medical

This is not going to be the most popular blog post in the blogosphere today.  It’s not going to be the most popular blog post on Lockergnome.  In fact, it’s likely to be the most highly disagreed-with blog post on Lockergnome (among the four people who will read it).
I can safely say, however, that it [...]

While I’m waiting to find out how much insurance will increase this year, I had to speak to a rep about a prescription issue.  It seems that I am required by a practice to see a specialist before I can get my prescription refilled.  I promptly fired the practice.
When I called other doctors, I found [...]

For some strange reason (necessity?), I was either lucky or good at hiring.  I’m kinda proud of it, right up til this week.  It seems that I need to add a new set of skills to my hiring bag: bone density(?)
As of noon today, this is the sick bay report:

one shoulder surgery due to an [...]

Sometimes I feel like I’ve been around forever.  I’m not really all that old but I’ve been through the electronic communication wars for what feels like forever.  I seem to know more about it than a lot of the people around me.  Yeah, ok, I’m a geek too, so I have to know.
As many who [...]

I’ll be honest: I don’t like sports.
In fact, to say I don’t like sports is to say that Dick Cheney doesn’t like holy water.
So now that we have an understanding, I can tell you about the vet.
The vet, you say?
The vet, I say.
What does that have to do with hockey?
I’m getting there.  Stop interrupting.
We were [...]

If I were typing this two weeks ago, I would have meant that by nuking Aetna, we should nuke all HMOs.  Due to my recent experiences with Aetna, I have decided they should at very least be first.  Perhaps if we nuke Aetna, the rest of the thieving bastards will fall in line (but don’t [...]

Check out Ron Paul on YouTube.
He has some very interesting comments on the flu `pandemic’ and the government’s reaction to it.  We are much the worse for not having elected him president.
[my wife and I voted for him]

I am reading a lot about an outbreak of swine flu.  It’s the H1N1 variety, for those to whom it makes a difference.
Reuters had the first news I read on it.  It appeared first in Mexico, where stories indicate it has killed between 20 and 1000 people, including medical personnel.  President Felipe Calderone has declared [...]

It’s been a great day for research, or at least online links to interesting brain stories.
In our first treat for the day, doctors `confirm’ a woman’s third arm after a stroke.  The lady in question is a 64 year old Swiss woman has reported the presence of a pale, milky third arm.
Since we’re all science [...]

I’m at work, minding my own business, when I get this link from a coworker.  He says he wants one.
Go check it out… I’ll wait.
I think the only modification I’d make is adding a wireless remote control that can be operated by any adult in the room.