Jamie_B Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 A Tennessee woman is filing a complaint she says the doctor she went to see for back pain gave her an insulting diagnosis. "He said 'I know what the problem is. It's ghetto booty,'" Terry Ragland, 55, told Memphis TV station WREG what Dr. Timothy Sweo said to her in April. "I think I blacked out after he said ghetto booty. I think my mind was just stuck on the phrase because I couldn't believe he said that," said Ragland. Ragland said this was not her first time seeing someone at Dr. Timothy Sweo's office, but it was the first time she had seen him. "It's one of those things where my hip seems to slip, like it's slipping out of place a little bit. It's painful when you get up to go walk it kind of slips, you know," she said about her lower back pain. Ragland said Sweo sent her for X-rays, then came in and gave his diagnosis. She said she was in shock as she asked what the treatment would be. "He said there's no cure for it but I could give you something if you're having pain," Ragland told WREG. She told an office manager, who apologized. A few weeks later, she received a letter from Sweo himself. In the letter, he said he was "trying to take a technical conversation regarding your lower back and make it less technical." "It says to me that he doubts what type of intellect I have, how intelligent I am to be able to understand what he conveys to me in a medical term," Ragland told WREG. Sweo declined to be interviewed on camera. But he did admit to using the term as he was trying to explain to Ragland that she had "lumbar lordosis," the medical term for a curve in her spine. "I think I do understand why her feelings were hurt but I don't understand what's offensive about it," Sweo told the station. Read more: http://www.wlwt.com/news/health/doctor-diagnoses-woman-with-ghetto-booty/-/9837732/20997396/-/mwspkl/-/index.html#ixzz2ZJXn6q7f Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Lucid| Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 "I think I do understand why her feelings were hurt but I don't understand what's offensive about it," :facepalm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmishBengalFan Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 I'm not up-to-speed on terms and phrases used in "the Hood", but may I presume that the phrase "ghetto booty" is not, in fact, in reference to a treasure that would be sought-after by inner city pirates? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted July 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 I believe the Dr's phone number if someone is looking for some health advice is 1-900-Mix-Alot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 I'm not up-to-speed on terms and phrases used in "the Hood", but may I presume that the phrase "ghetto booty" is not, in fact, in reference to a treasure that would be sought-after by inner city pirates? Unless those buccaneers are butt-men. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khatmandude Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 I'm not up-to-speed on terms and phrases used in "the Hood", but may I presume that the phrase "ghetto booty" is not, in fact, in reference to a treasure that would be sought-after by inner city pirates? Actually, it kinda is.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmishBengalFan Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 Google > "Ghetto Pirate" = I think it's all about the eyepatch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justice Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 I believe the Dr's phone number if someone is looking for some health advice is 1-900-Mix-Alot you know you want her number..lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted July 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 you know you want her number..lol! did you see her pic? ill pass now if it was rihanna.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Numbers| Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 did you see her pic? ill pass now if it was rihanna.... I saw her picture. That is a Badonkadonk, not a Ghetto Booty. Figuring they were from Tennessee that would have been a better diagnosis. I can't see why anyone would think she had anything other than lumbar lordosis... Jennifer Lopez has a much nicer one than Rhianna any day of the week... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vol_Bengal Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 A Tennessee woman is filing a complaint she says the doctor she went to see for back pain gave her an insulting diagnosis. "He said 'I know what the problem is. It's ghetto booty,'" Terry Ragland, 55, told Memphis TV station WREG what Dr. Timothy Sweo said to her in April. "I think I blacked out after he said ghetto booty. I think my mind was just stuck on the phrase because I couldn't believe he said that," said Ragland. Obviously he's a blatant racist... I saw her picture. That is a Badonkadonk, not a Ghetto Booty. Figuring they were from Tennessee that would have been a better diagnosis. I can't see why anyone would think she had anything other than lumbar lordosis... Jennifer Lopez has a much nicer one than Rhianna any day of the week... This was in Memphis... go 20 miles east of Memphis and all the way through Bristol, Tn, yes Dadonkadonk would be more fitting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted July 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 I wonder what the medical levels are Ghetto Booty Badonkadonk Dat Ass White Girl Pancake Booty ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Numbers| Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 I wonder what the medical levels are Ghetto Booty Badonkadonk Dat Ass White Girl Pancake Booty ? Great question. We'll have to get the medical experts to chime in... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Dub Posted July 19, 2013 Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 I wonder what the medical levels are White Girl Pancake Booty ? According to the eminent Sir Mix-a-lot MD you mentioned earlier, the accepted treatment would be red beans & rice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted July 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 What is the medical specialty to diagnose this? And where does one attend medical school for that specialty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Numbers| Posted July 19, 2013 Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 What is the medical specialty to diagnose this? And where does one attend medical school for that specialty? It is quite possible Baylor offers a course in this... http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=a%20comparison%20of%20actual%20and%20apparent%20lumbar%20lordosis%20in%20black%20and%20white%20adult%20females&source=web&cd=9&ved=0CFQQFjAI&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jospt.org%2Fmembers%2Fgetfile.asp%3Fid%3D3623&ei=2qDoUfCaEaGbygG60oDAAg&usg=AFQjCNH0K7awixcqS-8qAJzXX_rM8o0MLA http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2711246 Baylor University Graduate Program, Academy of Health Sciences, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. A comparison of actual and apparent lumbar lordosis in black and white adult females. The investigators therefore contend that the clinician's assumption that blacks have a greater lordosis than whites is based on an apparent increased lordosis due to more prominent buttocks (APL). Dr Sweo received his degree from Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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