Quips And Jabs

Annmarie Throckmorton, M.A.
Dec 12, 2017
1 min read

In 2014 I was trying out my new Medicare coverage. The quips and jabs at medical "professionals" that I have made in the Artist Trading Cards collaged as trolls below will give a idea of how it was for me trying to get medical care as a 65 year old American woman. The following mockery consists of statements made or implied by my doctors. I would have made many, many more quips and jabs but I was often ill, I ran out of time, and my life went in another direction.

Pudgy Dr. Buffy said I should lose weight. I said "I will, if you will." He got angry.

Dr. Widerborg complains sick patients are cranky.

Dr. Sheppard's fool-proof cure is to refuse to acknowledge patients' ailments.

Dr. Kenney on his power trip denies medical care to welfare clients.

Quips And Jabs At Medical Professionals