Archive for March, 2007
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The North American Lookey-Loo
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The North American Lookey-Loo is a very common creature in Emergency Departments. They are somewhat shy but can be easily lured out of their holes by any sort of perceived delay in the care of their significant-other. Their method of conflict resolution is passive-aggressivity. When approached they will usually retreat in their holes with their […]
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Penis on a Slab
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There is nothing quite so disturbing to the male pathologist than a penis on the grossing bench (a grossing bench is essentially a large cutting board where we process specimens). So, why was I staring at an amputated penis yesterday? Well, men, sorry to break the news - penile cancer exists, and the treatment of […]
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The "Health Care Walnut"
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Click the above title to read a provoative piece on the health care crisis from The American Thinker.
And please see Pana Bear, MD’s excellent bit entitled Single Payer Monte and the post prior.
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What We Are Up Against
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A doc from our hospital recently attended a political event where he met a prominent U.S. senator. He asked the senator what his feelings were about physicians’ decreasing reimbursements (often less than 30% of charges - e.g. I get 9$(!) from certain payors for a pap smear, no sh#t.); increasing insurance costs (over $100,000/year after […]
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The Emmerson Biggins Sign
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The Emmerson Biggins sign is clearly demonstrated on this Xray by symmetric soft-tissue densities that project laterally from the mid chest. This poor young woman is burdened by a certain top-heaviness, a certain tendency to fall forward, and a tendency for her condition to draw the stares of construction workers, auto-mechanics, fraternity members, heterosexual men, […]
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I Can See the Future. And it is Bleak.
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I am able to make a diagnosis with 100% accuracy without looking at someone’s biopsy. Here’s how it works:
Me: (to Dr. O, oncologist in hallway) Hi Jim.
Dr. O: Hey, I have a patient for you. She’s the sweetest lady, about 60, donates all her time to the church, is a loving wife and parent, has […]
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No Mo Hatin’
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Well, there was some gnashing of teeth and busting of ideological bubbles with the last post, so here it goes. I now love all patients. Yes I said it . But with the weekend over I’ve had time to reflect. I have to look to the future. There is much to be learned from each […]
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"Two Dudes", "Two Beers"
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The FBI has issued an all points bulletin for the apprehension of “two dudes”, a.k.a. “some dudes”, “two huge dudes”, “a whole bunch of dudes”, “some homies”, “those sons of bitches”, “some f***ing a**holes”, and “these guys”. They are responsible for approximately one million assaults in the past two days in every town in America.
Their […]
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Welcome Path Guy
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Welcome to you, path guy. I look forward to your scintillating banter and misanthropic diatribes. But you don’t have a monopoly on patient hate. Oh, don’t get me wrong, I still shed a tear once in a while for the truly tragic case or children who are sick through no fault of their own. But […]
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Peace, love, etc…
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I am touched by the love I am feeling…
Yes, I am a pathologist - board certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology. I’m one of those guys who sits in the sub-basement, next to the morgue, in a windowless office and gets aroused by a case of ulcerating cloacagenic carcinoma (A.K.A. ass cancer). Most medical students […]
