Not sure how to title this appropriately for what I am asking for so I will try to explain, since we have threads for Pet Peeves, Worst Patient, Worst CoWorker etc. etc. I wanted to ask about one. One we have probably all been guilty of at one point or another but what are some of the most off the wall medical things you have heard of that made you give that :stone:stone look and say WTH???
I had a friend that was a heavy drinker, he was 19 and had a family that were all drinkers as well. We got to talking once and he mentioned that he knew his drinking bothered me. I told him that what worries me the worst is how young he is and how much harm that he is doing to his body. He didn't ever drink and drive, manly stayed at home and would go through an 18 pack of been in one night. I was telling him once his liver starts going down hill he isn't going to be able to reverse that. (this was before I ever even thought of being a nurse, I was just a concerned friend and had another friend that lost her mother to liver failure from drinking and her mom was like 35 when she died)
So my friend kind of smiled and says "Well don't worry, I guess it's a good thing I have 2 livers, if one fails I have a back up"
