Joke

[Phyllis]

FWD: DOCTORS FEES



A mechanic was removing a cylinder head from the motor of a classic Jag
>when he spotted a well-known heart surgeon in his shop. The surgeon was
>waiting for the service manager to come take a look at his E-Type when
>the mechanic shouted across the garage,
>
>"Hey Doc, can I ask you a question?"
>
>The surgeon, a bit surprised, walked over to where the mechanic was
>working on the Jag head. The mechanic straightened up, wiped his hands
>on a rag asking, "So Doc, look at this engine. I open its heart, take
>valves out, fix 'em, put 'em back in & when I finish, it works just like
>new. So how come I get such a small salary & you get the really big
>bucks when you & I are doing basically the same work?"
>
>The surgeon paused, smiled, leaned over & whispered to the
>mechanic..."Try doing it with the engine running."
>

 

[fyrfytr]

That is a good one!
Take Care

 

[Raverlaw]

I don't know about you guys, but they stopped my engine *cold* (pun intended) for 90 minutes to do the job. And they had to "jump start" me a couple of times afterwards to get it up and running and keep it there!

 

[Phyllis]

Dick has you beat - bypass, 106, cross clamp 64, but when we watched Dr. Cohn's video of AVR on the Brigham site, we couldn't believe how mechanical the whole operation seemed! Best tune-up he ever had!

 

[tobagotwo]

Sent this one to my surgeon. Probably get chastised

for spamming, but it's worth it.

 

[Harpoon]

I dare say I have everyone beat in the by-pass department...

I was on the table for about 9 hours, I'm sure at LEAST half of that time was on by-pass and they had a fair amount to do besides just switching out a tricuspid valve....

One of these days i'll up and ask for a copy of my medical records, including whatever surgical reports are on file, and find out for sure.


I KNOW it's gotta be interesting reading, the medical record stands about 6 inches off a desk.

 

[Randy'38]

Mechanic's Pay

Mechanic's Pay

I don't know about you guys, but I just compared my orthopedic surgeon's payment from Medicare for my arm surgery and an old mechanic's bill for an engine rebuild and the mechanic got paid more for his work than the surgeon did! I just feel sorry for the people who don't have insurance or Medicare. How can they afford any medical care?

Randy'38

 

[hensylee]

They can't, Randy. They do without. Then they die.

 

[Karlynn]

My in-laws always laugh about the cardio-thoracic surgeon who's family happened to be at the same vacation spot for several years running. The surgeon apparently spends the whole week working on boat engines. They thought it was pretty interesting that a heart surgeon loved to work on engines. But then they started thinking .... he never seemed to be able to fix them right!

 

[bvdr]

I like the joke. I think all of us (except maybe Med for his first surgeries?) had our engines stopped for a while.

My surgical report says:

Surgery time 507 minutes (from incision opening until closure)
(8 hours 27 minutes)

Cardio-bypass time 198 minutes (3 hours 18 minutes)

Total cross-clamp time 149 minutes (2 hours 29 minutes)

and I only had to be jump-started one time.



I have been reading more and more though of a trend going back to "beating heart surgery" so I wonder what the future holds there.

 

[tommy]

Karlynn,

Let's hope he never works on aircraft engines