Since I'm taking a break, I thought I'd have a look at the latest health news.
Here are a few that caught my eye. Hope you enjoy.
What not to say (from www.cnn.com)
Um, yes, some things really ARE important enough to not be busy for, Mr. Professional Basketball Player. Cancer doesn't give a rat's (fill in your favorite anatomical part) who you are.
A hypoglycemia dilemma (from www.nytimes.com)
This interested me, because I often feel hypoglycemic. Think you can figure out this dilemma? Check it out.
A different type of dilemma if you have back pain (from webmd.com)
Steroid injections may help some folks with back pain...or not. Read more here to learn more about a recent study.
Just another reason (also webmd.com)
Please be careful with supplements! Bee pollen for weight loss could cause other potentially life-threatening conditions, even if it sounds like a good solution for you.
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
Happy weekend all!
Showing posts with label entertainment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label entertainment. Show all posts
Saturday, July 5, 2014
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Far too much entertainment...
When I am not at work. This is not an endorsement, but I found this app because of Rob Fraser, a very nice Canadian.
Nothing like looking at stuff you can see at work and see the comments that are listed.
Nothing like looking at stuff you can see at work and see the comments that are listed.
Monday, January 27, 2014
I think of arm wrestling
Or a juxtaposition of life where you wonder about things. For entertainment purposes, I checked out some interesting books at the library. The latest one: You are a badass: How to stop doubting your greatness and start living an awesome life.
Yes, this is indeed a book title. I didn't make it up.
When I read this opinion piece in the New York Times recently, it struck me for a few reasons. One, it's written by a doctor. Two, it's written by a young doctor with cancer. Three, it reminds me of a character at the Hotel struggling with his own diagnosis.
We can't give him time. We can only tell him that if he gets treated, he will most likely be cured. If he delays, he jeopardizes that chance of living until his grandchildren graduate from school.
He's cheated death a few times, so maybe he's jaded. Or maybe he'd just believe us if we could give him a number.
We can't.
So he's just going, as Becket says, to keep not going, and going along.
Yes, this is indeed a book title. I didn't make it up.
When I read this opinion piece in the New York Times recently, it struck me for a few reasons. One, it's written by a doctor. Two, it's written by a young doctor with cancer. Three, it reminds me of a character at the Hotel struggling with his own diagnosis.
We can't give him time. We can only tell him that if he gets treated, he will most likely be cured. If he delays, he jeopardizes that chance of living until his grandchildren graduate from school.
He's cheated death a few times, so maybe he's jaded. Or maybe he'd just believe us if we could give him a number.
We can't.
So he's just going, as Becket says, to keep not going, and going along.
Thursday, July 25, 2013
I needed entertainment so...
The state of some education in America is pretty scary. This is what they are talking about in the clip below.
Enjoy the scenery!
Enjoy the scenery!
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Tales of the young and demented
Yes, on our unit we see a lot of people whose lives are changed in an instant.
One moment, you're goofing around on a river bank with a buddy, the next, you tumble down the embankment into the water head first. Your buddy saves you, but you never walk again.
Another patient was driving down the road minding his own business when a wheel came off his car. It crashed and he's never been the same.
Our final guy started seeing double while he was working nights. He thought he was just tired. Then he started having trouble with his right hand, then right arm. At 24, he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. His disease became progressive one day, and all those cognitive functions we use a lot: memory, executive function, just melted away.
Demented patients can be entertaining. One of my mild mannered demented characters kept saying, "Don't mess with me, I'm so bad!" and would repeat several television commercials over and over, including the classic, "Where's the beef?" He also answered in a similar vein when I asked what his caregiver served him for dinner. "Steak and lobster" he said with a perfectly straight face. The caregiver laughed. "I would she said, if I could liquefy it and he could swallow it with a straw!"
You can't say rehab's never entertaining, but it sure helps to have some out-of-this-world characters! More later...
One moment, you're goofing around on a river bank with a buddy, the next, you tumble down the embankment into the water head first. Your buddy saves you, but you never walk again.
Another patient was driving down the road minding his own business when a wheel came off his car. It crashed and he's never been the same.
Our final guy started seeing double while he was working nights. He thought he was just tired. Then he started having trouble with his right hand, then right arm. At 24, he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. His disease became progressive one day, and all those cognitive functions we use a lot: memory, executive function, just melted away.
Demented patients can be entertaining. One of my mild mannered demented characters kept saying, "Don't mess with me, I'm so bad!" and would repeat several television commercials over and over, including the classic, "Where's the beef?" He also answered in a similar vein when I asked what his caregiver served him for dinner. "Steak and lobster" he said with a perfectly straight face. The caregiver laughed. "I would she said, if I could liquefy it and he could swallow it with a straw!"
You can't say rehab's never entertaining, but it sure helps to have some out-of-this-world characters! More later...
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Robots?
One of my patients recently asked me when we were going to get robots to hand out the meds like they did in another hospital he visited. They've been in the media a few times, so you just never know....
I can think of a few uses for a robot right now at the Hotel.
1. Monitoring one-to-one patients. If we equipped one with Taser turned on a low setting, maybe we could keep one particular character from ripping off his/her dressings all the time.
2. Entertainment. When someone wants to talk for ages, we'd send in our friend, the robot. "Gotta run, but BOB the robot will be glad to talk to you for a while." Or you could play a video game on BOB's screen.
3. Send the robot on emergency call lights runs for things like ice, water, and blankets. Now if we could add an ice maker to said robot...ooh!
But finally, I don't think we'll be doing this with our robot: marrying folks on the unit. I just don't think Giacomo and the other chaplains would go for it!
More later...stay tuned!
I can think of a few uses for a robot right now at the Hotel.
1. Monitoring one-to-one patients. If we equipped one with Taser turned on a low setting, maybe we could keep one particular character from ripping off his/her dressings all the time.
2. Entertainment. When someone wants to talk for ages, we'd send in our friend, the robot. "Gotta run, but BOB the robot will be glad to talk to you for a while." Or you could play a video game on BOB's screen.
3. Send the robot on emergency call lights runs for things like ice, water, and blankets. Now if we could add an ice maker to said robot...ooh!
But finally, I don't think we'll be doing this with our robot: marrying folks on the unit. I just don't think Giacomo and the other chaplains would go for it!
More later...stay tuned!
Friday, September 18, 2009
Decompress
Ah, it's so nice to be done for the weekend...and able to look forward to a week in which I don't have to go to work.
There have been a few surprises. The trainwreck elderly patient I ended up with on my assignment really wasn't bad at all. For a man of few words (can't speak due to a trach issue), he's pretty funny. Lots of flailing gestures and an animated face make it pretty interesting.
My other patient was grounded, too, due to some other health issues, but surprisingly, I found stuff to keep him busy and he was relaxed and happy. I was worried he was going to get wigged out about staying in bed.
Most of the people I work with were pretty good, too. We have a lot of new people floating around the unit, so maybe people were just on their best behavior. The Slug, of course, was not. He/she literally tied up every phone at the nurses' station (with personal calls) and even the boss thought it was funny. It just goes to show you what leadership (or lack thereof) we have. Someone else will have to fight that fight...I just don't care. Put me as far away from that phone as possible, so I don't have to answer it!
We got some new toys on the unit--lifts, stretchers and a new computer. I didn't have anyone to heave around or take anywhere, so I played with the computer. I like working with new stuff, even if some of my collegues recoil around anything new. I'd rather just play with it when things are slow and figure out how it works. We had another department come around with new snappy accessories for the computers, so we had fun with those.
While they won't be doing what they do in Europe, we will be getting tested for MRSA in the nares one of these days. One of my coworkers asked to have her MRSA scheduled for when her kids are out of school if she would have to stay home. Me, too! It would be the only way I'll ever get the summer off without having to go back to school to become a teacher.
Speaking of school, it will keep me busy this weekend. I have to work on several projects and write a paper for my class. When I get done with that, I'll be tackling the house the rest of the week. It should be fun.
More to come...stay tuned!
There have been a few surprises. The trainwreck elderly patient I ended up with on my assignment really wasn't bad at all. For a man of few words (can't speak due to a trach issue), he's pretty funny. Lots of flailing gestures and an animated face make it pretty interesting.
My other patient was grounded, too, due to some other health issues, but surprisingly, I found stuff to keep him busy and he was relaxed and happy. I was worried he was going to get wigged out about staying in bed.
Most of the people I work with were pretty good, too. We have a lot of new people floating around the unit, so maybe people were just on their best behavior. The Slug, of course, was not. He/she literally tied up every phone at the nurses' station (with personal calls) and even the boss thought it was funny. It just goes to show you what leadership (or lack thereof) we have. Someone else will have to fight that fight...I just don't care. Put me as far away from that phone as possible, so I don't have to answer it!
We got some new toys on the unit--lifts, stretchers and a new computer. I didn't have anyone to heave around or take anywhere, so I played with the computer. I like working with new stuff, even if some of my collegues recoil around anything new. I'd rather just play with it when things are slow and figure out how it works. We had another department come around with new snappy accessories for the computers, so we had fun with those.
While they won't be doing what they do in Europe, we will be getting tested for MRSA in the nares one of these days. One of my coworkers asked to have her MRSA scheduled for when her kids are out of school if she would have to stay home. Me, too! It would be the only way I'll ever get the summer off without having to go back to school to become a teacher.
Speaking of school, it will keep me busy this weekend. I have to work on several projects and write a paper for my class. When I get done with that, I'll be tackling the house the rest of the week. It should be fun.
More to come...stay tuned!
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