Cool story I felt compelled to share
I was seeing a patient in the hospital yesterday on whom I operated in 2013. He and his wife are extremely nice people. After a very pleasant conversation, he looked at the Michigan lapel pin I wear on my white coat and said, "I forget you were a Michigan fan." He went on to say, "Our nephew went to Ohio State." I said, "I'm sorry." He said, "He played football there. Chase Young." This guy's brother is Chase Young's dad. He said Chase still knows better than to mess with his dad, who is a retired police officer and 6' 10".
Later, it made me think how a conversation about Chase would have been different in 2013. Now it's about a 1st round draft pick who will probably be Defensive ROY. Back then, would it have been, "I have a 16-year-old nephew who's a really great athlete who will probably play college football?"
February 5th, 2021 at 1:35 PM ^
Cool story bro. Thanks for sharing!
February 5th, 2021 at 1:36 PM ^
Semi-cool story bro. Not much love for OSU round these parts.
February 5th, 2021 at 3:06 PM ^
The cooler people don't bother me much. They don't have much else beyond football.
February 5th, 2021 at 3:49 PM ^
Think he's trying to say if the guy had been operated on by a doctor from OSU, he wouldn't have lived to see the nephew play in the NFL
February 5th, 2021 at 1:37 PM ^
Well Foam, I blame you then, you failed us and thanks for sharing that story with another dagger to the heart.
Go Blue!
February 5th, 2021 at 1:37 PM ^
Lol you saying "I'm sorry" made me crack up. Good response
February 5th, 2021 at 3:20 PM ^
I gotta admit, it takes some balls to mess with that family. I would be like the dude running away from James Harrison in that Fanduel commercial.
February 5th, 2021 at 5:33 PM ^
My responses range from "never heard of 'em" to "Ohio is a four letter word"...
16 years ago you might have influenced his recruiting... ;)
February 5th, 2021 at 1:38 PM ^
That team he is on, Washington, that D is looking like a monster.....
February 5th, 2021 at 1:46 PM ^
Definitely a playoff team if they get a legit QB
February 5th, 2021 at 2:56 PM ^
Might not even need a QB in the steaming turd that is the NFC East. Didn't this season.
February 5th, 2021 at 9:59 PM ^
They already were a playoff team this year. Won the NFC East.
Yeah, I know. They were in the playoffs by default and the NFC East was a joke. But technically they were a playoff team.
February 5th, 2021 at 1:40 PM ^
Yeah. It's always difficult to put much credence into "my child (in this case, my nephew) will be a college football player, and is very good. Will probably go pro".
I had an employee that told me her son was about to go play for a small college, and will go pro one day. That she'll probably quit once he goes pro.
My response was basically of the "that's cool" type. I'll be damned if that kid isn't playing for the Chiefs (and starting in the Superbowl, on Sunday) right now! ?
February 5th, 2021 at 2:09 PM ^
I feel sorry for some parents who get the wool pulled over their eyes by recruiting companies and the like. A kid at my school several years ago was told by a guy who ran a Combine that he was the #2 RB in the country. He went halfway across the country and paid a bunch of money to be told that.
Meanwhile, he was the third best running back on our team and barely played before transferring and eventually quitting the sport altogether.
February 5th, 2021 at 2:24 PM ^
How do underprivileged families afford all these camps and combines and trainers? It seems like it isn’t cheap tk be noticed unless you’re freak or play in a major HS program
February 5th, 2021 at 3:07 PM ^
Hilarious.
February 5th, 2021 at 7:58 PM ^
Excuse me?
February 5th, 2021 at 2:48 PM ^
I have a colleague whose son played rugby, and was (according to his father) really good, and decided to try out for the local high school football team. According to his father, while he had no football experience, his athletic ability was off the charts and ran a 4.5 40. A few weeks later, I decided to check the high school's football roster just to see if I could find any information about him, and yes, he was listed as a RB as were the two more experienced players who were ahead of him on the depth chart. All 3 RBs were listed with 4.5 40s.
February 5th, 2021 at 3:14 PM ^
Abilityin one sport doesn't always translate into another.
I worked with a kid right out of Dartmouth where he played football. We were in the UK and he met some rugby players and asked if he could play in their local town team one Saturday..
The next week he showed up to work with a broken nose and his arm in a sling from it being dislocated and limping badly from a bruised shin. He didn't play anymore rugby.
February 6th, 2021 at 6:42 AM ^
Rugby is a brutal sport. My son was playing on a youth team but I saw way too many heads slammed to the ground to ever feel comfortable with that sport.
He's on to tennis now :)
February 5th, 2021 at 1:42 PM ^
Fun connection! As a surgeon who has enjoyed caring for some notable people - it is important to be careful even with this kind of communication.
February 5th, 2021 at 5:49 PM ^
Pete if you say one more word about that time you patched up my handle, I’m going to have a very unfortunate date with the wall in your living room... ;)
February 5th, 2021 at 1:43 PM ^
OP: HIPAA FFS
I kid ... partly.
February 5th, 2021 at 2:19 PM ^
Not really kidding at all...
February 5th, 2021 at 3:44 PM ^
Thought the same thing; definitely a great story but you have to be careful especially since the OP provided a lot of context on to who this patient is.
February 5th, 2021 at 1:44 PM ^
Just to clarify, you are a doctor, correct?
February 5th, 2021 at 1:46 PM ^
As far as you know.
February 5th, 2021 at 9:50 PM ^
For all we know, you've been living in a Holiday Inn Express since 2013.
February 5th, 2021 at 1:55 PM ^
Back in the day we used to call for a “medic!” when we needed a beer. I’d say mgofoam is at least that much of a healthcare professional.
February 5th, 2021 at 1:47 PM ^
Was in Columbus with a Buckeye fan friend (yes yes I know) for the game in 2018 and stopped in at the hotel next to Ohio Stadium for one last drink before heading into the stadium. Chase Young's family was next to us at the bar and could not have been nicer people.
February 5th, 2021 at 3:28 PM ^
Sir. This is a HIPAA violation!
February 5th, 2021 at 3:40 PM ^
He was there for a drink, so it was a SIPPA violation.
February 5th, 2021 at 3:53 PM ^
Ha! that made me chuckle. +1 to you sir!
February 5th, 2021 at 3:56 PM ^
Laughed way too hard at both of these. +1
February 5th, 2021 at 1:53 PM ^
That's a HIPAA violation.
Which, if you are a surgeon, I would think you'd be pretty conversant with.
February 5th, 2021 at 2:25 PM ^
And if you were an English speaker, I would expect you to not end a sentence with a preposition!
(jk, I always (usually) like your posts.)
February 5th, 2021 at 3:53 PM ^
“This is the sort of English up with which I will not put.”
- Winston Churchill
February 5th, 2021 at 3:21 PM ^
Unless a mod edited the OP, I'm not seeing any disclosure of protected health information.
'on whom I operated' isn't specific enough..imho.
February 5th, 2021 at 5:04 PM ^
Exactly. If I was on an investigation board looking into a HIPAA violation, this would be a few minute discussion and dismissal.
February 5th, 2021 at 6:01 PM ^
I believe the mods removed the OP's detailed breakdown of Chase Young's uncle's hair implants, tummy tuck, penis enlargement, and nose removal surgeries...
February 5th, 2021 at 6:36 PM ^
Dude is 6’10” and needs a penis implant? Not buying it.
February 5th, 2021 at 1:56 PM ^
If that really happened why can't you provide his social security number and credit card information?
February 5th, 2021 at 2:09 PM ^
I suggest you delete this post. It’s a cool story I guess, but you potentially just disclosed personal health information.
February 5th, 2021 at 2:25 PM ^
No he did not
February 5th, 2021 at 3:23 PM ^
I now know that Chase Young's uncle had surgery in 2013 which I believe is HIPPA violation
February 5th, 2021 at 3:28 PM ^
Which uncle?
February 5th, 2021 at 2:09 PM ^
I'm not a doctor and don't play one on television but wouldn't this post be a HIPAA violation?
February 5th, 2021 at 2:25 PM ^
Almost. But I think he is fine. He didn't disclose anything specific about the actual patient.