laid back
I’m having a great time with transplant. Still haven’t really had much in the way of surgery to do, but with the whole weekend ahead, I’m hopeful that something will turn up. Otherwise, this is great....
View ArticleLabs at Duke
A couple of days ago I had blood drawn at Duke in Durham, NC. I should know in a few more days what the results are. They’re a little on the slow side where getting lab reports out are concerned. I’m...
View ArticleGood discussions over at HealthBlogs.org
http://lowsaltgirl.healthblogs.org/ - What are your ideas about cutting down on salt? I was personally never worried about it, because I never used to add salt to anything. Processed foods are packed...
View Article3am phone calls
This whole home call concept takes some getting used to. One of the major lessons I learned last year was how to be on the spot: if a patient’s sick, you don’t wait to get called, you keep walking...
View Articleloose ends
I’m bored. I’ve resorted to two strategies which are the resident’s equivalent of standing on a bare hill in a thunderstorm and holding a piece of metal: strolling through the halls discussing how...
View ArticleA quick route to be a Transplant Specialist
Listen up you overworked MOs. Now here’s a quick way to be a Transplant Specialist without having to undergo years and years of training slaving. The thing is Superbugs are becoming more of a problem...
View Articlea little better
Finally, some action. Went on a donor run with an attending I haven’t worked much with before. My main conclusion from this is, that the popular conception of surgeon’s hands as delicate is quite...
View ArticleHow I learned about Falun Gong
I never heard of Falun Gong before Saturday. I was at the National Book Fair in DC on Saturday when I met Mrs. Yan near the Air & Space Museum. She goes there every Saturday to draw attention to...
View Articleanother first
For the first time, I was the one called in in the middle of the night for a case. On one hand, it threw off my schedule a lot more than I’d expected. I’ve always told myself that getting up at night...
View ArticleAnnika Got the Call
There are a few bloggers who have captured my heart and attention over the past years. Moreena of Falling Down is Also a Gift is one of those bloggers, and announced this morning that her daughter,......
View Articlebest and worst
Some friends at church asked me what my favorite kind of surgery was. This blog has given me the bad habit of being frank about my job, so I said, “Vascular surgery, because if you miss a stitch, blood...
View Articlerecovery in process
Posting has been a little light due to a recent transplant marathon: one transplant after another, starting in the afternoon, and concluding the next morning. The best summary would be to say, that...
View ArticleThird Report of the National Transplant Registry
The 3rd Report of the National Transplant Registry has been published. It details transplant activities as recorded in the National Registry up till the end of 2006. You can download PDF copies of the...
View Articleturf wars, revisited
Sorry for the light posting, folks. Life is extremely dull these days. Which leaves more time to observe the political delicacies of the transplant service. Transplant is unique as a surgical...
View ArticleDiabetes Research in the News: Viewpoints from the DRI
Are diabetes headlines in the mainstream media mostly a bunch of hype, or do they bring us real hope for the future? The panel I moderated on this topic at the Diabetes Research Institute’s annual...
View ArticleNew Pancreas in Womanâs Arm
var iamInit = function() {try{initIamServingHandler(420,343,253363,"http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/Resources/Css/css2.css")}catch(ex){}}() Check out this facinating discovery from Diabetes Health: A...
View ArticleBone Marrow Transplant Cured AIDS?
BBC News reports that a patient suffering from AIDS and leukemia shows no signs of AIDS infection after receiving a bone marrow transplant from an AIDS-resistant donor. He had been infected with the...
View ArticleNational Kidney Foundation Apparently Considering Supporting Organ Market
The National Kidney Foundation is apparently considering supporting a market in organs. This is a very bad idea. It is taking a public survey. If you wish to weigh in, here's the link. (Source:...
View ArticlePusat Sumber Transplan Nasional II
Reported in the Star: More than 4,000 people, on the waiting list for the âGift of Lifeâ would have their wishes granted if only the organs of 7,000 who died in road accidents last year had been...
View ArticleBone Marrow Transplant: A Cure For AIDS?
It was reported on TIME magazine that a Berlin hematologist, Gero Huetter, has claimed that he had cured an HIV infection in a 42-year old man through bone marrow transplant he had performed at...
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