bad case of the mondays
Monday, February 23rd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »this weekend was a great one, very hard to come back to the clinic this morning... on saturday erin and I went canoeing up (yes up) the Macal River. It separates the twin cities (san ignacio and santa elena).... our ...
lost in translation
Friday, February 20th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »only had one patient in clinic this am... an english speaking local woman with two weeks of pain in her right calf when walking.... doctora measured her calves and found that the right calf was a centimeter larger in circumference ...
BIG PHARMA, in Belize?!?!?!?!?!?
Thursday, February 19th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 6 Comments »before I get into the meat of this blog... I'd like to point out that in the internal medicine doctora's office, I sit right next to a old blood pressure device that has mercury in it. AHHHHHHHH!!!!! When I was ...
childhood phobias and dislikes… dispelled. for now…
Thursday, February 19th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »In psychiatry and psychology, there are many techniques for helping patients to work through phobias... one technique for example is desensitization. It works like this... say I'm scared of, um, flying. the doctor might (over time) have you look at ...
case of the tuesdays
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »the clinic is very slow this afternoon... the hospital is very, very small... 8 rooms, 3 of them with patients this am... one of the patients is a 70-something year old woman who has been in and out of the ...
happy hallmark creation day everyone!!!
Saturday, February 14th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »erin and I are off this am to Actun Tunichil Muknal cave (I practiced memorizing it for about two minutes yesterday), or ATM for short... old mayan ritual cave... sacrificed body inside! eeek. the tour company is providing lunch, and ...
mom, read this!
Friday, February 13th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I;m planning on calling you between 6 and 7pm this sunday!!!! will you be available???? I'll call the house phone. lots of love.
just when I thought things were quieting down
Friday, February 13th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »wednesday we moved to the 'nicer house' on the property.... we had been living in the house that is farther away from the hospital and not as 'nice' because the nicer one didn't have a hot water heater (yes, I've ...
waterfall cave: not a spectator sport
Thursday, February 12th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »wow. yesterday we got to skip work to go with the two american nurses on this waterfall seeing adventure through the adventure company, "Caves Branch". this is what i knew about the excursion prior to going on it: we'd be ...
XUNANTUNICH!!!!
Monday, February 9th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »chris and ju, thanks for the comments, and yes, please knit me a mu sweater!!!! yesterday erin and I took public transit to xunantunich, mayan ruins about 30 minutes from san ignacio/santa elena. we then hiked about a mile up ...