Grahamazon Theatre Presents! (Don’t worry, I’m equally offensive to all specialties.) If you’re viewing this through a feed reader or email, you’ll need to visit the site to see.
(I’ve opened up comments due to several requests.)
Wanna be a rich man or woman? Work on wireless monitoring of EKG leads and heart rate, pulse oximetry, blood pressure, and temperature. The cords and wires in the OR are always a ridiculous mess, but the anesthesiologists are great at untangling them. (I’d love to see their Christmas lights and computer desks.)
Me? I’m working on an even more revolutionary invention: the wireless IV.
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Anonymous doctors talk about practicing medicine and The 50 Doctor Poll . Favorite bit:
Do doctors have God complexes?
Yes…. 28
No…. 22Do you have a God complex?
Yes….2
No…. 48
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I love a good pun:
Digital rectal exam, FINGER study, ha!
(I was searching for something totally unrelated, I swear.)
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Filed under “Bitter, Bitter Irony, You Taste So Very Sweet”: P rotesters march to let their children walk in graduation if they didn’t pass the Texas high school exam, and of course, they march with this sign:
Homage to the guilty pleasure Overheard in New York :
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The disease-ifying of normal just took one leap forward today with this question from Ask Metafilter :
I get very moody if I don’t eat in the morning. If I don’t eat until 3-4pm I get headaches, drowsiness and feel nauseous.. I think I’ve always had this. Since I usually eat enough it doesn’t really bother me. I’m 21, male, and a vegetarian. What do I have?
I love the answers:
You have a condition known as hunger.
The good news: it is easily treatable
The bad news: there is no permanant cure
This condition can be treated at a specialized clinic, the one you want is known as a restaurant. This condition can also be treated at home, but you will need specialized supplies from a grocery store. Most sufferers find that several treatments per day are necessary.
Two Pomona drug suspects were arrested this morning after mistakenly dialing 911 when they were actually trying to reach their drug dealer, police said.
“No one said criminals are smart,” said Pomona Police Sgt. Michael Olivieri.
Love this stuff.
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In the old middle school joke style, set to the tune of “Yes, Oh Yes, This Happened To Me Yesterday”:
I’m an optimist. At least it didn’t hit my mouth.
Inspired by my 72 hours of hell (aka, all of my weekend):
Oh I hate you flu
Aches, fevers, chills and coughing
Tylenol won’t help
Cytokines do suck
Interferon is the worst
Man I feel shitty
Couldn’t even sleep
Nyquil barely worked, lasted
only an hour
I got a flu shot
So maybe it was para-
influenza. Hmm.
Took so much Advil
Hope my kidneys are not shot
(I’m a worrier)
Felt better today
Could stand up without weakness
Happy ambulation!