drunks

We were seeing a drunk guy who just happened to mention he wanted to kill himself (while blowing a BAL of over 0.3).  When the guy sobered up a bit he promised us he wasn’t being serious.  Begging for us to discharge charge him he cried, “Come on doc, I swear on my LIFE I [...]

totally normal

According to Lange Q&A Psychiatry (2005), “Disorganized schizophrenia, traditionally known as hebephrenia, is notable for pronounced and severe thought disorder… Such patients may present with a chief complaint as, ‘I came to restore my tranquility so that I can get what’s coming to me upside down’.”
The other day my patient wrote on the wall, “do [...]

the beginning of the end

Today was the first day of my pediatrics rotation.  It involved lectures and tours and lectures and lectures.  I have yet to even see a child, and surprise surprise I have a runny nose, sore throat, and headache.
My roommate arrived to her first day of surgery 25 minutes late, got stuck on a team with [...]

good morning

I fought with myself for a good thirty minutes before finally dragging myself out of bed.  I sludged upstairs and sank into my morning routine: coffee, honey nut cheerios, the paper.  Awake yet?  Not quite. More honey nut cheerios, more coffee, and how about just a few more honey nut cheerios.  After wasting enough time [...]

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the boss

I was given the opportunity to see the one and only Bruce Springsteen play at a benefit for Bob Woodruff’s new foundation on Wednesday night. He was playing to a small group, in a small theater, and I am obsessed with the man. How could I say no? Well, despite the fact that I have [...]

search terms

Every now and then when I am checking my measly blog stats, I come across a search term that makes me laugh. Like, for example, the search terms “rectal cyst.” Just imagine the person who was googling rectal cysts, what they were expecting to find, and what their reaction was when they ended [...]

pink stethoscope

I just made my mother, who came home from the hospital today, put a pink stethoscope around her neck and pretend to be an attending. Poor woman. Just home from surgery, practically bed-ridden, and I’m already harassing her.
BUT I had to practice the oral presentation I have to give tomorrow afternoon.
Tomorrow morning I [...]

lecture-cising

Just think, treadmills in the lecture hall.
TERRI KRIVOSHA, a partner at a Minneapolis law firm, logs three miles each workday on a treadmill without leaving her desk. She finds it easier to exercise while she types than to attend aerobics classes at the crack of dawn.
It would be sooo time efficient.
Brad Rhoads, a computer programmer [...]