Archive for May, 2008
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Rest in Peace, Harvey Korman (and thanks for the laughs)
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Georgia O’Keefe
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Here’s a Georgia O’Keefe painting called “Jack in the Pulpit no. I V.” Nice.
On a completely different subject, what is it about physicians that makes us pussies? Somehow the previous generation of physicians rolled over and ate a huge shit-sandwich from the government called EMTALA. Our national organizations, the AMA, ACEP and the like, have […]
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U.S.S. of A
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Well I’m back. Had some major computer issues with a damaged hard drive, not to mention meetings, family, school ending, etc. But now I am on a mission. Tomorrow I leave for Washington D.C.. Part vacation, part mission. I am going to petition for a change in the name of our great nation to the […]
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Ah, the VA.
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Just a quick note typed while on the phone with the VA. I get all my prescriptions from the VA as I have a service-connected disability. I got through to their automated phone service then waited five minutes to get the phone to ring to speak with a human. I am now at 340 rings […]
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Resuscitation docs..
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This is kind of for only the docs here and those who stumble upon us. Just an observation. As you all know I started in medicine, oh, before Penicillin or so.
Yesterday, old lady, 89, arrests in ED, and I unfortunately bring here back. Call ICU doc to come admit. He comes down, […]
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Memorial Day
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Semper Fi, Marine Corps. Thank you, and you my best friend in the Army, and you my best friend in the Navy, and you my buddies deployed now with the Air Force. Thank you too, Coast Guard. Thank you all.
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Interlude
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I feel more rants bubbling up from my bezoar-distended stomach, so, as an amuse-bouche, I serve to you today the following. First, from Monkey-Girl’s blog, a good question. Second, from my favorite sports blog, comedy based on the question. And third, a music-video, which, I think, encompasses our whole god-dammed raison d’etre (movie quote) here […]
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Is That a Bezoar in Your Pocket…?
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Insane people are cool. Who else would systematically pull out their hair, eat it, and end up with that thing (pictured above) lodged in their stomach? And all for MY entertainment.
That thing is called a trichobezoar. Tricho = hair. Bezoar = nasty mass of indigestible stuff. We get these with reasonable frequency in the pathology […]
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The Little Boy We All Know and Hate
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Enuff bashing the lawyers, insurance and shit..Something fun.
OK, I’ve wanted to post this for a long time. Some of you are going to hate me(BFD!)and the docs, nurses and EMT’s are going to LOVE IT..
I (and each and every one of you) have wished for this opportunity all of my career.
Grandma brings in Jr, about […]
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New Medical Condition - GRINCHISM
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You may recognize this face if you watched the most recent Survivor series from Micronesia. This unfortunate young woman, who somehow managed to make it to the final four, has Grinchism. This disease was first describe by Dr. Seuss in 1972. The criteria for diagnosis are quite simple, but must be met completely to […]
