tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post1415976284006189122..comments2023-12-11T08:19:00.272-05:00Comments on DoctorMama: Me and My Big HeadDoctorMamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05187502628715846144noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-78955175991816646722008-04-12T12:31:00.000-04:002008-04-12T12:31:00.000-04:00Good for you! And I'm sure that patient was so th...Good for you! And I'm sure that patient was so thankful. It is SO great to have an accurate diagnosis. I am coming to the end of four months with a chronic cough, and it took this long and seven doctors (two of them specialists!) to get the correct diagnosis of sinusitis. This after I spent six weeks on asthma meds and feeling freaked out thinking I had asthma. Turns out sinusitis is the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-41664179913592647422008-03-03T10:59:00.000-05:002008-03-03T10:59:00.000-05:00I don't kid myself that I could or should be a doc...I don't kid myself that I could or should be a doctor -- I write and edit for a living, which just means I need to know everything immediately. WebMD and me? We're BFFs. (Although I'm usually seeing someone else within about 3 minutes.)<BR/><BR/>I feel like Wonder Woman when my educated guesses are right. I have learned, though, that it's much more helpful to tell a man that he has a "fungal Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-58718439056918000832008-03-01T00:52:00.000-05:002008-03-01T00:52:00.000-05:00I'm a medical student and I read your blog mainly ...I'm a medical student and I read your blog mainly for running tips + Hellboy stories. However yesterday I got sweeped into a clinic room by a consultant who demanded to know what rash I would expect given that the patient had a recent strep throat. Guess you can learn useful stuff off blogs. Thanks for the tute!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-39436071089659633852008-02-27T11:09:00.000-05:002008-02-27T11:09:00.000-05:00So this gives ME license to brag about one of my "...So this gives ME license to brag about one of my "saves": 5-mon old MinPin puppy, brought in for "lump on shoulder"...<BR/>Puppy is grey, weak, & shocky -- long story short, lump is a rapidly expanding hematoma = acute rodenticide intoxication!<BR/>[Happy ending after pharmacomania + copious doses of Vit K]Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03152215204773184788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-16225131863573025022008-02-27T03:02:00.000-05:002008-02-27T03:02:00.000-05:00Now that I've developed a few ongoing medical cond...Now that I've developed a few ongoing medical conditions, I've pretty much figured out there's some luck involved there with whether or not your doctor will know what is wrong. But it's awesome when they do. Score!Ozmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02975578823318395358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-34496732836026426172008-02-23T23:56:00.000-05:002008-02-23T23:56:00.000-05:00fun blog. I can relate. I too am a burned out phys...fun blog. I can relate. I too am a burned out physician. Am trying to rejuvenate my spirit by blogging. Look me up. www.backcounterbuffet.blogspot.com/ I am new to the blogging business but am surprised by how much I enjoy it. Love the guttate psoriasis story..<BR/>Look me up<BR/><BR/>JuliaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-9465941001661143412008-02-22T11:40:00.000-05:002008-02-22T11:40:00.000-05:00Doctors.. they're just like us. Makeing well inten...Doctors.. they're just like us. Makeing well intentioned mistakes.<BR/>Amazing.<BR/><BR/>and as my eight year old daughter said.. " of course it was an accident Mom. Otherwise, it would be called an 'onpurpose'."Blatantly Unoriginalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17215075557452406664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-83893001023196624182008-02-21T20:33:00.000-05:002008-02-21T20:33:00.000-05:00The Koebner phenomenon. It gets them every time. ...The Koebner phenomenon. It gets them every time. And it's so very easy and distinctive.Ruby2https://www.blogger.com/profile/17511546580101628194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-20166566028723344122008-02-21T08:40:00.000-05:002008-02-21T08:40:00.000-05:00I'll send my husband, who will only come down with...I'll send my husband, who will only come down with a disease if it's unusual, to you!<BR/><BR/>So...have you heard of eczema herpeticum, hmmm (unlike the crowd of medical professionals who insisted on pumping him full of antibiotics to ward off a viral infection - duh!).<BR/><BR/>FionaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-5935908064776569502008-02-21T02:51:00.000-05:002008-02-21T02:51:00.000-05:00Brilliant. Everone needs to hit one out of the par...Brilliant. Everone needs to hit one out of the park from time-to-time. Bask in the glory.Vichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15473854968808328737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-17983691316481099972008-02-20T20:42:00.000-05:002008-02-20T20:42:00.000-05:00Oooh, you're like House! Was the epiphany prompte...Oooh, you're like House! Was the epiphany prompted by something said by one of your sexy, yet strangely co-dependent colleagues?<BR/><BR/>(I'm sure that show is medically impossible, but I love Hugh Laurie in it.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-55620216669703898792008-02-20T18:43:00.000-05:002008-02-20T18:43:00.000-05:00Wow, way to go!Wow, way to go!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-35854917606028739572008-02-20T16:42:00.000-05:002008-02-20T16:42:00.000-05:00Where were you 4 weeks ago when I dragged myself t...Where were you 4 weeks ago when I dragged myself to the docs with a raging URI, saw the resident, followed by the attending who ordered a chest x-ray to R/O pneumonia, but both failed to recognize my other complaints of urinary incontinence, somewhat painful urination and 105 degree fever off and on for weeks? No one bothered with blood work or a U/A, sent me home with assurances that it was Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-20502249314133649962008-02-20T16:34:00.000-05:002008-02-20T16:34:00.000-05:00Great stories - all of them. I was going to email ...Great stories - all of them. I was going to email to ask a running question -- when you were preg with Hellboy did you run? thru the entire pregnancy? curious - I have GD (just diagnosed), exercise helps but I am not a big "walker". Much more of a runner - but it just seems near impossible with the basket-ball belly. Your thoughts?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-61878524972470402622008-02-20T16:19:00.000-05:002008-02-20T16:19:00.000-05:00Damn, Neo! You're good.Damn, Neo! You're good.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00033574530199322287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-40761393452108195552008-02-20T14:51:00.000-05:002008-02-20T14:51:00.000-05:00Wow, you are The One. Very impressive.Wow, you are The One. Very impressive.Snickollethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14123630374052898460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583952.post-62333113513936988522008-02-20T14:08:00.000-05:002008-02-20T14:08:00.000-05:00That is hot.That is <I>hot</I>.Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.com