by Hippocrates | Jan 30, 2016 | Second Opinion
“I’m being treated for C. diff colitis that I got after a course of antibiotics for appendicitis. Will it come back? Can my family catch it from me? What’s a fecal transplant?” Claustridium difficile infection (CDI), or C. diff colitis as it is most...
by Hippocrates | Jan 25, 2016 | Second Opinion
“I need my first screening colonoscopy and I’ve had friends who just had a stool test and others had an xray, and both of those are cheaper than the colonoscopy my doctor referred me for, so, what is the best?” The recommendations for screening for...
by Hippocrates | Jan 17, 2016 | War Stories
It was a weekend, in the night, like it always is; the patient, a 32yo narcotic addicted woman who’d been filling her Vicodin from a pain doctor in another city in another state for her upper abdominal pain for the past week. I’m not saying I don’t understand. Chronic...
by Hippocrates | Jan 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
I had another Versa-climber induced epiphany today. I have them frequently; unfortunately, I forget much or most of them before I climb out of the shower, and this is already fading. I only have epiphanies on the Versa-climber because there is nothing else to do, but...
