Songs that cure dry socket?

Urban Legend ER

Couldn't resist

This Onion clip which fit so well with recent posts about research and IBS-D.

'Cosmopolitan' Institute Completes Decades-Long Study On How To Please Your Man

Lyme-tube 1

I've been hoping to make a Lyme public service announcement for the radio, oh for a while now. If you have chronic health problems, you know what it's like to find time for these "extra" things. Anyhow, I am determined to do it this year, mostly because I still run into people in my area who do not know even the basics about Lyme disease. Where I live is an extremely high Lyme disease area. I just went to a work party-thing where the host chided me and another guest for not wanting to sit outside. Three days later, we found out the host had been bitten by a tick. How's your poetic justice? The guest who had taken the warnings of Lyme seriously has since dubbed such events "tick-nics". An apt name for any outdoor event here in Lyme-ville CT.

I'm hoping my host doesn't catch Lyme from this bite - although the tick was on for a while and as I said, the area has a very high rate of Lyme disease infection.

Don't find out about Lyme after you get bit. Some people are diagnosed quickly and treated effectively, and they are fortunate enough to be cured. I know a few of them. But there are people whose symptoms fail to respond to treatment. I'm one of them.

Here are some folks who posted their Lyme stories on Youtube.
Laura



Jamie


Heather


Jady

Wanda Sykes on paying for meds

Disney menstruation movie

Enjoy!

"the lady with the f---ing lamp"

From Big Train

(A) Little Miss Informed

I'd say this is good evidence that the Lyme Disease awareness among the general population is not just limited but BAD. My guess is this kid got her information from internet searches and from friends. I don't think internet medical information (or searching) is inherently bad, but I do think not knowing how to gauge scientific and medical information presented on the internet plus the free form and flow of information on the internet makes for a pretty horrible combination (from a public health/disease awareness perspective at least).

The medium is new but the issue isn't. There's always been "folk" diagnostics, word of mouth, a friend of a friend's aunt, etc. which are often seen as at least as informative as scientifically sound medical information. And these sources are closer, easier to access, and have an affective link which characterizes few if any patient/provider contexts or relationships.

a rare heart condition

What I need

I never, ever imagined there would be a point in my life where I'd be wishing for hemorrhoids...

I got a call from the GI doctor's office with my results of the various scans - probably Medea and not much else is my guess. The call came right in the middle of the second two hour lecture I was giving today, which ended at about five PM. Yes. Of course. Hey, at least it wasn't Friday.


I realized while I was thinking about the above and my health in general this evening that what I think I need most right now is this...

...because you can never have too much "Box of Kittens"


Update: Medea has been declared a 4.8 cm simple functional cyst who needs attention in the form of more pictures in something like 6 to 8 weeks. I can't help wondering if my mirena should be implicated as a suspect in Medea's recent waxing.

Also, now that I've written the phrase "my mirena" I have the Macarena song in my head... "Aaay, my Mirena! Yikes!"

While I'm on the topic of a medical remix of the Macarena, do you think the scrubs the guy's wearing in this macarena tutorial are a fashion statement or an indication of his profession? The digs, foolishness, and time for the recording certainly help make the case for 3rd year med student.

Matrix 101: The Medical School

I always love a good Matrix parody, and since I just heard a friend is contemplating going to med school after he finishes his PhD, this seemed topical.

I feel...

Not so great at the moment. I've got a substantive post in the works, but for now we'll just go with a fun YouTube.

They say laughter is the best medicine, right?

"you can tell me"

Brian Regan on patient education

"At least I'm not naked"

Ever wonder what your patients are doing in there?