20 Oct 2009
“Last week the candle factory burned down. Everyone just stood around and sang Happy Birthday.” ~Stephen Wright
Pearlsky’s due date was October 22, my birthday. What a present that would have been. Seventeen years ago today, the doctor decided something was up and wanted her out. We induced, she was born the 21st. Ever since then, I have lost my birthday. For her first birthday party, she got an expensive, and wonderful, chocolate
17 Oct 2009
Diagnosis – dī-ig-ˈnō-səs
The whole concept of “diagnosis” has been on my mind a lot lately. Bet you didn’t even think of it as a “concept” but I do. I will explain, and probably ramble. Most of the links offered will be to respectable references, no need to look, actually.
15 Oct 2009
I’ll take two squab and a goose …
I am doing research for two posts (yes, I can do research, and no, I don’t always just babble) (“diagnosis” and community living) so for the moment … purely a human interest quick diversion, about an 8.6 on the wierd-shit-o-meter.
14 Oct 2009
Man of science
That’s me, a man of science. Combine that with the fact that my dad was involved in the drug industry from bottom to top most of my life (he was the first to ever sell Mylanta!) and I say “yes” to science, doctors, and drugs. The way to go. So this morning I see this post
12 Oct 2009
“Elevate me” ~Frederick Frankenstein – “Now? Right here?” ~Inga
It blows my mind that I couldn’t even make this stuff up. Out of the blue, a woman named Regina calls today. She introdroduces herself as someone in patient relations at our big city children’s hospital. I understand from Wendy the nutritionist that you have an issue with there not being a method to weigh your
09 Oct 2009
It’s only funny if it’s true [UPDATED]
An old man is drowning in the sea, struggling to stay afloat. A boat comes by … Old man, take the rope, we will save you! No, thank you, God will save me, I will be fine. They leave. The man is losing his last bit of strength. A helicopter hovers overhead. They drop a
08 Oct 2009
Can I have some?
I’m sitting in a meeting. There are a few of us, everyone knows that I do not shut my phone, and they know why, no problem. Half way into it, I get that wonderful vibration in my pocket. Ah, the combination of a good feeling, and somehow knowing that the shit is about to hit
06 Oct 2009
No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
Single Dad’s unsolicited advice of the day … Speak up! Question the doctor. Challenge him/her. YOU are paying them, they are working FOR YOU. They are practicing an ART, you are living a SCIENCE. Why do we put doctors on a pedestal? Why are we afraid to look them in the eye and say “What