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Registered on:10/4/2008
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[quote]Average wait time to see a doctor in US as new patient is 26 days minimum[/quote] So which is it? An “average” or a “minimum”?...

re: Medics of the OT need help

Posted by LSUTigerDoc on 8/7/22 at 2:16 pm
Likely an enlarged preauricular lymph node. This lymph node basin drains the eye, skin around the eye, area of cheek, and area of the temple. If I’m correct, this is a reactive node attempting to clear something occurring in one of those areas, in your case, the eye. ...

re: Medics of the OT need help

Posted by LSUTigerDoc on 8/7/22 at 10:44 am
This is in front of your ear not behind ear, correct?...

re: What kind of spider is this?

Posted by LSUTigerDoc on 5/22/21 at 7:21 pm
[quote]Which pixel is the spider?[/quote] Thanks for a belly laugh! Here’s an upvote, sir. ...

re: Ominous/Scary photographs

Posted by LSUTigerDoc on 2/26/21 at 11:27 am
Very few days have passed since 2001 that I don’t think of the horror of the jumpers of 9/11. ...
[quote]You just compared a subcutaneously delivered mRNA vaccine to 3 orally delivered small molecules and a lip balm. Just a “little” bit of difference.[/quote] Thank you for pointing that out. My point exactly—no drug is perfectly safe. I have seen numerous deaths from Advil induced duodenal bl...
[quote]I just don’t trust the mf’ers who made it.[/quote] In the case of Pfizer, you trust their Viagra, their Lipitor, their Advil, and their Chapstick, but you don’t trust their vaccine??...

re: OT doctors

Posted by LSUTigerDoc on 12/18/20 at 5:53 pm
[quote]Have any of you ever been on call?[/quote] Every fifth night of my life for the past decade. [quote]I know nurses will absolutely not make a call unless it’s serious.[/quote] You can’t be serious, right? It all depends on the quality and experience of the nurse in question. I’ve be...

re: An Oxford comma walks into a bar

Posted by LSUTigerDoc on 12/16/20 at 1:59 am
In my opinion, a missed opportunity to reference alliteration and onomatopoeia. Still got an upvote ...
[quote]redstick13[/quote] I want you to know we have never forgotten you and your loss. Ongoing prayers for you and your family. Very few days have passed over the past year and a half that I don’t think about you and your family. ...

re: GMT. Thanksgiving Day

Posted by LSUTigerDoc on 11/26/20 at 6:11 am
Morning all. It’s been a crazy year and will be a strange Thanksgiving, but the vast majority of us still have so much to be thankful for....
[quote]Pork gravy[/quote] What is this? Is this pork chops in brown gravy or red sauce with pork? Really doesn’t matter, I guess. Both sound delicious. Just asking for clarification since I’ve seen this term on the food board, and I’m unsure what it refers to. ...

re: My estate sale pick ups today

Posted by LSUTigerDoc on 10/31/20 at 9:32 pm
Give me fair warning when the LSU map is going on eBay. ...
Congratulations to you and to your son. Despite all the changes that have affected the field, it’s still an amazing honor to practice medicine. ...

re: What are some jaw dropping stats?

Posted by LSUTigerDoc on 10/30/20 at 10:14 pm
1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 women will have a cancer in his/her lifetime. ...
Is there a blade on a slanted surface? If so, it looks like an older model manual microtome for cutting tissue samples to make slides for microscopic evaluation. ...
[quote]He mentioned blasts. Honestly, I'm not sure if he saw it in the CBC or was saying that would be concerning. It was a phone call visit. The bruising all developed this past week. I had 2 units of platelets transfused over the weekend. Its been a long week.[/quote] Well, keep us informed if ...
[quote]Had hairy cell leukemia 10 years ago. Did 7 days of a 24 hour drip chemotherapy. Been clear for over 10 years now. It really puts everything into perspective. Good luck and God speed.[/quote] Cladribine! Still the only malignancy successfully treated with a single course of chemotherapy —...
[quote]FishinTygah84[/quote] [quote]don’t screw around with the bottom of the barrel Drs here[/quote] I take major offense to this. When it comes to judging doctors, we’d appreciate if you’d be a splitter rather than a lumper. ...