November 15th, 2011 by RamonaBatesMD in News
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All medical offices must dispose of medical waste in a safe manner. I closed my office at the end of September, but my last medical waste pickup is the first Friday of December. My dear husband is going to open the office and wait for them.
How have you told patients over the years to deal with their medical waste? Needles? Syringes? JP drains they pull out or that fall out before they get back for follow up?
Last week the FDA sent out a press release announcing the launch a new website for patients and caregivers on the safe disposal of needles and other so-called “sharps” that are used at home, at work and while traveling. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Suture for a Living*
November 2nd, 2011 by RamonaBatesMD in Research
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I happened to see this press release from American Society of Nephrology via Eurekalert regarding an article in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN) advocating the safety of kidney donation in individuals over 70 years old. The press release does note that kidneys from these elderly donors do not last as long as those from younger living donors.
Currently, as noted on the University of Maryland Medical Center website:
Donors need to be between the ages of 18 and early 70s and can include parents, children, siblings, other relatives, and friends. An ideal donor should have a genuine interest in donating and a compatible blood type with the recipient.
Donors should be in good general health. Donors do not need to be Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Suture for a Living*
October 26th, 2011 by RamonaBatesMD in Health Policy, Opinion
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I have now completed three weeks at my new job with the Disability Determination Services office. I sort of knew there were two types of disability payments under SSI: Title II and Title XVI. Now I understand the differences much clearer.
I would urge everyone who can afford it to purchase disability insurance. As the person training me put it, “If you are disabled, you are still ‘costing’ your family in addition to not contributing to the family income.”
The big difference between the two (II and XVI) is that Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Suture for a Living*
October 20th, 2011 by RamonaBatesMD in Opinion
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I caught this movie last week flipping though channels looking for something to watch while I knitted.
“Five” stars Patricia Clarkson, Rosario Dawson, Lyndsy Fonseca, Ginnifer Goodwin, Josh Holloway, Tony Shalhoub, Jeffrey Tambor, and Jeanne Tripplehorn. It is an anthology of five short films exploring the impact of breast cancer on people’s lives.
The first one, the story of Charlotte (Ginnifer Goodwin), is set in 1969. Charlotte lays dying in her bedroom while the family mills around the house and the TV showing the mans first step on the moon. Her story for me was taken over by the effect of her cancer on her young daughter Pearl who only wants to see her mom. Finally she manages to sneak into the room.
The second one is Mia’s story. Mia (Patricia Clarkson) is the tale of Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Suture for a Living*
October 15th, 2011 by RamonaBatesMD in True Stories
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I have meet several amazing people at my new job. Here is one of them: Richard Vaughn (photo credit). The poster isn’t accurate any longer, the 12 should read 20.
Richard is the IT guy at my work place. He broke his back at age 17. This hasn’t kept him from having a full life.
……Shortly after graduation as a 17 year old, a severe accident – a fall of roughly 85 feet from a scaffolding – left me paralyzed and in a wheelchair. This was in the early 1970s. It was suggested that I enter one of several “special schools” for the handicapped. There, I was told, I might learn a vocation and become a “contributing member of society.” Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Suture for a Living*
