In November last year the surgeon had to cut my tumor off of my sciatic nerve. That left me with some weakness of my hip muscles and paralysis of the muscles that move my ankle and toes on the left.… Continue Reading
I was shopping in Safeway this week when I realized nobody was wearing masks, not even me! I wore a mask when shopping longer than most, but even after I quit I would see some folks in the 65+ set… Continue Reading
About 2 weeks ago I had a positive covid test. I was feeling fatigued and had a runny nose. I’m feeling back at my baseline and had a negative test. I was done with isolation 2 days ago. The fatigue… Continue Reading
A few times in my life, I’ve come up with an idea for an invention. But every single time, I discovered that someone was already working on it. Two of my “inventions” were in the news today. “Smart glass” is… Continue Reading
I guess I opened up a can of worms when I posted a whiny complainy entry last week. I swear I will make this a positive place again. But I can’t quit thinking about Oregon’s covid map. It used to… Continue Reading
I started this blog as a sort of gratitude journal, a place for positivity. But I have a story I want to tell, I want to get down in writing and I have nowhere else to post it. It always… Continue Reading
If you ever wanted to know what it is like in the operating room, watch this video. There’s no way to describe how accurate it is.
This is a great article, Beyond the Booster Shot from the New Yorker. It discusses evidence that several vaccines, especially live vaccines like BCG, oral polio, and Measles/Mumps/Rubella can provide a boost to the innate immune system to protect against… Continue Reading
The COVID vaccines rock. Period. I’m sick and tired of news articles with big headlines about how sick vaccinated people are getting with Omicron. That’s not the story. The real story is how sick unvaccinated people are getting with Omicron.… Continue Reading
This TikTok star makes hilarious videos about the various medical specialties. “How to Ace Your Family Medicine Residency Interview” hits a little close to home but is quite funny nonetheless. But my favorite has to be the one about neurosurgeons: