Notes of an Anesthesioboist

Wherein an adult student of oboe chronicles her adventures in music, medicine, and faith, and other stories... “Novelists, opera singers, even doctors, have in common the unique and marvelous experience of entering into the very skin of another human being. What can compare with it?” -Willa Cather

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Fusia Podgorska and the Milgram Experiment

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Last night my family and I watched a great movie about a teenager who kept thirteen Jews hidden in her house after the Nazis invaded Poland....
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Friday, July 25, 2008

Wide Excision

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Recently, in the O.R.: First assist , scrubbing in to help surgeon : Time to put Humpty back together again? Surgeon : Yup. Anesthesiologist...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Not My Best Moment: A Career "First"

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Ordinarily I like friendly chatter. That is, at the right time and place. I think it makes the work day more pleasant. But when total concen...
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Excursions in Medical History: Sartorial Musings

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Why do we wear scrubs? Before Lister, surgery was conducted in operating theaters with surgeons wearing their street clothes. Wikipedia tel...
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Saturday, July 19, 2008

Ful

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My friend Thaer , who just married my dear college friend Sheila, prepared some wonderful Ful for us this weekend while we were all getting ...
Thursday, July 17, 2008

Tales from Saint Boonie's: Songs in the O.R.

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There are a few things that bring the docs and nurses at St. Boonie's together. The Red Sox. Food and drink. On occasion, certain movies...
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Why The O.R. is NOT a "Meat Market," Grey's Anatomy Notwithstanding; and, Looking a Patient in the Mouth: What's That About?

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( West Side Story music intro blares - tararararum-tum-tum ta ra-ra ): "I feel pretty, Oh, so pretty, I feel pretty and witty and brig...
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I'm a wife & mom. I'm a doctor too. I listen to classical Christmas carols all year round (they make me happy). I also love to read, write, cook, eat, dance, play music, and ponder things. I do a lot of my pondering here.
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