Critical Mass

EMG Marked Forearm
Originally uploaded by CadyLy

So, after several months of progressive, intermittent episodes of paralysis of my wrist/forearm, I get sent to Ortho, which does not appreciate any obvious mechanical defect, and who sends me to have an EMG.
EMG = electromyogram AKA they will electrocute you and see how you respond to that. :)
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Have we as a society just given up on any sense of morality? I don’t typically read news articles. I don’t subscribe to the paper. I rarely look online at news sites. There’s so much depressing news out there. So, I figure that if there is something really important going on that I should know […]

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Earlier today, one of our nurses came up to me and mentioned that an insurance company denied a patient a PET scan because they only approve so many PET scans per year, and this particular patient (not one of mine) was not on their list.  Nevermind if it’s a medically necessary study, or the fact […]

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I had a very nice plan this morning.  I was going to sleep in a little bit, get up, take a shower, go to Chrism Mass down at the cathedral, shop at the new Catholic bookstore, figure out something for dinner, go to the Mass of the Lord’s Supper, and then have a few people […]

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Today is World Kidney Day!  Whoo-hoo! 
Why am I so excited, do you ask?  Okay, well I guess any reason to celebrate….  :)  But no, I *passed* my kidney function tests!  :)  Who would have thought?  I am notoriously bad to my kidneys.  I think they continue to function just to spite me, some days.  They […]

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