Out With The Old ... In With The New ~

it's been a long year ... some highs and some lows ... but that's life for ya!  

gotta learn to roll with the punches! 

thanks for your friendships here, bloggers.  

Maybe this new year will 'Trump' this past year with exciting changes.  

whose to know what may come our way 

but I'm ready to conquer ... bring it on! 

today's anatomy lesson...

brought to you by one tired assed slavegirl whose damn glad its Friday!

I had a doctor today dictate ... "Limb length from anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS) to medial malleoli is _? _ inches."  He is so foreign that I could not make out what he said the measurement was.   I'm trying to wrap my head what the MT had originally put in as this value; and at the same time I'm looking at my own leg thinking...that can't be right.

Okay, bloggers, lets do the math on this (like yuns care, right?) but hey! this just one of the many things I may have to research in a day's time cause you cannot trust these onshore or offshore typists or editors to know anatomy.  So...just where is your anterior superior iliac spine or your medial malleolus, you ask? the pic pretty much says it all...

Anatomically, from the top of your hip bone move a tad over towards midline and run an imaginary line down to your medial ankle ...

I pulled up old reports from the database and found that some MTs had rather laughable values typed in old reports already uploaded to the client. From info I found online, even a 12 year old with normal weight of 90 some pounds and around 5 feet tall, have 29 or 30 inch measurements from ASIS to ankle, so one can assume an adult would be at least over 30 inches!  (Oh boy, I'm sure the client won't be happy to receive those reports back where the measurements were totally off making us look like boobs!)

I ask you, Bloggers, from observation, do you think normal adults would only have 12 inches from ASIS to ankle? or even 20 inches? I think not! that is some short-assed midget people! .... I wished these MTs/Editors would use their noodles...for criteys sakes!

..and that concludes your anatomy lesson *class dismissed!*

 

Friday...yay!

 

soooo true! :) whose with me?

"I Hate You, Santa!"

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Merry Christmas!

 

To My Blog Friends … I wish you joy, happiness, peace and prosperity ~ but above all this, I wish you love at Christmastime.  May blessings of success, luck, and friendships abound in the coming year!

Those Unsung Heroes

 that wake everybody up in the neighborhood early on Thursday morning!



Who we all take for granted ... the garbologists! Its funny every year in my little town, the garbage crew will leave a little "card" in an envelope in the lid of the garbage can with a little note this time of year.  I just found mine today, when I took my garbage out.  It always cracks me up what they come up with every year.

"To the tune of "Here Comes Santa Claus" ... this year's ditty goes like this...

Here comes Abigail, here comes Abigail, right down Abigail Lane.  

She's our truck, hope she don't get stuck ... in the snow or icy rain... 

She's not stinky, her lights are blinky, she beeps when she backs up.  

        So fill you can ... here's your garbage man .. who'll take it all to the dump! hey!

~ Merry Christmas from your Garbologists and Abigail...

(who knew the garbage truck had a name!) hilarious! these city boys do this every year!

Speech Wrecks~

On any given day, you never know what you'll find when you are QA'ing reports.  Sometimes the Editors fail to correct the speech recognition engine which results in such errors... 

• He reassures me that he has kept my family in his purse and I thanked him for that and inquires about my ill father. (prayers)

• The patient today has a rash as well seems to be improving on off of work.  (with Aquaphor)

• He also had back surgery approximately year and a half ago and arches type surgery for his left knee in 2006.  (arthroscopic)

• Outside temperatures are quite cold with the windshields... (wind chills, lol)

Speaking of wind chills, is it cold in your neck of the woods?  



Current weather here says its 19 degrees; but feels more like 14.  A heat wave after last night's 7 degrees!  Brrrrrr!

Workday funny ...

Well, I had a doctor who is foreign dictating a examination on a patient applying for disability benefits.  They list allegations claimed by the patient, history, makes an assessment of how many hours the patient can sit or stand in an 8 hour workday, how much weight the pt could lift, and/or any other restriction when it comes to work...

and then he says..."She will have difficulty with any vocation requiring that she lay flat." 




Come again? Yep that's what he said I listened to it twice!

tell me Bloggers ... What kind of job would require somebody to lay flat on their back?

....

Okay don't answer that ... made me laugh...hahaha!

All In a Day's Work ...

So...bloggers...




I am proofing a patient's oncology report this past Friday ... doctor is dictating and I'm reading ..."We again reviewed available information, discussed the questionable solitary metastasis in the brain, and reviewed various clinical scenarios with the possible of patient having a legal metastasis" ...

wait a minute there...

that ain't right...I knew immediately what it was...

Obviously the speech recognition engine spit out what it heard but MT failed to catch/edit it.

Actually it was dictated as ... with the possibility of patient having oligometastases.  That's the term right there ... and that folks...is why I still have a job!

and in case yuns don't know (assuming you might want to know)...according to the Google Gods...

Oligometastases is the state in which the patient shows distant relapse in only a limited number of regions. Local therapy such as surgery, radiotherapy and radiofrequency ablation for the relapsed sites could thus improve patient's survival. 

ándale, ándale...

 

Have a good day Bloggers ... its off to start my day.  I was awake by 4:18 and never did go back to sleep ... early morning awakening ... muscles aching at the shoulders must have slept in a hunched up position or something ... so its ibuprofen to the rescue and a cup of joe.

Can you decipher these common Christmas carols?

 

Sure they're easy ... try it. okay #5 and #10 might trip ya up...

1. Happiness to the Planet 
2. Small Male Percussionist. 
3. I Am Experiencing Nocturnal Visions of a Colorless Holiday - ah ha! 
4. Festoon the Corridors 
5. A Non-Summer Fairytale Area 
6. Oh Holiday Conifer 
7. Ten Plus Two Twenty-Four Hour Periods of Holiday Festivity 
8. Hey Tiny City in Israel 
9. In a Remote Location in a Barn Stall
10. Query Regarding the Identity of a Descendant

How many didya get?  all of them? 

Its Time For Another Edition of "Shopping With Bella" ...

Tis the season folks... Well, ya know its true that every family has a black sheep, and chances are you probably got a brother, sister, niece, nephew, cousin or may be a significant other whose a little unusual. Maybe they’re into taxidermy (like my Sister's hubby, OMG you don't even know), or into the goth culture, or may be one who has an “unhealthy” obsession with true crime (LOL), or maybe one who likes to try unusual foods to cook and eat, or maybe one that's just passionate about historical reenactment? In any case, when shopping rolls around this time of year, you might be perplexed on what to buy these persons. Sure you could get them a card or socks, or whatever, but maybe it'd be nice to get them something they'd really enjoy..like...




Perhaps a real life bat skeleton!  a little creepy ... but hey ... it might appeal to someone on your list, and maybe a good show & tell for the spoiled kid who obviously has everything! ha!  To order yours, click here.  If you’re not sure a bat is the right gift, you could consider this snake skeleton, or an rare insect display!  


or how about this...nobody will be stealing your lunch out of the company fridge..



This insulated lunch tote will keep your food cool, prepped, and ready for transplant right into your hungry stomach! It's great for keeping your snacks alive and well on the go. Get ready for jealous looks! haha! check it out!

And Shoppers! for those stoners on your list...how about ‘The Cannabis Spa at Home: How to Make Marijuana-Infused Lotions, Massage Oils, Ointments, Bath Salts, Spa Nosh, & More’

With marijuana now legal or decriminalized in 28 states (plus Washington D.C.), more people are becoming open about their enjoyment of cannabis. Whether you know someone who enjoys cannabis recreationally or for medicinal purposes, this fun book can help them find novel ways to enjoy the benefits of marijuana. After all, not everyone enjoys the act of smoking, so finding other ways of ingesting or enjoying cannabis is important (haha! who writes this stuff?).

The Cannabis Spa at Home features guides for making cannabis lotions, creams, balms, and masks, as well as cannabis herbal poultices, cannabis bath salts, and foot and hand soaks. Recipes for edibles are also included, such as hemp smoothies and cannabis bhang. Author Sandra Hinchliffe is a home herbalist, autoimmune disease survivor, and legal medical cannabis patient in the state of California. She’s also the founder of the SpaKind.com cannabis spa app, so you know she knows her stuff.   Go ahead, become the first on your block to make and sell for extra pocket money.  Just click here to order it.  


Perhaps you'd prefer gifting "High Times Cannabis Cookbook" jammed pack with more than 50 irresistible recipes sure to get you higher than a Georgia Pine! 

a very merry & happy Xmas guaranteed by all! Order now by clicking here.

well Bloggers, join me next time for another edition where perhaps we'll explore a look at Gifts for Geeks ... or not ... LOL ... see ya! I still think those squirrel foot earrings and beaver panties were an excellent gift!