Some alternative statements you could consider when your initial reaction is just ‘!’:
I’m glad we took that X-ray
Well this is almost certainly diagnostic
When one of my classmates broke my leg in 2nd Grade, there was an entire fiasco and I nearly died but I do remember the guy from radiology storming out to the little curtain area I was in and SLAPPING the X-ray up on the back light and the doctor actually shouting “JE-YAY-SUS! No wonder the kid doesn’t have any damn blood!”
i have corneal dystrophy so my corneas will just kind of. tear. for no reason. quite frequently. cause of death: blinked too hard.
so one time i was in the eye hospital (id been there the day before and a junior doc dismissed me entirely as nothing being wrong, sent me off with no treatment, and my optician was Not Having It)
selfsame junior doc eye rolled and, when it was clear i wouldn’t be leaving again, begrudgingly called in the consultant who took one glance at one eye, said “oh my god” and sent for a second consultant
who took one look and said “‘ive never seen anything like it” and sent for a third
who took a quick look and said “wow. jesus. what a mess” and sent for the fourth etc
(junior doc getting progressively more embarrassed the whole time)
anyway both of my corneas have torn so many times it’s apparently just a mess of scar tissue. but if you were wondering what’s worse than one doctor exclaiming in surprise with 0 info, its having the entire department do it in succession
