Unsubsribe! It was a scene you’d expect from a millennial bar: two denizens at the corner with their noses intently in their phones oblivious to their surroundings. But the Palm Pavillion at Clearwater Beach was clearly a boomer bar, complete with a young duo in the corner faithfully belting out hits of the 70s atContinue reading “unsubscribe!”
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dandy dozen
Merry Christmas to all my friends and whomever happens to stumble on this site! It’s morning as I write this. No presents yet, not even breakfast. Kathy and I sit by the fire, excerpts from the Messiah playing, sipping our orange-juice free mimosas. The nature of the crisis at hand hit me early. Kathy andContinue reading “dandy dozen”
Here Comes My Career
I’ve been having a thing with my high school English teacher. She was quite the babe back in the late 60s at Vicksburg High and I was maybe her pet, but nothing ever progressed then like you read about now. I went looking for her to find a discerning reader for my new blog. Also,Continue reading “Here Comes My Career”
why rheumatology and, um, death?
I thought after all this coronavirus stuff, we needed a light break. As is often the case these days, this one was inspired by my high school English teacher Mrs. Pharriss. Towards the end of a long e-mail, she asked me: “Did you have to deal with deaths of patients very often during your medicalContinue reading “why rheumatology and, um, death?”
drugs
actually, those 95 authors did provide a table of the drugs they’ve tested which show promise against coronavirus. Here it is. I fear the structure of the table has not survived the paste. I refer the interested reader back to the URL in my last blog post. Take it as a demonstration of the amazingContinue reading “drugs”
How Plaquenil May Work
I struggled for 36 years in Rheumatology to figure out how Plaquenil works in our diseases, and never did. But I think I might understand, at least in part, how it’s working in its new role as our savior from Mr. coronavirus. It’s just a matter of simple chemistry. OHC (hydroxychloroquine: Plaquenil) accumulates in acidic intracellular organelles,Continue reading “How Plaquenil May Work”
The Chinese COVID-19 Guidelines March 4th
The Chinese Health and Public Health Ministry Guideline on Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Diagnosis and Treatment (revision #6) was released in Beijing March 4th. The guideline derives from experiences in treating over 80,000 Chinese patients. The document has been translated from Mandarin and stealthily but broadly circulated for about a week. Dr. Ainlin Xu, anContinue reading “The Chinese COVID-19 Guidelines March 4th”
Plaquenil for corona
My Saturday post mentioned initial findings that the old anti-rheumatic drug Plaquenil (hydroxychloroquine) may have some significant activity against coronavirus. The Chinese Health Ministry guidelines on coronavirus have been stealthily and widely distributed. I saw both versions (translated and Mandarin) the same Saturday I made my post. The guidelines even made it to a GPContinue reading “Plaquenil for corona”
smokin’ corona
On my walk home from Kathy’s office this morning, I ran into 3 old girlfriends from work standing in front of the bus stop across from the hospital. They weren’t waiting for a bus. None had a job you could do from home (medical assistant X 2, check-in clerk) and yes plenty of patients wereContinue reading “smokin’ corona”
another funeral song
Just heard another song I want played at my funeral We’ll get up and do it again. Amen
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