Musings of a Distractible Mind
Thoughts of an odd, but not harmful primary care physician.
I wrote the title to this post and now have the Stevie Ray Vaughan song with that name running through my head (which is a whole lot better than last week, when some of my office staff were talking about Michael Bolton, and I got one of his songs – that shall not be named [...]
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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.People are born, they live, and they die. All people do this, with the cycle repeating again and again – hopefully for a long time into the future. I am stuck here in my own perspective, living out the dash between the dates on my tombstone. Two things this week remind me of that [...]
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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.People ask me lots of questions, some good and some not so good. Is this illness I caught contagious? (How would you have gotten it otherwise?) Is this medicine going to destroy my liver? (Yes, your wife paid me lots of money to bump you off) What do you think about the odd pattern on my [...]
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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 Law Offices of Facmee & Diaz 2 – watch more funny videos It was during my residency that the first indication of heart toxicity of antibiotics affected me personally. The threat was related to the use of the first of the non-drowsy antihistamines – Seldane – in combination with macrolide antibiotics, such as Erythromycin causing a [...]
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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.My in-laws are in town for my daughter’s graduation. When I came home yesterday I was greeted with a big smile and vigorous handshake from my father-in-law. ”I just want to thank you,” he said, standing up from his chair, “for finding us a good doctor. The one you found for us is wonderful.” My [...]
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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.Source “Your system is perfectly designed to yield the outcome you are presently getting.” - Not sure who said it, but dang, were they smart. A patient was recently recounting some of her bad experiences with her health care. I shot back with some of my frustrations with this system that seems hell-bent on making [...]
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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.One of my favorite series of posts I did on my old blog was a run-down of the physical exam. Some might say I ran down the physical exam as one might run down a pedestrian, I suppose, but it was a fun series to write. If you didn’t get the chance to read it [...]
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