Dr. Cranquis' Mumbled Gripes
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http://www.memorialhermann.org/locations/texasmedicalcenter/brain-surgery-live-tweet/?altcast_code=d2287b7b3f
Dr. Dong Kim, neurosurgeon and Director of the Mischer Neuroscience Institute will pull back the curtain on a brain tumor resection during a live twittercast.
Memorial Hermann,…
Way cool!!!!
Jack and Jill went up the hill,
to fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down, due to dizziness from an inner-ear infection, and suffered a depressed skull fracture with intracranial bleed;
so Jill drank all the water herself, but it turned out to be contaminated with Giardia, resulting in a severe bout of diarrhea.
(These are the kinds of things I think about as I’m singing/patting/whispering Baby Cranquis to sleep.)
Wow. The body is just so weird sometimes. Now she’s training for the 2016 olympics!
![Well, aside from my personal autobiography, The Doctor Will See You Now (and Laugh at You Later) [Note: Oh wait, I haven’t written this yet], I really haven’t read too many doctor memoirs, Reading Reindeer. I did enjoy the story collections and writing style of Richard Selzer MD when I was in med school — easy to read, gritty stories about a surgeon’s journey through training and practice.
I recently read and enjoyed Gray Matter by David Levy MD, about a prominent US neurosurgeon who decided to offer to pray with every one of his patients before surgery, and the impact that had on his life and his patients’ lives as well. And I remember being very impressed by the story of Dr. Ben Carson in Gifted Hands, who went from a childhood among gangs in inner-city Detroit to becoming the first neurosurgeon to separate Siamese twins joined at the head. (Hmm… I seem to have a thing for neurosurgeon biographies…)
Here are some other books that a medically-inclined reader recommend once. Perhaps my Constant Readers have other memoirs to recommend?
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Well, aside from my personal autobiography, The Doctor Will See You Now (and Laugh at You Later) [Note: Oh wait, I haven’t written this yet], I really haven’t read too many doctor memoirs, Reading Reindeer. I did enjoy the story collections and writing style of Richard Selzer MD when I was in med school — easy to read, gritty stories about a surgeon’s journey through training and practice.
I recently read and enjoyed Gray Matter by David Levy MD, about a prominent US neurosurgeon who decided to offer to pray with every one of his patients before surgery, and the impact that had on his life and his patients’ lives as well. And I remember being very impressed by the story of Dr. Ben Carson in Gifted Hands, who went from a childhood among gangs in inner-city Detroit to becoming the first neurosurgeon to separate Siamese twins joined at the head. (Hmm… I seem to have a thing for neurosurgeon biographies…)
Here are some other books that a medically-inclined reader recommend once. Perhaps my Constant Readers have other memoirs to recommend?
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Anonymous Asks:
Recently (over the past couple of weeks) I have had this agonising throbbing pain in the very back of my head, on the left, towards my spine. It's aggravated when I lay down so I've barely gotten any sleep due to it. Upon laying down, the area tingles and almost feels cold - and the throbbing never seems to spread, always staying in the same area. If I lay down for too long, my whole body gets a sense of numbness and I feel nauseous and very weak. I'm probably over thinking this far too much but my mother (who is a Residential Nurse and is stumped at what I'm experiencing) had three meningiomas removed late last year and they are known to run in the family. I'm just wondering if what I'm experiencing is just a terrible migraine or if it is probable to be something more sinister? Should I get it checked out? Thank you :)
cranquis Said:
Hi there, Achy Breaky Head,
Well, until you threw in that “my mom and other people in my family have had multiple meningiomas” tidbit, I would’ve said: This sounds like either tension or migraine headaches (or both: “mixed” headaches). But with your family history, and since it sounds like prior to these episodes, you didn’t use to get such headaches (right?), then yes, I think you should get this checked out by a doctor. (Even if it’s “just a terrible migraine” you could probably use some help in dealing with it at this point).
Hope all goes well!
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