Musings of a Distractible Mind
Thoughts of an odd, but not harmful primary care physician.
If there is a central theme to this blog, it is this: medicine is a human thing. On the Facebook page of my podcast, I recently asked for readers to tell me some of the “war stories” they have from the doctor’s office. What are some of the bad things doctors do wrong? I quickly [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.Name of Drama: 21 Protagonist: Dr. Rob and a cast of thousands of physicians (Kiefer Sutherland wouldn’t work for such small payment) Villain: Evil SGR conspiracy to cut Medicare by 21% across the board. Victim: The elderly population depending on Medicare for payment of their care Plot: A follow-up of the popular drama “Lost” where [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.I have been asked by patients, readers, family members, and by fellow bloggers what I think about the bill passed by the House of Regurgitants Representatives yesterday. I resent this. I have tried hard to remain neutral as possible, finding equal cause to point and sneer at both conservatives and liberals. It’s much more fun [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.It passed. I know most of you were watching CSI Jersey City, so let me be the first to tell you that the House of Regretatives passed the historic Healthcare Bill. Now’s your chance to tell the world what you think! [poll id="34"]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.Here’s some advice I have given teenage boys who are going toe-to-toe with their mothers about a health issue: Don’t go toe-to-toe with your mother; it’s a no-win situation. Either you are right, and you are looked at as a “smarty-pants” or you are wrong, and have given her a huge “I told you so.” [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.Fish and Chips in England. Raise your hand if you know who Zippy the Lobster is. Yep, I suspected many of you had either forgotten about him or had never met him before. You can put your hands down now. One of you really aught to research the concept of deodorant. Zippy and I met [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.A very enjoyable post to write was my previous post on what if other parts of life were like healthcare? I recently reposted it on the ACP Internist blog, and that got me thinking about more areas where life could imitate medicine. So here is part 2 of the continuing saga. Driving to Work After [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.It’s interesting to see how different things are over at The Health Care Blog. First, it’s different to have to write “health care” instead of healthcare. I personally am all for not using up or resources by adding the space between the two words. Ihaveconsideredeliminatingspacesaltogether, but it gets confusing. Iwon’tdothat. One of the big differences [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.I saw a patient today and looked back at a previous note, which said the following: “stressed out due to insurance.” It didn’t surprise me, and I didn’t find it funny; I see a lot of this. Too much. This kind of thing could be written on a lot of patients’ charts. I suspect the [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.I will be the guest tonight on the Blog Talk Radio show of my blogging buddy, Dr. Anonymous. There’s no specific topic, but I’m sure I’ll talk blog, podcast, llamas, and perhaps some nuclear physics. I may even give some cooking tips. Come by and visit the show. Tonight at 9 PM (Which is 8 [...]
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