Buzz Word
Stephen Kimmel, MS4
These things mean things – at least they should.
I will remember – I think I could?
Armadillos, petting zoo
Leprosy, blood in your poo
Hyperglycemia, fast asleep
Is acidotic, not counting sheep
Broke fifth metacarpal in fist fight
Might drink four beers on most weeknights
Vodka for breakfast, hands that flap
Now out of Vodka with anion gap
Ecstasy while smoking grass
Watch the hot salt or the Pons could crash
Working women, undercooked Prawns
Creamy discharge, 10 trips to John
Canadian concert pianist, with a tan
Wilson can’t get pennies from can
Phenylalanine hydroxylase, that baby is musty!
Norwegian scabies make you feel crusty
TTP, schistocytes
No birth control pills after scintillating lights
Naegleria fowleri likes CN1
Repeats of CAG are no fun
Worse in the light, that’s CN 3
But why the red cell in your pee?
Drunk party goer, shaking hand
Check a sugar, don’t assume, man!
Wine aficionado, sits in church pew
With epigastric calcification and poop P-U!
Mad as hatter, bit by bat
Or HIV, scratched by cat?
Vulvar itching is different than nuts
Ignore as you would visual field cuts
Awake opposite, coma the same
When bored, squirt water at the brain
Why can’t the old man piss or cum?
Did you notice the bottle blonde’s manubrium?
Heavy jacket, non-matching socks or
Crushed mail boxes, draws funny clocks?
Diabetes, CKD
Think MI, the thought is free
Narcissistic, schizotypal, and ADHD,
Cyclothymic, hypomanic, and that’s just me
Puppies, turtles, egg salad sick fast
Yersinia, Salmonella, toxin of Staph
Pigeon droppings, same question thrice
Cryptococcus, hit head on ice
Path thinks Medicine gets too many tests
Only ENT surgeons should violate necks
Silver stain positive or spiral CT,
One slow one fast cause of SOB
Hypercalcemia; high action potential but short QT
Immobilized astronauts should avoid sweet tea.
Is it cancer? Radishes? Butt to bone?
Licorice fiend now hyperaldosterone
Have you been in a sand storm? Do you sleep with a kitten?
Is your left knee warm? Do you knit wool mittens?
Decline in function, front of brain
How many animals can you name?
Age, previous history, cytokines, NO-,
Things to say when you don’t know
Why do calcium and phosphorus go different ways?
The explanation lasts for days!
Morning headache, thoughts absurd
Pencil thin stool, losing words
These things mean things or at least they should.
I wish I remembered for what they stood.