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Skriven 2014-03-07 17:00:05 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
  Kommentar till text 10519 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: Re: medical 281
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-=> Quoting MICHAEL LOO to NANCY BACKUS on 02 Mar 14  21:54:00 <=-

 NB>> They have indeed evolved... dunno how much is due to litigation,
 NB>> though, or how much just to regulatory changes... New technology
 NB>> probably has contributed also...  :)  
 ML> All of the above, probably. I'm sure developments in plastics
 ML> technology (that guy in The Graduate was right after all) has
 ML> had a lot to do with making stronger and lighter units.

No doubt.  :)  That was such a good joke line... but I think even then,
some saw it as truth hidden in humor...  :)
 
 ML>> We have had some truly great times together, sometimes by
 ML>> ourselves, as going to Scampo (see below - and yes, that's
 ML>> half a cup of fat per serving), and sometimes with up to a
 ML>> couple hundred of our nearest and dearest (see starmegado.com,
 ML>> which features a picture of Lilli but not, so far as I know,
 ML>> of me).
 NB>> I'll have to go take a look-see...  :)
 ML>> I wonder if she'll be obvious.

I took a look... but I didn't know exactly what I was looking for.. :) 
Saw lots of people (and you are correct, didn't see you)... 
 
 ML>> Chicharron with Spaghetti
 NB>> Per the recipe, it probably is by your request, and perhaps they
 NB>> remember you...?  Does your cardiologist approve of the fat content?
 ML> Unlikely, as I don't go there more than twice a year.
 ML> They go through a bunch of customers, they do.

And probably a bunch of waitstaff...?

 ML> As far as my cardiologist goes, what she doesn't know
 ML> won't hurt me. I know she approves of barbecue, because
 ML> she asked me once for recommendations for places in Austin.

One never knows...  :)  I suppose as long as what you do doesn't
obviously show up in your tests negatively, she shouldn't be too upset
with it...  :)

 ML>> Hence all the clever identifiers painted onto the garage
 ML>> pillars, so you can remember, perhaps, that you're on
 ML>> level green apple seven today (as opposed to red peach
 ML>> three yesterday). 
 NB>> It's a nice theory...  One has to have half a mind functioning to
 NB>> keep track of even the clever identifiers, though...
 ML> One could of course just take a picture with one's phone
 ML> ... oh, right. How about a little voice recorder on one's
 ML> keychain that one could say "green apple seven" into.

No camera phone, no voice recorder... (nice thoughts though.. [g]) 
Another quibble, though... one has to be sure that that was today's
notation, not yesterday's... or maybe this is the second time in the
same day... where am I NOW??!!  (G)
  
 ML>> I guess the only reliable way would be to write down "green apple
 ML>> seven" with the date and wrap the car keys in the slip of paper.
 NB>> And then hope one doesn't lose the slip of paper in the meantime...
 NB>> and assuming, of course, that one has a handy pencil and paper.. ;)
 ML> I generally do, how about you?

I try... as long as my "auxillary brain" is on me, I should have a
pencil, and usually something to write upon...... dunno about other
people, though... although they probably have smart phones..  (G)
 
 ML>> I'm already taking children's doses in several cases.
 NB>> Another point in favor of maybe needing less yet... 
 ML> I'm getting down toward the homeopathic zone for some of
 ML> them. Of course, reduced dosages doesn't make them cheaper.

Sad, but true... unless one is still buying the larger dose and breaking
it into tinier pieces...  ;)
 
 ML>> the hazing system that until recently dominated intern
 ML>> and resident training
 NB>> Thankfully that is being phased out... I understand that there could
 NB>> be good reason for a doctor to have to just keep going long after a
 NB>> normal shift was ended... and have on occasion had to just do that
 NB>> myself as a healthcare provider/manager.. but it isn't something
 NB>> desirable to do on a regular basis... 
 ML> One of the justifications given was that the kids had to learn
 ML> to cope with stress and other adverse circumstances. Okay, but
 ML> why all the time, and why institutionalize the torture?
 
I've asked myself the same questions...  It might have been partly to
serve as a weeding-out process...  Certainly could let the intern or
resident know if s/he was going to be able to cope with some of the
possible demands of the job... but why destroy them in the process..

 ML>> I'd rather see a skeleton crew of rested people committed
 ML>> to working at night than a full staff of zombies.
 NB>> One needs something somewhere between those two...
 ML> Ideally, if one can get it.

One would think that there would be some effort towards that... maybe
not always possible in the most ideal balance, but at least some trying
to achieve...

ttyl          neb

... Fired from orange juice factory - couldn't concentrate! !
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