And the diagnosis is: I do not know. One thing seems evident: it wasn’t a hematoma (ruptured blood vessel). Things really changed in the next two days after I posted last on my poor hand. The swelling became greater, the finger more red, and a spot near the first bend in my finger started turning […]
Category Archives: A day in the life
When one of my patients isn't using a leg, it's usually because it hurts. If something hurts, I try to stop doing it. That pain is a signal that I'm making it worse, and I'll slow down the healing (or prevent it). Hey, but what about those times when you know something is wrong, but […]
A reader with a question about Anal Sac Problems asked “are you still there?”Good question. Yes, I am, but between working long hours, and keeping my daughter’s Peace Corps site up to date, and Scout stuff, I just haven’t been doing much blogging lately. I had a great motorcycle ride today. I thought it might […]
A couple of years ago, I wrote a post on why I carry the Hill's Science Diets and prescription diets. I still have confidence in the nutrition. On the other hand, I am losing patience with their merchandising practices. They used to be pretty plain vanilla. If you were feeding a growing puppy, you bought […]
How many times have you been sitting on hold and heard some variation of that? How many times did it make you feel better? I've posted before on my appointment schedule getting way behind. Today was another one of those days when the list we started with became irrelevant to what was actually going on. […]
It's amazing what you can come to take for granted. I can't remember the name of the story, but there is a great science fiction story written in the 1950s. It is set in the 1890s. The protagonist invents a time machine and visits the 1950s. Upon his return, he writes an account of his […]
I wish that I had seen this sign when I looked at the appointment schedule today. Wolf was just in for his annual check-up. "By the way, he's got bad breath." Actually his breath isn't so bad. That's his ears you smell. They are full of stinky pus. "Well, I guess he has been shaking […]
Here's a picture from our Philmont trek in 2004. We constantly reminded the Scouts (and each other) to keep drinking lots of water. Even if you don't feel hot, you're losing a lot of water. You'd think I would take my own advice, especially when it's such good advice. I headed out to the country […]
Most of the cards I received were variations on a theme: "Man, you're old, ain't ya?" You know, "Congratulations, you're officially too old to die young." Thanks. I liked this one much better: "Distinguished, yet youthful". Inside, "It's a look not everyone can pull off." Even if it's not true, I like it. Everybody has […]
Worked till 2:00 PM. Grabbed a sandwich and ate lunch in the car on the way to Murray, Kentucky (2.5 hour drive from old Kennett). Met son at dorm for end of semester load-out. Filled the van full of dirty clothes, clean clothes, unicycle, accordion, books, CDs, fencing equipment and stale groceries. 2.5 hours to […]