How do yoy answer when a nurse asks you, "how are you doing today?"

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• segfault@waveform.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  “I’m about to find out!”

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• TheMusicalFruit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It’s their job to know how you are truly doing and what you’re there to be treated for, no decent nurse would be offended if you got right to the point. “Hi, I’ve been having lower abdominal pain for a couple days, if it weren’t for that, I’d be doing good.” If the straight forward approach seems weird, you can follow it up with other pleasantries. Source: I’m a nurse.

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• jbrains@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I update them on my condition. Given the context, they’re likely asking whether anything is going on with me that I believe they ought to know about.

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• Cloudless@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Can't you just tell the nurse if you don't feel okay? How is that not being polite?

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  • T156@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Depends on where you are. In some countries, saying that tends to be be just chatter/fluff, and the person asking does not expect an earnest answer.

    But that said, if they’re seeing a doctor, it might be better to just be honest, instead of faffing about. At worst, they’re understandably slightly rude, and at best, they can make the nurse’s job easier.

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• Royal_Bitch_Pudding@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  'Can’t be that good if I’m here."

  Or, “better now that you’re here”

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• WraithGear@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  You too!

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• merde@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  replying on a scale helps them :)

  4/10 today

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• bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It’s an open question, there is no correct answer

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  • shootwhatsmyname@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    i will exercise my right to remain silent because anything i say might be used against me

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• HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I do my socializing in the hallway on the way to the examination room for the appointment. We get down to why I’m there once I’m in the examination room.

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• fubo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  “Eh, pretty well except for the bloodsucking squid-fungus hybrid hanging off my navel.”

  (Or whatever the problem is.)

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• drbluefall@toast.ooo ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The same way I answer everyone else:

  “Fine, relatively.”

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• woshang@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  As you can see

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• Asafum@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I always just say “I’d be better if you were checking my prostate” but I always get kicked out right after! I can never quite put my finger in why though…

  :P

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• Holyginz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I usually just take that question to be them wanting to know if there is anything specific I want to tell them about that they might want to look into. My response is usually a lighthearted “well, I’ve been better but also been worse!” Or something along those lines.

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