THE PINKY SPECIALIST
I think I would have made a great doctor. The only issue that probably would have held me back as a doctor is I have always been a little bit lazy. Doctors have to work hard and they have to know a lot of stuff.
Sometimes I think maybe I could have been a podiatrist. They only have to know about feet. How hard could that be? Feet? They are really not that complicated. But then…
There is hammer toe, bunions, flat feet, toe nail problems, arch problems; I would probably even have to know about ankles and stuff. There are a lot of bones in feet and every one of them can cause problems and require different treatments.
A podiatrist might have been a bit much for me. Still, I think I would have made a great doctor. Maybe I could have just narrowed down my practice.
If I had it to do over again, I would have become a doctor. I would have been pinky specialist. What are there; three bones and a nail? I could have easily learned everything there is to know about the pinky. You don’t put a broken pinky bone in a cast; you just wrap it with a popsicle stick and some duct tape. A cut pinky hardly ever needs stiches; generally a band aide will do. If as a doctor you screw up it is only a pinky. People can do just fine without a pinky. A pinky specialist does not have that much pressure.
It is too late for me to go back and start a new career. It’s too bad. I think I would have been a great Pinky Specialist.
Dr. Cranky “Pinkies R Us”
re-run from 2013
Haha, where did this idea come from... Joe, you're a modest fella. How many people can say they managed a brokerage firm? You also neglected to add you're a writer. How many people can say they've written books? YOU CAN. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Doug,
DeleteI was a low level manager, I did not manage a brokerage firm. I have written two books that cost ME about $3000 to publish and have since sold maybe 35 copies. Mrs. C bought 15.
My podiatrist told me she picked that specialty because it seemed like the only kind of doctor who didn't have to be on call! I thought that was a weird thing to admit to your patient!
ReplyDeleteFootball players have had to go on injured reserve because of a broken pinky. It's a very important part of your hand.
ReplyDeleteYou're spending too much time alone. ;^/
ReplyDeleteYou're an overachiever, Joe. You really are.
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous day and week. 😎
Ha ha, if there isn't one all ready, there really could be a need. Maybe not too late. I'm thinking one semester will put you over the top.
ReplyDeleteI had the tendon break off of my pinky, but the orthopedist fixed me up with a plastic "cast" (sort of like the tape and popsicle stick thing). The charge to my insurance was quite significant, therefore, I kept ahold of the little casty things in case I do it again, haha. It could have been lucrative, Joeh!
ReplyDeleteI think you got a new career in the making! Not sure about podiatry. Toe nail fungus would do me in I think.
ReplyDeletebetty
You deserve a Civilian Medal of Bravery for even fleetingly considering a career as a podiatrist. I hate feet. To look at them and touch them all day would be my idea of Not-Heaven!
ReplyDeleteAs for the pinky specialist...my mom had an infection from a hangnail, and the first doctor wanted to CUT OFF HER PINKY FINGER! She was ready to let him lop it off! But my sister-the-ex-mayor's-wife and I made her get a second opinion, which resulted in surgery to scrape the bone. If you like lopping and scraping, then if might have been a good career choice for you.
You would be rich in no time. I have a visiting podiatrist who seems to be very well off in the money stakes.
ReplyDeleteWould you be a right pinky specialist or a left pinky specialist or would you do both?
ReplyDeleteIf I could do my time over and remember what I know now, I would be an architect. I've always loved house plans and changing things around on them.
hahahaha, good one. Never thought about that before but you're right and malpractice insurance wouldn't be much on a Pinky. Yep, you missed your calling!
ReplyDeleteCranky doctors can be great, they don't waste time!
ReplyDeleteHahahahahaha. I love it. I think I would be a really good lip specialist. No bones just lips. Too thin we'll inject something, too fat... Well, I don't know that I'd do anything. Angelina Jolie hasn't done too bad with her full lips. So yeah. I'd be a lip specialist. Fatten 'em up or leave 'em alone. Easy stuff. :)
ReplyDeletethe best i know about you is that whatever you did is did it with dignity and honesty
ReplyDeleteyou have gift to touch hearts ,how many people have this ?
may be less people you know but they all will keep you in their memories as sweet human being for me it is Most important thing