Ready to Dust Myself Off
Even though a few hours remain, I think it's safe to assume that the 65% of you who voted for me starting a new blog won't suddenly change you minds and try to sway the results. With that being said, I...
View ArticleGetting It (No, not that...perv)
There were times during my last rotation where I began to understand the need to be at the hospital for extended periods even when one could leave. Not only for the training purposes - as most...
View ArticleTaking Time to Smell the Flowers
NOT!We move this week. A large moving van will be here Thursday morning and we're trying to get a lot accomplished in the last few days - like getting all of the kids toys and minutia over to the new...
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A Look Back
I thought that it would be a good idea to publish a little post about my accomplishments in the last 4 years. I don't think of this as self-aggrandizement; rather it's more like self-stimulation of the...
View ArticleOi
Moving sucks. Even if you're moving just a few miles down the road and have a trio of men lifting your heavier items, it still sucks. I find that I'm more lethargic than I'd have imagined and trying to...
View ArticleStep Back
I decided after posting earlier today that, despite taking a few days and rehashing the topic a few times, it was just not a good post to have published and needed to be taken down. So I did just...
View ArticleWhat's the Deal?
Graduation is looming close. The frenzied e-mails are rocketing across the web alerting the seniors to their "week" and all the party atmosphere that befits a graduating medical student. A multitude of...
View ArticleVIP
We had a VIP who, even though he was in the ICU, still didn't want to have his beauty sleep disturbed. The following was a message placed on his door:DO NOT awaken patient between the hours of 11pm and...
View ArticleHaven't Earned It
A recent conversation that Wife told me about went something like this:Wouldn't know their ass from a hole in the ground guy: "You know you're husband isn't a doctor yet. Just because he's graduating...
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Home Sweet Home
Pics of our new home. Nothing yet related to the white coat burning, as it hasn't happened, but I will post just as soon as it's done.These are in order:1) the front of the home with a small view of my...
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The House of God
The book, The House of God, is one that many medical students, residents, healthcare professionals, and people all over the world have noted as being a standout read regarding the trials of internship....
View ArticleMore Truth Than Not
I read this article when a couple blogs posted about its topic. Some were naysayers, stating that it painted a bleaker future than really necessary, others were more open to the advice. I noticed that...
View ArticleWhere Will It Go?
While driving my daughter to preschool today I passed a gas station that, just yesterday, was selling gas for $3.55 a gallon. Today? $3.70. Where did the 15 cents come from?I'm actually in an area...
View ArticleMore Political
As noted in the last post, the problem with gas getting this high is that the US is not, and most likely will not be for a very long time, equipped to handle a huge increase in price due to city...
View ArticleScary As Hell
Just found out that I will be starting July 1st in the...wait for it...EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT! (dramatic, scary music plays as audience gasps and shrieks in horror)Stay away from the hospitals, people,...
View ArticleObesity - Dangerous To Your Health
Fat people are a danger to themselves. Health not withstanding (diabetes, hypertension, stroke, cardiac disease, arthritis, etc. are all shown to increase in patients with, um, largess) there are many...
View ArticleI am a Doctor
Nothing more needs be said. Well, it will, but just not right now. I've got some partying to do!
View ArticleGraduation
So the grad ceremony was nice - if not long - and my family was able to be here to watch Wife hood me. Thankfully my back, which had been acting up the last week and kept me from working out for the...
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Purification by Fire
This is the end, my beautiful friend, the end.The coats burned nicely, soaked with lighter fluid, and a large plume of foul smelling, blackish smoke arose as I exorcised the drug-resistant demons from...
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