Orthopedic surgeon. Lover of puns and medical humor. And osteosynthesis. Nothing here should be taken as actual medical advice.
Joined November 2019
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Well, sir, it’s been years since your total shoulder & everything seems like it’s going very well. You have no pain, & great strength & range of motion. X-rays are stable, & there’s no signs of infection.
The Bacterium Formerly Known As P. acnes:
Not sure how much I’ll use it, but I had to create a new 🟦sky account (efforts at anonymity = I forgot my password & didn’t have a backup)
I’ll now be there as lady-interlocks. Will try to find as many of you as possible there too.
Watching election coverage right now feels like refreshing the EMR to see if the labs you literally just sent are back.
Like, yeah, I knew the Hb was going to be 8, but what’s the white count? Is the INR going to be 1.5 or 15?
Well obviously he’s hitting it out of the park. That’s just some kid who says “Shazam!” right before he goes up to the plate
Some kids have BFFs.
Some kids have BBFFs.
Some kids have both (or at least they do according to the peds patient who said I was their “BFF” while waking up from sedation for a fracture reduction)
Diagnosis: infected nonunion with failure of fixation.
Treatment: resection of nonviable tissue with deep implant removal, interpositional allograft, and revision fixation.
In my n of 1, empiric interventional analysis has demonstrated that a Reese’s cup prior to 10am can positively affect mood.
However, to achieve sufficient power, additional study is necessary.
Do you ever watch a trailer for a direct-to-streaming movie & think, “wow that could be really good” but know deep down that you’ll never actually watch it bc there’s a reason it’s on Netflix & not in theaters?
That’s what it feels like going on dating apps in your 30s
Whenever I get frustrated about the inverse correlation between results & relative amount of time/effort I put into my fantasy fb team, I remember trying to learn EKGs & it all makes sense.
Well, not EKGs. Those still don’t make sense.
Screaming into a…
- Category 1 abyss: having to change your EMR password. Again.
- Category 2 abyss: your patient ate breakfast, surgery delayed x8hrs
- Category 3 abyss: they added another click before you can sign each clinic note
