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May 2009



This sounds right on....

Sat, 05/30/09 1:51 P GMT-05
I saw this article through Gruntdoc .It is a pretty quick read, and I think that this encapsuulates the problems that we are facing in medicine regarding the coming of universal care.There is a incredibly precise line about how we already have socia

Size really does matter

Wed, 05/27/09 1:43 P GMT-05
After doing that tactical medicine course in California, I saw that I had let myself get out of shape. Badly. Well, one of the fellow classmates was a former Navy Corpsman who had been in Marine Recon. He was, naturally, in phenomenal shape. Since I

The last stretch....

Sat, 05/23/09 9:17 A GMT-05
Holy Catfish!!!!I just sent out the cash and affidavit for my temporary Texas license. I also have been in contact with someone about doing some per diem work as an ER doc in some remote areas of Texas for some *very* lucrative pay. Texas has a probl

Overheard at the doc Russia dacha

Tue, 05/19/09 9:14 P GMT-05
TV newscaster [set to dramatic music in a fear-mongering voice]: "This is little Molly... She's only three years old, but has already had surgery for kidney stones. Find out in our newscast why doctors are seeing this and why you might be at

Weekend getaway, Chicago style

Thu, 05/14/09 2:04 P GMT-05
D-6 and I will be absent this weekend. We are taking a weekender to Chicago. We figure that since we will be moving back to Texas soon, we might as well visit some of the close-by cities while we can. Six months from now, we won't be able to hop

"...that'll be a large portion of crow with a side of Tamiflu, please."

Thu, 05/14/09 9:41 A GMT-05
So, as I had mentioned in THIS post, I lamented the poorly run bureaucracy that is public health. Well, as it turns out, it turns out that that little five year old did, in fact, have swine flu, or as I like to call it, "The Mexican Bugaloo.&quo

Shot in the dark, here, but...

Wed, 05/13/09 8:20 P GMT-05
So, suddenly Obama decides to reverse himself, and *not* release more photos that would be used to paint the defenders of America with the worst brush, going against ACLU marching orders. I mean, it's like someone well and truly did smack the Oba

If Swine flu becomes a problem, here's why.....

Mon, 05/11/09 11:21 A GMT-05
So, last night, I was working in the EC when I got an up front introduction to the way that medicine will fail if we do get a serious pandemic. My patient was a five year old girl who came in with headache and fever for two days. Her flu swab was pos

A somewhat unstructured post about why guns and ammo are selling.

Mon, 05/04/09 4:22 P GMT-05
I am lying here, taking it easy, trying to get over whatever bug Domestic-6 brought back with her from phoenix, and I find myself having plenty of time to read about and ponder upon the recent shenanigans of the Obama administration. I am starting to