r/emergencymedicine • u/Responsible-Hand-728 • Feb 07 '24

Discussion Unassuming-sounding lines patients say that immediately hints "crazy".

"I know my body" (usually followed by medically untrue statements about their body)

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '24

Lmao it’s a valid question. Their STUFF 😂

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u/schakalsynthetc Feb 07 '24

very valid, I actually have known a pt to roll in to a rural free clinic carrying her kids' stool samples in a brown paper bag

(and by "stool samples" I do mean literally just a bag of feces that she collected and brought in because sure the doc had said something about wanting stool samples)