with one of my answers. I'm guessing that's because it meant I wasn't totally the same as every other case he had seen that day? Haha.
I worked with a neurologist and she's a beauty. I loved to read her progress notes everytime she sees the patient. Hope she won't be mean in the long run 😅
One day I want to see neurology and nephrology meet; two giant egos in the one room. It would be like watching Ronnie James Dio and Yngwie Malmsteen in the same studio.
Yay my favourite neurologist! Love the detail! The hair, the eyeglasses, the tuning fork in the pocket, scratching the head with the reflex hammer 😂. The MRI is broken? sure call a neurologist, they are the living breathing MRI machine!
That sir is what you call astoundingly hilarious without any laughter involved. I love your comedy style. It’s perfectly normal how someone with a w sounds like and gives those “don’t feel like killing you”attitude with a million dollar smile 😅😂
As part of my undergrad research project, I had to make it into the neurology department of the university hospital in order to invite patients to be part of my study. I was afraid the doctors would be snobs but they were actually so friendly I now share my Disney+ account with one of them and I even have them slices of pie
Honestly Neuro and Psych are bros, so I'd expect the video to consist of the Neurologist tearing a bunch of other doctors a new one until Psych walks in and the discussion shifts to their dinner plans. (Though this might be just a German thing, since each of these specialties requires residents to spend a year in each others departments here)
My neurologist is the nicest doctor I've ever met! Made me want to be a neurologist myself, or at least until I had neuroanatomy class in med school...
As a former cancer patient your videos explained some things I overheard/noticed in the hospital and I love it. Also they are just hilarious. Thank you very much for making them.
I know next to nothing about neurology but I really resonate with the personality & attitude of the neurologist in your skits lol. In my work experience you stick around and specialize in something for so long it’s easy to become the dry disgruntled one that sees through all the BS
At first I was upset with him suggesting he'd beat someone to death with a stethoscope insteadof strangling them. Then I thought about it, and realized it would much more fun to bludgeon them.
I love your channel. I’m constantly sending it to my orthopedic surgeon friend and my plastic surgeon cousin 😂 mind you I’m a designer, have no idea about most of it but enjoy it very much
I don’t have much of a history with neurology or neurologists, but this video reminded me so much of my Nephrologist. All other docs treat me with kid gloves where my kidney function is concerned. I actually ended up being hospitalized for a UTI, because my GP didn’t want to “be too aggressive with the antibiotics”. So now I call my nephrologist before I call my GP and he calls her to let her know that I can tolerate proper treatment.
So a doctor was checking my reflexes and I made a comment about how good they were (they were really strong reactions). Apparently, THAT was a symptom. Turns out you can actually have TOO strong of reflexes. Who knew?
Keep it crispy baby! Loving the look. Crisp white shirt, tasteful tie and your hair has its own calm flame going on. Loving the waves. #Killeditdead Doc
