This morning, we got a referral from other clinic regarding a patient who need a full upper and partial lower denture. It was suppose to be a good new considering the shortage of patient this year.
5 mintues after the referral notice, i heard noises from the corridor in our cubicle. Then, i saw a guy with a ponytail, cowboy outfit with hat and boots.Ok, i know i shouldn't judge a person by appearance. Ok, i knew i was a bad person...But, deep down, i was thinking "this is not going to be an easy character to handle" . True enough, he turned out to be a difficult patient. You know, that kind of patient who grap every second to speak whenever your mirror and probe is not in his mouth. Oh my god, poor operator...( i wan't the operator)
In our conversation, actually part of the history taking process, i found out that he has been smoking for 47 years and 40-50 cigarette per day. Can you imagine the amount of cigarette he had been smoking? I believed
that his lung has turned into black colour, he might have black sputum as well.....ewl.... Well, i made a superficial advice for him to seek Quitline to quit smoking. Okay, stop pretending to be a great person. This was mainly because i didn't want to be a passive smoker and i didn't feel comfortable listening to the sound of smoker clearing their throat. Haha, of course that was also one of my job obligation that somehow coincide with my TRUE intention.
Well, at least i agreed with him that life is short and you do not know what is going to happen next in your life. I guess i will only understand him better if i knew what had happened to his life in the past. He might experience some traumatic incident that made his life extremely painful or totally changed.
Ya, there is always thing that you don't know about people. Sometimes, it is very interesting to find out what different people are thinking. I remember reading from someone else blog quoting a phrase "there is no stranger in this world but there are always friends that you haven't got to know yet." Yes, i couldn't agree more.
Guess what happen to the cowboy fellow in the end... He might ended up somewhere in the special need or the hand of some unlucky student. I would have taken care of him if i really need a patient, i believe that you will always learn something from dealing with different people. In the end, it is all gonna be part of your life.
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