Do you like this silly pome for people who love spelling?

Question

Other Words That sing…Of Other Things Inspired by TD and Elaine P.

A Medicalese Pome

By C.S. Scotkin

Appendectomy

Tracheotomy

Herniorraphy

Biliary Colic

Hysterectomy

Gastrectomy

Oophorosalpingectomy, bilateral

Venipuncture

Vasectomy

Hypertensive crisis

Testicular torsion

Cholecystectomy

Laparotomy

Tonsillectomy

Laminectomy

Carotid Endarterectomy

Now, if I could just remember how to spell common English….

Answer 1

....and a Partridge in a Pear Tree.....

I am surprised you did not attempt this as an acrostic! lol

CS that was a totally Urodynamic (PMSL), Passage of Sounds. A minor medical miracle that we have not all become herniated as a result of reading that.

Bring back, bring back

Oh bring back

My Frontal Lobec-tomy, to me!

My scattered ischaemic lesions of varying intensity in the white matter are all dancing now.

I once wrote a poem at work about a "Bilateral Submandibular Occlusal splint" it just leapt out at me and said "take me, take me!"

Answer 2

I was doing fine until I got to here "Testicular torsion"; a reminder of my experiences with the Foley. What next... torture chambers? I'll be left to atrial tach and atrial fib... bigeminy, trigeiminy, couplets, triplets, vfib, vtach, SVT... then____________________________________...

asystole.

note: as usual I am concerned with matters of the heart... most of all.

Answer 3

I'll wager that the spell chick went bonkers with those!

(At least I fervently hope so!)

Answer 4

Doctors would have a fit if a patient had all these conditions. It left me laughing myself till I had a heartache! Keep on contorting words, friend!  

Answer 5

If this was a reminder of all that can go wrong with a person, then your pome is equally a jolly reminder of what can go right for one who finds creative opportunity in some very unusual places. The addition of testicular torsion to the poem was, pardon the pun, a surprise twist, but I find that at pome's end I have laughed so hard I have quite filled my bed pan.  You have, as always, brought out the best in your reader...

Great fun!!

Answer 6

My international students will be flying home on the next plane if they think they will have to learn all these english words.Well done.They are still struggling with

House,home,apartment,residence

sty,stable,barn,cave

abode,adobe,tent,trailer

tenement,palace,mansion

cottage,condo,and the list goes on.

Answer 7

OK by me, as long as we're dilating any orifices...

Answer 8

Ah...What twisted words! I'm not very fond of medicine (the only field I don't like) and I had to look up most of them, but I think you've done a great job again. Hehehe...nice humor aswell.

Answer 9

Is one of those a gall bladder removal? If not, then thanks the Lord I never had any of that stuff done.

I hope I don`t have nightmares tonight of surgeons in mask, hovering over me saying all that -tomy stuff. I love my organs, thank you very much. lol

Answer 10

Oh my! Now I'm going back to the Pantoum or a Rondeau or something. Or maybe I'll buy a medical dictionary.

Answer 11

Wow...my mind is spinning, good thing I strayed away from medical school. Yay me, the English major.