Reply #38: TRUE STORY

[AspenRose]

Right before I was to be wheeled in for gallbladder removal surgery, the anesthesiologist comes in. English was not his first language (this is important to note). He looks at my chart, confirms my name, birthdate and why I am there. Then he says, "I see you have been treated for Hepatitis B."

Me: "WHAT?!? I've never had Hepatitis!!"

Doctor: "Um, wait one moment, please. I'll be right back."

(Meanwhile my mother and husband are freaking out. Mother makes me swear I won't go back to do volunteer work at the women's prison.)

The doctor comes back: "I'm sorry, apparently you had been treated for H. Pylori (the bacteria that causes ulcers)."

Me: "Well, yes, I had told the doctor that. That's common knowledge."

Doctor: "I'm sorry. It's just that in my country the abbreviation for hepatitis is the same as your abbreviation here for H. Pylori."

About ten seconds later, they give me the *OUT* drug and next thing I know, I'm waking up in recovery.
:wow: Yikes that was close.