Define “invasive”
I was a Registered Nurse for 8 years — in one of the first HIV specialist units in the country, in the only public ER… Read More »Define “invasive”
Just like Hemingway (no, really)
I read, years ago, something from Ernest Hemingway about his process. (I can’t wait to see which of my literary friends will be able to… Read More »Just like Hemingway (no, really)
I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.
Interesting metaphor for this, um, ratfink disease. Interviewer: HAL, you have an enormous responsibility on this mission, in many ways perhaps the greatest responsibility of… Read More »I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.
Acute pain, chronic brain, and naming this ratfink disease
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome is the latest in a long line of names for this disease. Some of the older names have been recast to… Read More »Acute pain, chronic brain, and naming this ratfink disease
Threads on the loom: bereavement and CRPS
When I was 4, we moved to New Jersey from Turkey, as my parents thought their kids should get a feel for their native land.… Read More »Threads on the loom: bereavement and CRPS
Happy Everything!
Now that the December holidays are within a couple days of being totally over, I hope it’s safe and amusing (rather than triggering and insensitive)… Read More »Happy Everything!
2013 retrospective
I’m writing a retrospective, looking over the past year. It’s one good way to get my head out of the muddled present. It’s gratifying to… Read More »2013 retrospective
Riding what you’ve got
Today’s images are a sampling from the newly-released online library of digitized images from Oxford University’s Bodleian Library, one of the oldest extant university libraries… Read More »Riding what you’ve got
Documentation — Long time? Timeline!
I collected health info on others for years. I’m what clinicians call “a good historian” — and in the health context, it means someone who… Read More »Documentation — Long time? Timeline!
Documentation – a picture’s worth a thousand words
Doctors believe what they see.The training they get and the laws they must follow all reinforce that. If they see it themselves, then it’s real;… Read More »Documentation – a picture’s worth a thousand words