Musings of a Distractible Mind
Thoughts of a moderately strange (yet not harmful) primary care physician.
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Loading ...It’s been a very long time since I did an Ask Dr. Rob post. It’s also been a long time since I shot a spitball out of a straw and hit someone behind the ear during social studies class. I realize that just because it’s been a long time since I’ve done something, it doesn’t [...]
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(+1 rating, 1 votes) Loading ...Back to the subject at hand. To those who are relatively new to this blog, one of the most popular…uh…tolerated series of posts has been my series on the physical exam. If you haven’t done so already, you may want to go back and read the posts to get in the proper mindset (or destroy [...]
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(+2 rating, 2 votes) Loading ...So you wanted more “Ask Dr. Rob.” Next you are going to be asking for a colonoscopy. Well, I guess I can do it. It has been a long time since I have done one of these. I thought I was being merciful. Whatever. Here’s a question from a moderately fictional person named Mike: Dr. [...]
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(+11 rating, 13 votes) Loading ...Top 10 lists are back! I forgot about this kind of post, and a reminder by a reader is bringing them back. They are really a fun and easy kind of post to write, so you may see a fair number of them (read: Rob is getting lazy). I thought I’d start back with some suggestions [...]
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(+17 rating, 17 votes) Loading ...PLACE OF OCCURRENCE, HOME ICD-E849.0 6:00 AM Alarm goes off. Hit snooze button. CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP D/O IRREG SLEEPWAKE TYPE ICD-327.33 6:30 Alarm goes off for third time. Ready to hit snooze button, but knee in ribs from wife prevents more snooze button procrastination. CONTUSION OF CHEST WALL ICD-922.1, ADULT MALTREATMENT UNSPECIFIED NEC ICD-995.8 Feeling [...]
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(+9 rating, 9 votes) Loading ...You may have noticed that there is a lot of interest in two issues these days: the woes of the healthcare system and the economy. We in the south have especially felt the sting of this with the aggressive anti-smoking tactics taken by the government. After being sent the following picture from an astute reader, [...]
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(+1 rating, 1 votes) Loading ...Today has been dull. At one point I started Googling various words looking for stuff to blog about. I struck gold. A search for the word “llama” led me to the following webpage: Captured Bat and a Llama on the Lam. I was intrigued. How could I resist this kind of website? What I found [...]
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Yes, it’s time for another installment of my series on the physical exam. The goals of this series are: To educate my readers on the intricacies of the physical exam. To teach the anatomy and physiology as it relates to different parts of the human body. To delight my readers with my wit and fine [...]
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(+4 rating, 4 votes) Loading ...Too much seriousness lately…the readers are getting restless. Then the following article blasted across my consciousness like a Howitzer LA County says OK to couple’s goats, llama, emu Wed May 27, 12:11 pm ET LOS ANGELES – A Southern California couple will not be allowed to have 15 goats. They’ll have to settle for 10 [...]
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(+2 rating, 2 votes) Loading ...This is one of my favorite posts from the past. It was published 1 year ago today, on my son’s 16th birthday. He’s 17 now and going to college in the fall. Happy birthday, buddy! ************************* It is a moment etched into my deepest being. I looked at the baby in the basinet. I was [...]
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