January 2010
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Library Book List
I’m heading to the library and hope to come home with the following:
Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom
Blink: The power of thinking without thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
The Good Life by Jay McInerney
The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande
That should keep me busy. Anyone have thoughts on this list…..good/bad reads?
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“Dr. Leo Spaceman: So while we’re here, what else do you want to do? Face...”
– 30 Rock
How to enhance the doctor-patient relationship.
Going to the doctor can be overwhelming for a variety of reasons so, here are my five tips to help your doctor better help you:
1. Know your medical history. If you have diabetes, you should know how long you have had it, what an A1c is and what your last result was. That goes for all other diagnoses.
2. Keep track of the details. If you have a complaint, for example, a persistant headache,...
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“If you ever wonder if miracles still exist in 21st century America, you need...”
– IMEC, Improving Health Care for the World’s Poor.
I’m volunteering this Saturday to help clean and pack emergency medical supplies to be shipped to Haiti. I wanted to do more then just donate money and this is a great way to help. To learn more about donating your time, click here.
Out for some beers to celebrate....
because I PASSED!!
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Cue celine dion's "my heart will go on"
Im thinking about going on a cruise with some cool people. Although cruises kind of scare me because people mysteriously disappear/die and I have a very irrational fear of drowning, I think I still want to go on one if we have some sort of buddy system worked out prior to shoving off. What can I say, I am a risk taker.
So, I am looking for a cruise to anywhere warm and fairly cheap. Where do I...
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In the words of Tina Fey....
“If you ever start to feel too good about yourself, they have this thing called the Internet. You can find a lot of people there who don’t like you.”
I got my first piece of hate mail today from an anonymous person. They said I “was ugly and my blog sucked”. I was upset but then I thought that perhaps this makes me a little more like Tina Fey….I can wish.
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Ray LaMontagne - Empty
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“Here’s the thing. When a company screws up, best thing to do is call a...”
– Michael Scott
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