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DIE-Tunes by Dr. Secretwave101 Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc I believe I have just witness the beginning of the death of iTunes. As much as I’ve tried and tried to like iTunes, I can’t express how happy I am to see a true and ... Read on »

Health Report – Mickey Mouse by Dr. Secretwave101 Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc Our family just returned from Disneyland Paris. We had a great time. As a doctor, however, I just couldn’t ignore the many health problems clearly evident in the thousands ... Read on »

XBox – A Medical Necessity by Dr. Secretwave101 Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc “Dr. SW101,” Says the curly-haired assistant, “will you sign this memo.” I don’t look up. As usual, I don’t read the memo, reaching for the closest pen and signi ... Read on »

Interview with A Virus by Dr. Secretwave101 Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc SW101: I’m sitting here today with Herpes Simplex Virus, type 2. It has agreed to answer a few questions for SW101 Nation. Thanks for joining us today, um, is it…Mr ... Read on »

Moving On by Dr. Secretwave101 Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc To my faithful fans and passerby, I have begun blogging in fits and starts at a new location. The focus is a little different, but it also has the rambly-blambly ... Read on »

RATIONal! by Dr. Secretwave101 Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc Yes, throwing a few words out there again. Can’t help m’self. Been a bit. Living in Europe insulates the average human from goofy, over-the-top language meant t ... Read on »

Reader Q, Probable Farewell by Dr. Secretwave101 Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc Q – I just discovered your blog and have had fun reading it, however, it seems that you have stopped blogging? A – It’s true. I burned out a little. Well, tha ... Read on »

It’s Not Just Sex by Dr. Secretwave101 Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc A good approximation of how sex and intimacy is regarded by the U.S. Armed Forces can be summed up in the phrase I heard recently: “If you needed a wife…we’da issued you o ... Read on »

Reader Comment: A Child’s Chest Pain by Dr. Secretwave101 Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc A reader recently commented on the SW101 post Will My Child Have A Heart Attack with a disturbing letter about her child. It has now been granted its own blog. I ... Read on »

Movie Review – Avatar by Dr. Secretwave101 Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc I enjoyed myself fully last night as I entered the world of ‘Avatar’, James Cameron’s new sci-fi epic that already handily broke a 1 billion-dollar landmark record ... Read on »

Where’d They Go? by Dr. Secretwave101 Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc For those wondering where all the blogs have gone – I was on a once/week or better output for over a year – I’ve been distracted (this is not newsworthy). Lately, ... Read on »

Oh-NineHundred by Dr. Secretwave101 Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc Nothing makes an Army drill sargent (prounounced something like ‘Sar-Ughnt’) more testy than when a good number of his/her unit skips morning physical training. ... Read on »

The Toilet Excuse? Really? by Dr. Secretwave101 Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc “I need more drugs because I had a heart attack yesterday and in my monumental pain I flushed my Percocet down the toilet.” I stare. AWwww, MAN, I ... Read on »

8 Pigeons? I’ll Check the Regs… by Dr. Secretwave101 Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc I love urban legends: The one about the killer calling the babysitter from inside the house, or the acne that turned out to be a quivering pod of spider eggs. You know ... Read on »

20 by Dr. Secretwave101 Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc Giant Party at the Brandenburg Gate 20 year ago tomorrow, the Berlin Wall was breached. The first East Berliner to make it across – legally – was a woman named A ... Read on »

Danger: Broccoloi by Dr. Secretwave101 Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc An R-rated food. Must be 17 or accompanied by adult to eat safely. Highly-intelligent child holds up half-eaten stem of steamed broccoli: “ Dad, will thi ... Read on »

Time to Zip It by Dr. Secretwave101 Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc I’ve certainly gotten the point: SHUT UP about the fired resident already! Numerous comments have come in, some from fellow medical bloggers whom I respect as “attend ... Read on »

Now I’m Involved by Dr. Secretwave101 Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc Firings, as you might imagine, involve high-running emotions. The fired often erupt with threats – and intentions – to expose the employer’s inner workings to the media ... Read on »

Fired by Dr. Secretwave101 Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc My program fired a resident last week. Although we all knew he was having difficulties, the news surprised virtually all of us. Our chief didn’t even know about the po ... Read on »

“Natural” Doesn’t Mean Safe by Dr. Secretwave101 Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc Arsenic is totally and completely ‘natural’. A basic chemical element, the metalloid is #54 on the periodic table; discovered in 1250 A.D. The color of arsenic ranges ... Read on »

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