mary, did you know?

we talked today about misconceptions we had concerning the practice of medicine before we started our trek to the finish line of actually being medical professionals. when i was little, i thought the doctor fixed people. anything that happened to me would be fixable. if there was a disease, uncle charlie (my pediatrician until i was 21) would make it right. it wasn't until medical school that i discovered that you can't fix cancer or diabetes or COPD. chronic disease was more chronic than the day you had to wait before you could get in to see uncle charlie.

we also laughed about the "there's nothing you can take for a virus" bit. there is. it's more for when you get bad off if your body is having a hard time throwing the virus down on the floor and beating the virus's virion to bits. but there are pharmacological answers to viruses.

WARNING: for anyone with a little monster being tore up by a virus - DON'T GIVE THEM ASPIRIN. NEVER GIVE A CHILD ASPIRIN. DON'T DO IT. YOU MIGHT CAUSE THEM TO GET REYE'S WHICH = BAD.

and the appendix. i know about 20 people who have had theirs taken out. little do they know, but statistically most of them (from what i've heard) didn't need it. but it's a quick and easy procedure and catches a potentially life threatening ailment before it happens. but it's not always needed because the appendix is not always inflamed. drugs could help many time, but better safe than sorry. and you get a sweet scar.

sleeping pills. i took one an hour ago. i'm dead in my body but my brain wants to work. i didn't know about sleeping pills unitl that green butterfly entered commercials on FOXNEWS. i like them.

sometime soon i will blog about the new michael moore movie. i like his questions. i like what he is trying to do. this film could be important if he doesnt make an ass out of himself just trying to get to the point. sometime soon i hope to blog about alternative/homeopathic/non-evidence based medicine. that will be fun also.