tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11560235.post115626780939617496..comments2024-01-26T10:25:48.047-08:00Comments on shrimplate: 9... Knight C-6 to B-8shrimplatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08347542266047278227noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11560235.post-1156917635446347222006-08-29T23:00:00.000-07:002006-08-29T23:00:00.000-07:00You know, I've always lamented the loss of chess a...You know, I've always lamented the loss of chess as a major focus of social gatherings.<BR/><BR/>Today, we have a ton of video games that help you hone your reflexes, your thumbs, your trigger fingers and are full of realistic and mostly mindless violence, but the level of strategic thinking is limited in most of them. It's all about reaction time.<BR/><BR/>Chess honed your mind, and games don't do that much anymore.Eli Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00792743206074537073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11560235.post-1156395660033578312006-08-23T22:01:00.000-07:002006-08-23T22:01:00.000-07:00mec- Docs do their best, and before admission to a...mec- <BR/><BR/>Docs do their best, and before admission to a hospital bed the ED people will have ascertained medical allergies.<BR/><BR/>Often a pharmacist will even question an order if the drug is molecularly <I>similar</I> to a prescribed med.<BR/><BR/>Then they call the nurse who calls the doc to get a different order.<BR/><BR/>I've had patients claim to be "allergic" to antihistamines, which are used to <I>reverse</I> allergic reactions. It hardly seems like that's a genuine allergy. The patient might not understand the definition of true "allergy" and just mischaracterize it as one, when "intolerance" or "adverse reaction" fits better.<BR/><BR/>Some people are just plain idiots. I had a diabetic patient recently who insisted they were allergic to <I>water</I>! and would only drink regular sugar-laden soda, which did great things for their high blood-glucose problems.<BR/><BR/>Anyways, basically it's the nurse at the bedside that spends their hours sorting all these little things out.shrimplatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08347542266047278227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11560235.post-1156376114814785862006-08-23T16:35:00.000-07:002006-08-23T16:35:00.000-07:00Okay, my first thought was, "Did the doctor think ...Okay, my first thought was, "Did the doctor think about asking the patient whether they've ever had adverse reactions to any of the medication the doctor was thinking of prescribing? And why not?" Because, y'know, I'm not even a medical professional, but I know that sometimes the reaction is not merely getting sick but going into anaphylactic shock. Shouldn't doctors think about things like that?MEChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776744217467492624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11560235.post-1156356207193784402006-08-23T11:03:00.000-07:002006-08-23T11:03:00.000-07:00Love your blog - gives me some insight as to what ...Love your blog - gives me some insight as to what life is like in "A big white building with sick people in it - but that's not important right now" (hat tip to Airplane!). <BR/><BR/>As for the iPod situation, it may help you to save some bucks if you go to the Apple web store and scroll about 2/3 down on the right side. They have a red tag that has 'Save" printed on it there. That link will take you to the refubished items available for sale, and iPods are at the top of the list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com