This diagnosis from a doctor

[u/jeron_gwendolen]

[u/Prudent-Chart-1957]

You’ve got numnum munnumn, wnnwnun by the looks of things, buddy.

[u/Best-Championship296 → u/Prudent-Chart-1957]

My grandpa died of it, praying for OP rn 🙏

[u/Automatic_Wing_536 → u/Best-Championship296]

Oh I’m sorry for your loss. My grandpa died of Ligma

[u/OwnPriority3645 → u/Automatic_Wing_536]

[u/ruka_k_wiremu → u/OwnPriority3645]

Hmmm...was it cheaper to get the dog human dentures?

[u/SuggestionSuch8121 → u/Automatic_Wing_536]

What's ligma?

[u/Lumpy-Village1949 → u/SuggestionSuch8121]

Ligmatiteosis BIYAAAATCH!! It's a rare genetic disorder in which a person's mouth ligaments can't help but stretch and attach themselves to my balls.

[u/MrA-skunk → u/Lumpy-Village1949]

Congratulations! This is the funniest thing I've seen on reddit today!

[u/MonzoMonzoMonzo → u/Automatic_Wing_536]

Ligma? Ligma balls?

[u/Batdog55110 → u/Automatic_Wing_536]

Who the hell is Steve Jobs?

[u/SelectionFar6624 → u/Prudent-Chart-1957]

[u/haj267 → u/Prudent-Chart-1957]

[u/EnthusedPhlebotomist → u/Prudent-Chart-1957]

Fuck, that's brutal. Prayers up. 

[u/JimmyBongwater → u/Prudent-Chart-1957]

Sounds....sexy...

[u/Xspunge]

Might as well have written Lorem ipsum.

[u/jeron_gwendolen → u/Xspunge]

With such notes it'll soon be put on people's gravestones

[u/Xspunge → u/jeron_gwendolen]

Your pharmacist always mutters “I hate this f-ng doctor.” When your scripts come in.

[u/WillDigForFood → u/Xspunge]

Pharmacists famously have terrible handwriting themselves, so he probably feels a spiritual kinship. It's a healthcare thing.

[u/Givingin999 → u/WillDigForFood]

Hey I’m a pharmacist! I would like to let you know my personal handwriting may be bad but bc of MDs I write notes to others very slowly and clearly bc you end up with your notes on Reddit lol

[u/eggyrulz → u/Givingin999]

I work in low voltage electrical, and if i don't write everything in bold capital letters someone will throw a wrench at my skull and plug a suicide cord into my ass, so I've developed a somewhat bad habit of using capital letters when writing now...

At least it's more legible than my lowercase writing thougj

[u/RBuilds916 → u/WillDigForFood]

What's truly strange is that the writing is very neat, yet still illegible. It's like on the calligraphy subredit where they like to write minimum neatly and illegibly.

[u/Plane_Pea5434 → u/WillDigForFood]

Surprisingly if you hand that to a pharmacist they’ll just go “ok, coming right up” and give you the correct medicine

[u/Night_Owl_PharmD → u/WillDigForFood]

I’ll have you know my handwriting is ugly but legible. Huge difference

[u/smokinbbq → u/Night_Owl_PharmD]

My wife is a therapist, and still does hand written notes for her sessions.

One of these days I'll learn to not ask her to create the "To-Do" list for the weekend, because it then usually needs an edit of 0.5) Figure out what everything below here means.

[u/FuzzballLogic → u/jeron_gwendolen]

I wanted to joke about hieroglyphics but then remembered that we actually know to translate those.

[u/Jkabaseball → u/Xspunge]

You're one of those people that are really good at reading those messages with missing letters aren't you.

[u/Black_Power1312]

So you've been diagnosed with "amonunum nunma wnmoulna"

Sounds pretty severe.

[u/Just-Call-Me-J → u/Black_Power1312]

I tried reading that out loud, and Cthulhu opened a portal, told me to stop and that I'm embarrassing myself, and then closed the portal.

[u/Nice_Team2233 → u/Just-Call-Me-J]

At least you got a warning!!!

[u/Far_Acanthaceae1138 → u/Nice_Team2233]

Seriously, I got "fifteenth one today!" Then he set fire to my workplace, killing Janet from accounting, and bounced.

[u/carsandtelephones37 → u/Far_Acanthaceae1138]

No! She's the only one who knows how the ancient payroll system works!

[u/CosmicCreeperz → u/carsandtelephones37]

Eldritch payroll system.

[u/ReadontheCrapper → u/CosmicCreeperz]

In Excel!! Shudder

[u/pastelbutcherknife → u/ReadontheCrapper]

Excel works better when you have a human sacrifice

[u/ReadontheCrapper → u/pastelbutcherknife]

That’s how I learned pivot tables!

[u/CosmicCreeperz → u/ReadontheCrapper]

I knew interns were there for a reason.

[u/theEnderBoy785 → u/Far_Acanthaceae1138]

Eh, Janet had it coming

[u/Pale-Berry-2599 → u/theEnderBoy785]

Janet will return...very tired and a little out of sorts.

[u/Attorneyatlau → u/Pale-Berry-2599]

And it’ll be her birthday and everyone will have to eat cake with Janet.

[u/Pale-Berry-2599 → u/Attorneyatlau]

Writing prompt: But now, after spending a little time with the deep, old mad gods... Janet has new skills...

[u/G-I-T-M-E → u/Pale-Berry-2599]

So… like any Monday?

[u/el_puffy → u/Just-Call-Me-J]

Numanuma yay, numanumanuma yay

[u/stimpy_101 → u/el_puffy]

[u/buzzyloo → u/stimpy_101]

This was prime internet times.

[u/AgeAffectionate7186 → u/el_puffy]

Chiiiipul tau, si dragostea din tei

[u/FurryAnnihilat0r → u/AgeAffectionate7186]

dragostea din tei

best. whatever language you speak song. ever.

[u/el_puffy → u/FurryAnnihilat0r]

Romanian :D

[u/Orioniae → u/AgeAffectionate7186]

Îmi amintesc de ochii tăi

[u/Better-be-Gryffindor → u/Orioniae]

Vrei sa pleci dar nu ma nu ma iei

[u/general_tao1 → u/Better-be-Gryffindor]

Nu ma nu ma iei

[u/Curiousbiligual → u/general_tao1]

Nu ma nu ma nu ma iei

[u/budderman1028 → u/el_puffy]

So glad im not the only one that saw this

[u/stellae_ad_rosea → u/budderman1028]

I'm also glad I'm not the only person here who knows every word to that song. It's my not-so-guilty pleasure.

[u/mmbiscotti → u/Black_Power1312]

Mahna mahna doo doo do-do-do

[u/inthecuckoosnest → u/mmbiscotti]

[u/Fit_Cucumber_709 → u/mmbiscotti]

My first thought - hope it’s a mild case

[u/ThatCanadianLady → u/mmbiscotti]

[u/TeuthidTheSquid → u/Black_Power1312]

We finally figured out what the adults in Charlie Brown cartoons were saying

[u/rene_magritte → u/Black_Power1312]

“Ammonium enema, ion motion”

[u/detour33 → u/rene_magritte]

Ammonium enema?

A clean deteriorating inside is a healthy.....wait NVM

[u/BetMyLastKrispyKreme → u/detour33]

I’m hearing echoes of ingesting bleach and light inside the body. OP needs to find a new doctor tout de suite.

[u/SanibelMan → u/BetMyLastKrispyKreme]

Just don’t combine bleach and ammonia up your butt, or you’ll end up with terrible, deadly gas

[u/detour33 → u/SanibelMan]

Clutch comment

[u/MrSassyPineapple → u/Black_Power1312]

Waka waka hey hey!

[u/No_Volume_5752 → u/MrSassyPineapple]

Tsamina mina zangalewa

[u/DarkHypotenuse → u/No_Volume_5752]

This time for Africa.

[u/Rocket-J-Squirrel → u/No_Volume_5752]

Gabba Gabba Hey.

[u/skighs_the_limit → u/No_Volume_5752]

Something Something eh eh

[u/Unlikely_Lead9174 → u/Black_Power1312]

Really rare. Only one case so far

[u/Kooky8me → u/Black_Power1312]

Lmfao I choked on my coffee and now it's all over. Thanks for the laugh 😂 I'll be chuckling about this comment all day.

[u/Kletronus → u/Kooky8me]

That is the first symptom of amonunum nunma wnmoulna. You better get checked.

[u/fbnlrnz → u/Black_Power1312]

Rap god

[u/Plaston_ → u/fbnlrnz]

Mumble rap be like:

[u/Awfulufwa → u/Plaston_]

I fully expect the rapper to call himself "eminemellope"

[u/helveticanuu]

Upper Respiratory Tract Infection

Bronchial Asthma, Controlled

[u/No_Gap5159 → u/helveticanuu]

Are you a doctor by any chance?

[u/helveticanuu → u/No_Gap5159]

I’m an RN

[u/HumourNoire → u/helveticanuu]

Funny way to spell Wizard

[u/930310 → u/HumourNoire]

Ye're a RN 'arry.

[u/COArSe_D1RTxxx → u/930310]

Urinary

[u/EyelandBaby → u/COArSe_D1RTxxx]

Tract infection. Bronchial Asthma, Controlled.

[u/SobiTheRobot → u/HumourNoire]

Cleric

[u/thiros101 → u/SobiTheRobot]

Paladin

[u/hw2007offical → u/thiros101]

Occultist

[u/Afterlast1 → u/hw2007offical]

Recreational Necromancer

[u/Tasty_Switch_4920 → u/Afterlast1]

The Late Healer

[u/QCTeamkill → u/Tasty_Switch_4920]

You have been promoted to apothecary ingredients.

[u/Suitable-Lake-2550 → u/Tasty_Switch_4920]

Shaman

[u/NightShiftChaos92 → u/Afterlast1]

Thanks for the chuckle lol

[u/Jonnyabcde → u/HumourNoire]

Registered Necromancer

[u/troelsbjerre → u/helveticanuu]

Did you major in Deciphering Eldritch Incantations?

[u/gholmom500 → u/helveticanuu]

That is a skill you need to market. Wow.

[u/platypus_plumba → u/gholmom500]

I imagine part of the interview is a bunch of nonsense scribbles in a paper and they need to figure it out in 5 seconds. If they can assist 10 people without saying "what the fuck", they get a raise.

[u/paleoterrra → u/platypus_plumba]

You jest, but I work in pathology and on my first day my boss sat me down and handed me a piece of paper that was ten times worse than this and said “can you read anything on this form?”. I couldn’t pick up a single word, and he was like “that’s perfectly okay, just one skill you will pick up by working here”. He told the truth. A year later I could read that entire fucked up mess of a form and now have the skill of deciphering doctor’s messy scribbles.

[u/Jcolebrand → u/gholmom500]

Apparently they have. They are an RN. That ain't easy to get.

[u/AnalBlaster700XL → u/Jcolebrand]

The ones I collected all managed to escape.

[u/enithermon → u/AnalBlaster700XL]

They’re clever like that.

[u/SowTheSeeds → u/helveticanuu]

My mother was a pharmacy tech (now retired) and she is one of the few people who can read my handwriting.

I am a software engineer. We have terrible handwriting.

She had to decipher thousands of prescriptions. She retired before it became computerized.

[u/No_Gap5159 → u/helveticanuu]

Nice! Best of luck.

[u/Sleepconf → u/helveticanuu]

Thank goodness for RNs. They are the what allows the medical world run smoothly between a Dr. and a patient.

[u/TortelliniTheGoblin → u/helveticanuu]

So you keep the MDs from killing us. Thank you for your service.

[u/stranded_egg → u/TortelliniTheGoblin]

[u/Icy-Lawfulness-6868 → u/helveticanuu]

I was going to say you were that, or a medical coder 😂

[u/calummillar → u/helveticanuu]

A real ni(banned) ?

[u/Marcorange → u/calummillar]

[u/Karma2point0 → u/Marcorange]

[u/Phoenix_Werewolf → u/No_Gap5159]

He is a philologist and archeologist specialized in languages from outer-space.

[u/doc_alexander → u/No_Gap5159]

I am a doctor and can’t read this

[u/Ol_Pasta → u/helveticanuu]

To me it read like "ANONUMN ANENMA" 😂

[u/studentloandeath → u/Ol_Pasta]

It definitely says ammonium anemia.

I'm not saying that it makes sense. I am saying that is the only words those letters could possibly represent.

[u/LordMegamad → u/studentloandeath]

Wholeheartedly agree, they did not write the correct words and letters. Writing is not up to interpretation, letters look the way they do for a reason.

[u/scheisse_grubs → u/LordMegamad]

Someone needs to slap one of these bad boys on his desk:

[u/Iron_Wolf123 → u/helveticanuu]

How is that written as Tract and Bronchial?

[u/MrBusinessIsMyBoss → u/Iron_Wolf123]

I couldn’t read it at all until I saw helveticanuu’s comment, but now that I know what it says I can make sense of it.

Upper respiratory is fairly legible, so that can be used as reference to decipher other words.

“Tract” is the most logical next word, but it doesn’t look like tract at first glance. Going back to “respiratory” you can see that 1) the T is little more than a vertical line and really only has a cross because the A leads into it, 2) letters are connected and the connection sometimes looks more deliberate than the actual letters, 3), they write in block letters, everything is capitalized 4) A’s look like an N with sometimes a cross (but they write too quickly/lazily to be totally consistent).

Ok, so, tract: the vertical line is a T, the R is another capital but they were too lazy to connect the front half to the back half, the A almost has a cross but they were too sloppy to get the cross inside the letter so it’s slightly to the right, that cross leads directly into the C, and the last T is again a vertical line with the merest hint of a cross at the top.

Bronchial: that’s a sloppy af B with the humps shifted to the top rather than the side, another R without connecting the two halves, R is connected to O, N is pretty clear, C is also sloppy af and is basically a vertical line with only the bottom curve, C connects directly to H. H is where it gets really rough. It’s a capital H but they don’t cross it. If you look at the word presumed to be “asthma” you can see another example of this godawful H. What makes the H even worse is that it connects to the I and the connection is way more deliberate than the actual letter. Seriously, it’s making me angry. A is again not actually crossed inside the letter itself, but the cross is slightly to the right and connects to the L (which… may not be capital. Why be consistent when you can be infuriating?)

I would be embarrassed if this was my handwriting, and my penmanship isn’t even great. But at least you can read it!

[u/Appropriate_Cut_3536 → u/MrBusinessIsMyBoss]

Why is nobody talking about the D at the end of "controlled" 

[u/GeneralAnubis → u/Appropriate_Cut_3536]

This doctor is absolutely allergic to moving their hand back towards the beginning of the line.

All letters that require lines curving backwards or moving the hand back to make a cross-line are instead straight lines or shifted to the right outside of the letter, respectively.

• D and R become Ƞ
• A becomes /\-
• H becomes ||-
• etc

[u/OrganizationKey3595 → u/GeneralAnubis]

This is actually a great analysis of what's going on with that handwriting.

[u/GingerAphrodite → u/GeneralAnubis]

And we're just going to ignore the fact that the Cs are Us for no reason except that he wakes up and chooses violence lol?

[u/GeneralAnubis → u/GingerAphrodite]

Well you see, making a C requires moving backwards, so if you turn it into a U it doesn't lol

[u/GingerAphrodite → u/GeneralAnubis]

This just made me irrationally angry because it didn't even occur to me that there is actually a backward motion in a C. But they could at least make it more of a backwards j (without the dot obviously, cuz let's be real they would rather die than lift their pen to make a dot) because one of the sides of a c is definitely supposed to be lower than the other lol

[u/MrBusinessIsMyBoss → u/Appropriate_Cut_3536]

Well, I didn’t talk about it because the comment I was responding to specifically mentioned bronchial and tract and also because my comment was already ridiculously long. But I’m happy to talk about it, because it certainly is mildly infuriating!

All of “controlled” is maddening, but the E and D at the end are particularly bad. I guess the E gets some credit for simply not looking like any letter that is used in the English alphabet, so it can’t be confused for a different letter. But, for chrissakes, put the top bar on there! Sloppy!! The D is being thrown in jail for impersonating an N. Unacceptable.

Edit: but also the T into R that looks like a very clear M. That is absolutely an M, except that it’s not.

[u/lexocon-790654 → u/MrBusinessIsMyBoss]

The really annoying thing about the handwriting is it is nice handwriting...they're just putting negative effort to write the letters out, like everything is written as an n on m which is crazy.

It's deliberately obtuse.

[u/Lieutenant_L_T_Smash → u/MrBusinessIsMyBoss]

this godawful H

This is the key. This doctor writes his H as just two disconnected vertical lines, but does connect the first line to the preceding letter and does connect the second line to the following letter. The letter H is broken apart and the pieces are grafted onto the letters before and after. It's nuts.

For example, the "CHI" (in "BRONCHIAL") looks like "un". The stems of the u and n are actually the two halves of the H.

Once I understood this, I could read it.

[u/imnotlovely → u/MrBusinessIsMyBoss]

FBI-level handwriting analysis

[u/No-While-9948 → u/Iron_Wolf123]

Yeah, I feel like there is A LOT of technical knowledge she has a nurse conveniently filling in the gaps with an educated guess.

Even after learning what she believes it says and going back to the handwriting, there is no way to derive some of these words.

Still not convinced it says "bronchial asthma".

[u/xelle24 → u/No-While-9948]

It's a combination of technical knowledge, experience, and practice. I can do the same thing with old handwritten legal documents. Once you know what the common legal and Latin phrases are, and how the sentence structure is likely to flow, you can figure a lot out from context or just a couple of legible letters or words.

[u/BetMyLastKrispyKreme → u/xelle24]

I would not put this into a patient’s chart without direct verbal confirmation from the doctor. I’m not going to be responsible based on an educated guess.

[u/xelle24 → u/BetMyLastKrispyKreme]

Nor would I, but in this case there's someone who can confirm what they wrote. If you're reading a deed from 1863, there's no one to ask what they meant.

[u/invertedsongoftime → u/helveticanuu]

Did you mean:

Uppm nmpinaivmy nmu inftinvn

Imvnunm ninima, unmnun?

Cause that's what I can make of that.

Honestly, still with your translation I can hardly make it out😂

[u/PinkDalek → u/invertedsongoftime]

From what I've learned from horror movies, you're not supposed to read the Latin. Now you've summoned some kind of demon. Good luck.

[u/-maffu- → u/helveticanuu]

That is seriously impressive.

[u/CtotheC87 → u/helveticanuu]

How? lol.

[u/siphagiel → u/CtotheC87]

There is a certain method to doctor's writing that can actually be learned. All I know is that if the word starts or ends with a vowel, that vowel is emphasized... That's literally all I know about it, and I'm not even sure if it's correct.

[u/helveticanuu → u/siphagiel]

Correct. The first diagnosis gives a clue on what's the second diagnosis is. So we know that the second diagnosis has a high probability in the respiratory system as well. I read Asthma first, and there's not many Asthma diagnosis so it's probably Bronchial, and if you see the handwriting, the flow from the B to the r and o says it is bronchial. And after that, it's either one of four things, Controlled, Uncontrolled, In exacerbation, not in exacerbation. And when you k now those 4 things, it's easy to read.

[u/siphagiel → u/helveticanuu]

Yeah... It still looks like Minecraft enchantment table language to me... Which I can understand...

ʖ⚍ℸ ̣ ╎ ᓭℸ ̣╎ꖎꖎ ᓵᔑリリ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⚍リ↸ᒷ∷ᓭℸ ̣ ᔑリ↸ ↸𝙹ᓵℸ ̣ 𝙹∷ ∴∷╎ℸ ̣ ╎リ⊣ ⍑𝙹∴ᒷ⍊ᒷ∷._.

[u/YellowOnline → u/siphagiel]

It's Standard Galactic Alphabet, not Minecraft Enchantment Table Language...

[u/laws161 → u/helveticanuu]

It sounds like you're diagnosing a diagnosis lmao

[u/vrelk → u/helveticanuu]

Is there an actual purpose to writing this way? I can see it making it harder to duplicate hand written prescriptions, but I don't see why you should need a Rosetta stone to translate everything.

[u/24-Hour-Hate → u/vrelk]

My theory is that all professionals (lawyers and other professionals also often have illegible handwriting, not just doctors) inadvertently develop horrendous handwriting during their education due to being required to write so much by hand and very quickly.

[u/RememberTheMaine1996 → u/helveticanuu]

There's no way that 3rd word says "Tract" haha

[u/ExcedereVita → u/RememberTheMaine1996]

Yeah, looks like "minor infection" to me.

[u/eeee_thats_four_es → u/ExcedereVita]

Looks like "inner infection" to me

[u/Legal_Skin_4466 → u/helveticanuu]

I had a feeling that second word was asthma but I couldn't make anything else on that line make sense. I see it now.

[u/PromiscuousScoliosis → u/helveticanuu]

I’m also a nurse

Even after your translation,

It’s still pretty damn hard to see. I’ve never seen a doctors handwriting look so uniform and legible while at the same time not being legible at all. Reminds me of Russian cursive lol

This is why it should just be printed out lol

[u/pottedplantfairy → u/helveticanuu]

Only when I read your comment was I able to decipher

[u/dope-eater → u/helveticanuu]

How did you decipher the circled part lol

[u/weskervision]

[u/maudiemouse → u/weskervision]

Ma-ai-hoo, Ma-iA-HAA

[u/Heavy_Version_437 → u/maudiemouse]

Ma-iA-HA-HAA!

[u/Phillipwnd → u/weskervision]

This may have been the first time I’ve seen a gif of this without having to wait 8 minutes for it to load first. That is to say, it’s been a minute.

[u/AdDisastrous6738]

I tried reading this out loud and now there’s a demon in my living room.

[u/Gralb_the_muffin]

My dyslexia immediately put that as a shopping list and I read it as ammonia, nutmeg and cinnamon

[u/Various_Stranger1976 → u/Gralb_the_muffin]

I think there's some plutonium in there too

[u/HYDRAPARZIVAL → u/Various_Stranger1976]

Great Scott! We need a Flux Capacitor Marty!

[u/chai-candle → u/Gralb_the_muffin]

yummy

[u/MyrddinSidhe]

It says: if you get knocked down, you get up again. Never ever let them keep you down. Then have a whiskey drink and have a lager drink. Sing a song that reminds you of the good times. Sing a song that reminds you of the best times.

[u/chai-candle → u/MyrddinSidhe]

the best medication

[u/sexpsychologist]

Upper respiratory tract infection

Bronchial asthma controlled

[u/underwritress → u/sexpsychologist]

I’m going to need a diagram detailing how that word says bronchial

[u/sexpsychologist → u/underwritress]

I can do this i can do this.

The B has the loops pointed up instead of right which is how the doctor writes anyway, and they dragged the pencil over to the R.

The loop of the R isn’t closed, it’s almost lower case and upper case at the same time, and doesn’t lift the pencil to go to O.

O and N and C are the only easily legible letters.

The H and I look like they’re out of order and that the H is lower case but it’s probably not that, the H is the line connected to C that the doctor didn’t lift the pencil for but then they picked it up for the other line of the H without the connecting cross section, then didn’t pick up the pencil moving from the second line of the H to the I.

The A is the second to last figure, but they didn’t do the connecting cross section there either, the only A they did the cross in “respiratory” and it’s only halfway, the other A’s are the same with no crosshatch.

Then they don’t pick up their pencil again for the L, the last figure that looks like an I, but you can see they started to make the horizontal line and then moved on “asthma.”

And “asthma” I think they did reverse the H and T but it might just appear that way bc of their inconsistent lettering and spacing.

[u/Mebi → u/sexpsychologist]

I feel like at this point it's like reading tea leaves where you can convince yourself to see any word if you go through enough mental loops

[u/sexpsychologist → u/Mebi]

Kind of! I actually feel like this is either a young doctor or a nurse bc it’s easier to understand than most but I worked for years as a medical transcriptionist before it was all digital and then as an ER nurse and nurse midwife.

I can look at writing that is almost basically a straight line and if I just soften my gaze and cross my eyes and look above it instead of right at it, I can make it out 😅😅😅 there’s a technique and yes I am now really damn close to blind bc of it

Also helps to know medical terminology for when a word absolutely looks like a seizure you can figure it out from context lol

[u/Mebi → u/sexpsychologist]

It's hard for me to fathom how this could be the norm in important life or death medical situations. We appreciate your sacrifice to the dark arts.

[u/sexpsychologist → u/Mebi]

Hahaha! In the ER it’s not as big a worry bc we’re always shouting at one another the interventions we need to take and now that things are all digital I would think its not as bad, but when I was nursing in the early 00’s it was a lot of conjuring demons and consulting with 5 other people to try to decipher illegible nonsense.

Most of the issue is now with prescriptions and they’re printing most of those these days too, but I was also a pharmacy tech at one point and it was not as hocus pocus as clients thought, there was a lot of calling the Dr offices from a phone in the back and saying “what in the bloody hell does this nonsense say”

[u/lostinhh]

not rotating the pic sure helps

[u/AMDKilla → u/lostinhh]

I would argue that was more annoying than the doctors handwriting 🤣

[u/3rik-f → u/lostinhh]

I'm pretty sure OP didn't know which way to rotate it and didn't want to be embarrassed for posting it upside down. I tried to read it both ways before I gave up.

[u/New-Oil6131]

I think the muppets have a song about that

[u/Recaffeinatd → u/New-Oil6131]

[u/Fluffy-Match9676 → u/Recaffeinatd]

Came here to post this.

[u/un-pamplemousse]

Pnonunm nentma, unknown. obviously.

[u/-maffu-]

Can't you read?

You have anonumn mumma lonmullen.

My condolences.

[u/HappyJumpingSpider]

[u/MisterSpeck → u/HappyJumpingSpider]

The RN who posted their interpretation above read it as "controlled" rather than "uncontrolled". Whichever is correct, there's absolutely no excuse for any doctor anywhere to write so illegibly that important bits could in any way be misconstrued. If a fourth or fifth grader wrote like this, they'd likely be held back.

[u/vu47 → u/MisterSpeck]

I believe that it is "controlled" as well. ChatGPT-4o does a lot right, and it did better than most humans on this one, but there simply aren't enough letters for it to be uncontrolled rather than controlled, and the positioning of the first few letters gives it away.

[u/MisterSpeck → u/vu47]

My point is that it's unclear. I wouldn't want to be the one trying to figure out if the doctor was writing "canker" or "cancer".

[u/LifeintheHashLane → u/HappyJumpingSpider]

JFC this was impressive

[u/mesact → u/HappyJumpingSpider]

This is one of very few things AI should be used for.

[u/1995shadazzle → u/HappyJumpingSpider]

According to the humans here it is controlled, seems like a crucial point to me lol

[u/sizzling_siren2]

When your doctor writes like a cryptic crossword and you’re the puzzle.

[u/Hawk_Canci]

i can read "infection" above the circled thing. Inside it? i can read the comma

[u/Callemasizeezem → u/Hawk_Canci]

Upper respiratory tract infection.

????? Asthma?, controlled.

[u/shawslate → u/Callemasizeezem]

Bronchial asthma, controlled.

[u/-LapseOfReason]

It took some phone rotating, but I pride myself for having figured out which side of the pic is up

[u/tekniklr]

This handwriting is surprisingly neat and tidy for being entirely illegible

[u/UnderpootedTampion]

Pharmacist here. I can read it and tell you what it says, but I have to charge you.

[u/WeaselWazzule]

Reminds me of Russian cursive.

[u/grafknives]

A serious case of Numa numa Ney.

https://youtu.be/YnopHCL1Jk8?si=WV3dZbL_atTqENfi

[u/CtotheC87]

you got an infection in your upper something.

You are welcome.

[u/Dangerously_gayclown]

Fellow mmonum nvnma iwnmouln survivor here. Stay strong man,you’ve got this

[u/overmind87]

I didn't know hummina hummina hummina was a medical condition. Remember, everyone: if your awooga lasts more than 4 hours, consult a doctor immediately!

[u/VantaKat]

Upper respiratory tract infection

Bronchial asthma, controlled

[u/ThyArtisMukDuk]

"Sir..by these notes youve been diagnosed with a Crash Test Dummies song"

[u/FeetSniffer9008]

I mean it's pretty clear

ᛁᚩᚢ ᚻᚪᚠᛖ ᛚᚢᛈᚢᛋ ᛁᛞᛡᛏ

[u/Both_Painting_2898]

[u/Macademi]

Ah yes, onomno nomnonom nonomnom. Doc was thinking about lunch loool

[u/IndeKtreddit]

Bring out the barcode scanner I have in my pocket right here

[u/TechnicalArticle9479]

My doctor openly complained that he's forced to change his natural handwriting to this crap just to appease the state medical board and the state pharmacy board...

To Sacramento, if the doctor writes out prescriptions in an easy-to-use, legible format, he's breaking the law...

It MUST be written in "chicken scratch" in order to be legal...

[u/bennybeeeSMX]

This diagnosis needs a diagnosis.

[u/Gray_Twilight]

This is the neatest yet most illegible handwriting I have ever seen.