Musings of a Distractible Mind
Thoughts of an odd, but not harmful primary care physician.
15% off petite scrubs with checkout code “petit_sale” I have made a very big decision: I am going to unplug myself from the internet world for a while. That means that I am hanging up my blogging for now. Things are OK with me – 2010 has actually been a very good year for me [...]
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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.The following was originally posted on 12/22/2008. Every day I go to work and spend time with suffering people. They come to me for help and for comfort. They open up to me with problems that they would not tell anyone else. They put trust in me – even if I am not able to [...]
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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.As I was listening to the songs “Sleigh Ride” and “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” for the 12 gazillionth time, resigned to the fact that my mind would cruelly replay it for the rest of the day, I began to wonder why that happens. Why do incredibly annoying songs get stuck in our heads? Then [...]
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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.Everyone liked him. Though his later years (the only ones in which I knew him) took away his ability to do most things, and though he was in great pain every day, it was easy to see the mischief in his eyes. The subtle humor was still there, coming out of a man who was [...]
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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 posted this two years ago, and some folks may have heard this, but this is my very favorite rendition of ”Oh Holy Night.” It touches me like none other. If the above audio player does not work, click on this link By the way, don’t play this where anyone can hear. It may frighten [...]
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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.About a month ago I got an invitation by John Schumann, who authorizes the Glass Hospital blog to go to Iowa. Now, I don’t consider going to Iowa a particularly bad thing, but it is an unusual place to be invited to. I am all in favor of corn and abundant use of 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 need you to do me a favor,” my nurse asked me at the end of our day on Friday. “Sure,” I answered, “what do you want?” “Please have a better week next week,” she said with a pained expression. “I don’t think I can handle another one like this week.” It was a bad [...]
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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 case you didn’t hear the news: the American Healthcare system is in financial crisis. One of the biggest culprits indicted in this crises is “unnecessary care,” with estimates ranging from $500-$650 Billion (total spending estimate is $2.6 Trillion) going toward things labelled “unnecessary.” Personally, I think this is an underestimate, as it doesn’t take [...]
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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.For those of you who follow my podcast, please note that I have been nominated for a podcast award. I would appreciate your votes, as I really want the podcast to reach more people. Is this an ego thing? Probably, to some extent.. But I am doing it to give plain medical advice to people, [...]
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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.OK, so I’ve done this thing called Ask Dr. Rob, in which I answer questions that my readers have regarding health, tacos, webkins, fetuses driving speed boats, the end times, baby spit, the dangers of kumquats, and other crucial issues. But there is a big problem: nobody ever asks me questions anymore. So I asked myself: why [...]
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