Tuesday I went to see the oph-, the ophtha-, the eye doctor. I don’t particularly like going to any doctor these days as it always throws off my schedule for the day, but the eye doctor is about the worst, even though he is a very pleasant man himself, because he puts those drops in … Continue reading The Eye Doctor
Medical
Two Podcasts
First up is the latest TWiV: TWiV 1156: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin. Seemingly every week Daniel has another horror story of a patient who ends up in ICU (or worse) because a doctor didn’t prescribe Paxlovid: I've got a woman in her 80s, she’s in the ICU, and the story was, she goes … Continue reading Two Podcasts
Checking in on Covid
In the episode of This Week in Virology TWiV 1151: Hotel California for Phage, there is an interesting discussion of when SARS-COV2 might become a more routine common cold-like virus. That discussion begins at one hour and 21 minutes into the episode (1:21:18), but I took the auto-generated sub-titles that YouTube creates, and cleaned them … Continue reading Checking in on Covid
The Blueberry Correction
I try very hard to avoid catching Covid, and so far I’ve succeeded. But Mar and Jim, my former neighbors from when I lived in the Wissahickon area who moved around the same time I did, have not been so successful. Recently they contracted the disease and took Paxlovid. And they had the standard complaint … Continue reading The Blueberry Correction
Heart of My Heart
I saw my cardiologist yesterday. I was his second appointment of the day so I was hoping that I wouldn’t have to wait as long as I normally do to see him. It started off well, when I had barely gotten comfortable in the waiting room and a nurse called my name and led me … Continue reading Heart of My Heart
The New Prescription
So the prescription for my cholesterol medication ran out and I requested a new one from my cardiologist, but when I picked it up I happened to notice that the instructions had changed. Instead of taking one tablet daily, I was now instructed to chop the tablet in two and take only half a pill … Continue reading The New Prescription
Shortage
Fortunately for me I stocked up on Citrucel some time ago, as there has been a global shortage of it for the past few months. I’m now down to my last three jars, which should last me about three or four months if I’m careful. Supposedly it should be available again come late January 2024. … Continue reading Shortage
Dr. David Major
Today was my first doctor appointment since I received word that my former doctor, David Major, had died. Not surprisingly, there was a photo of him prominently displayed in the waiting room. I spoke about him with my current doctor, who told me about the funeral and how he was pleasantly surprised by some of … Continue reading Dr. David Major
Dr. David Major
I just received word that my former primary care physician, Dr. David Major died due to pancreatic cancer. I knew that he retired last year because of illness, and I had gathered that the illness was cancer of some sort, but I didn’t realize it was pancreatic which is one of the worst. As I … Continue reading Dr. David Major
The Eyes Have It
I hate going to the doctor these days. The problem is I hate waiting and most of the doctors that I go to make me wait an inordinately long time. Often well over an hour. I try to reduce the wait time by making early appointments on the theory that the earlier the appointment, the … Continue reading The Eyes Have It