Report of 5 July '09
Hello from the library!
5 movies in 3 days, including a recent release - is this Mecca or what? Our dear friends, Kris and Gabe, are out of town and let me have the run of their place and their very fancy movie-viewing equipment, so I caught up on some flicks I have been wanting to see - Australia, Quantum of Solace, Charlie Wilson's War, and the Fantastic Four. I skipped the men's final of Wimbledon to see "Public Enemies" and enjoyed it.
Time is going slowly. Work, work, and then home. The daily workouts at the gym are going very well, and I appreciate having such a nice place to work out in. I do sometimes wonder at those that will not capitalise on having such lovely places to exercise in - and affordable, too. But perhaps exercise is not uppermost on everyone's mind. As I told my sister-in-law, Diane, when we were outside the grocery store near my in-laws' place in rural Indiana, that's job security for me, I guess.
This week, I went to one of our clinics for the first time and enjoyed it; it's in a poor part of town and we have lots of patients. One of them is an older lady who came in with back pain. She stated that muscle relaxant ointments help, and while I was glad for that, I got an x-ray anyway: at the Banyan, many ladies have brittle bones and it only takes a minor fall to break one. Perhaps my experience there is clouding my judgement? The x-ray in my U.S. patient showed multiple "compression deformities," likely broken vertebrae, and I will refer her to an orthopedic surgeon. The patient is a nurse, and I could speak to her in medical terminology, which is a change from my other patients.
Sandy Whisman took me out for dinner on Tuesday, and that was wonderful. It was good to see Sandy again; she is a recruiter for St. V and other hospitals, and is a nice individual with some good advice to pass on. I enjoyed the meal and Sandy's company immensely.
I got to talk to the Weiss men this week. On Saturday, Scott was alone as Naren and Navin were socialising with friends. As is common with folks our age, our children have much more active social lives than we do. This is fine with us, because frequently we only have the energy for an evening walk and dinner :).
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5 movies in 3 days, including a recent release - is this Mecca or what? Our dear friends, Kris and Gabe, are out of town and let me have the run of their place and their very fancy movie-viewing equipment, so I caught up on some flicks I have been wanting to see - Australia, Quantum of Solace, Charlie Wilson's War, and the Fantastic Four. I skipped the men's final of Wimbledon to see "Public Enemies" and enjoyed it.
Time is going slowly. Work, work, and then home. The daily workouts at the gym are going very well, and I appreciate having such a nice place to work out in. I do sometimes wonder at those that will not capitalise on having such lovely places to exercise in - and affordable, too. But perhaps exercise is not uppermost on everyone's mind. As I told my sister-in-law, Diane, when we were outside the grocery store near my in-laws' place in rural Indiana, that's job security for me, I guess.
This week, I went to one of our clinics for the first time and enjoyed it; it's in a poor part of town and we have lots of patients. One of them is an older lady who came in with back pain. She stated that muscle relaxant ointments help, and while I was glad for that, I got an x-ray anyway: at the Banyan, many ladies have brittle bones and it only takes a minor fall to break one. Perhaps my experience there is clouding my judgement? The x-ray in my U.S. patient showed multiple "compression deformities," likely broken vertebrae, and I will refer her to an orthopedic surgeon. The patient is a nurse, and I could speak to her in medical terminology, which is a change from my other patients.
Sandy Whisman took me out for dinner on Tuesday, and that was wonderful. It was good to see Sandy again; she is a recruiter for St. V and other hospitals, and is a nice individual with some good advice to pass on. I enjoyed the meal and Sandy's company immensely.
I got to talk to the Weiss men this week. On Saturday, Scott was alone as Naren and Navin were socialising with friends. As is common with folks our age, our children have much more active social lives than we do. This is fine with us, because frequently we only have the energy for an evening walk and dinner :).
Unw -
R
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