seasonal 333

February 2026 | Vol. 70, No. 1
Written by Richard Donze, DO, MPH, PCOM '78

modern medico babble
would call it “shared
decision making” I call

it being ordered around
the chief complaint was
an eye roller cold with

lingering cough how
long lingering? weeks
at least as I plan to pull

the trigger on my com-
moditized shotgun and
get out in 5 minutes to

the next one assuming
like the one before and
the one after he just  

wants ABX ‘roids and
dilators by pill and puff
maybe some expector-

ation libation for mucus
liberation he said no all
he wanted was a chest

listen and look and may-
be some sat data and
when they were CTA

NAD and 98% he said
thanks I’m good just
another case of sea-

sonal 333 333? yes
throat is sore for 3
days nose runs for 3

days cough for 3
months the usual
I’ll take it from here