Do They Guess?

Finally got to see the doctor! Sometimes I wonder if they just do smart guesses to find out what is wrong with a patient. I once consulted a friend doctor and that is what he told me. After all, they can only read the symptoms and conclude based on historical records of what those symptoms suggest your condition to be.

I was diagnosed with acute laryngitis which basically means "loss of voice" and some other mild symptoms of sore throat, cough, blocked nose and what not. Then again, if it is simply a loss of voice, why can't they call it as that??? Must all medical names end with "tis" before it can recorded in their medical study books? Wonder when praying mantis will make it there...

Acute laryngitis. I had to look up the internet to find out the spelling and the definition! Doctors scribble to look intelligent.....or maybe to hide their inability to spell. At least the doctor that diagnosed me spelled it as larygnitis (which has me guessing what he was writing). Anyway, the definition is simply loss of voice due to prolong talking or singing (or yelling according to some websites). So there, all he had to do was ask me if I did those.......or should he?

Doctor:

Have you been singing a lot?

Prawnkid:

No. (Church had only 15-20 minutes singing that day.)

Doctor:

Did you talk?

Prawnkid: (actual situation)

............. *mumbles*

(Just what answer is he expecting????????????????????)

Prawnkid: (should have situation)

No, my family and friends do not believe in voice communications. We use sign language.