I know I'm not alone in being profoundly relieved at the end of the presidential campaign. While grappling with the enormity of the democratic process, I have also been attending to other critically important tasks such as considering a format change for the Weekly Wrap. A lot of my preoccupations involve reading beyond medical blogs, so I'm going to try adding in non-medical links just so you know what I've been reading in general.
I really do hope the outcome of this election changes the international perception of the U.S. I'm related to Canadians and, through them, a bunch of Brits, and sometimes I get completely bewildered and worried-sounding phone calls about the state of the country in which I claim citizenship. Maybe these calls will one day end. I don't expect that to happen tomorrow, but I'm hoping for it to occur during my lifetime.
Watching the election returns nearly gave me a nose bleed, and thanks to Dr. Ramona Bates, I know what to do if I get one. (Hint: don't pick your nose!)
No, this post has nothing to do with the election outcome, but the unusual occurrence of gastric necrosis due to a complicated SMA syndrome.
I blog, I tweet, and if I ever lose my job--hell YEAH, I'm going to announce it to the world. But I won't be the first.
An interesting analysis in the failure to recognize human irrationality during the development of the credit derivatives which underlie the pandemonium in the international markets.
One of the interesting cultural trends resulting from the economic crisis is an interest in old-school food preservation. This article discusses the time-tested tradition of storing hardy food in a cool, dark, dry room. For those of you who live in the right climate and have an appropriate room, this is a great way to store the bounty of your farmer's market.
I keep an eye on the status of Mexican immigrants, legal or not, in this country and I am disheartened at the reports of hostility toward their advocates.
I've been confronting the fact that I will not achieve everything I'd hoped to do during this
mini-retirement. One goal I had was to set up a good GTD productivity system but I haven't even read the book cover to cover yet. It helps me to read about other people's implementation of GTD, and Cris Culbertson has a great summary of what she uses to get things done. I might use her approach as a guide to my own.
I bought my laptop refurbished from the Apple Store and have never regretted the decision. This review summarizes my considerations exactly. It's nice to be in agreement with the tech "pros"
Tim Sturgill is another medical geek to whom I turn when I'm trying to streamline my work flow. It is not his fault I'm still so inefficient, but that is another matter. In this post, Tim summarizes the problem with the current state of electronic health record development in elegant--if geeky--engineering equations. Worth a read if only to make your head spin.
And that's what I was reading this week. What about you?
Hi rural Doc
I loved loved loved your birth stories, I am so sorry that I missed on these one
I had an open incision for 3.5 months after my c section due to use of heparin for what was presumed to be Pulmonary Embolism. Further bloodwork showed I had no evidence of embolism
Could I try a VBAC. I did not see any VBAC birth stories
Posted by: Prachi | November 07, 2008 at 11:46 AM
Thanks for the mention (again) and the links to other nice articles. :)
Posted by: rlbates | November 07, 2008 at 10:14 AM
Hi Theresa, I like the extra non-medical links! I'm going to check out that food-preservation article.
I became fascinated with these blogs this week:
http://unclutterer.com/
http://zenhabits.net/
Posted by: Jane | November 07, 2008 at 09:11 AM