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HOP Mad Doctor
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HOP Mad Doctor
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Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
So I have this nasty cold. I'm shivering my lil' buns off. I don't have a home thermometer (I know, I know, baaaad med student!), but I can tell I'm febrile.
I'm resisting the urge to take Tylenol because there is some evidence that reducing fever with Tylenol prolongs overall disease duration (which makes sense...fever is there for a reason).
But it sucks, and I can't breathe and I feel like crap and I can't even ask anyone to hug me because I don't want them to catch it!
Waaaaaah!
So I have this nasty cold. I'm shivering my lil' buns off. I don't have a home thermometer (I know, I know, baaaad med student!), but I can tell I'm febrile.
I'm resisting the urge to take Tylenol because there is some evidence that reducing fever with Tylenol prolongs overall disease duration (which makes sense...fever is there for a reason).
But it sucks, and I can't breathe and I feel like crap and I can't even ask anyone to hug me because I don't want them to catch it!
Waaaaaah!-Mike
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All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
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All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
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Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
Posted:
well here's some virtual hugs. don't think i can get a virus from that! **giggles** that's so ironic. **giggles**
and i brought you some of my mom's famous tea....i swear it cures all. i can actually give you the real recipe if interested.....
feel better hun!!!
well here's some virtual hugs. don't think i can get a virus from that! **giggles** that's so ironic. **giggles**
and i brought you some of my mom's famous tea....i swear it cures all. i can actually give you the real recipe if interested.....
feel better hun!!!
I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
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Location: without class distinction, Australia
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Location: without class distinction, Australia
Posted:
Chemists Own Cold and Flu Tablets........they make my friend go completely INSANE! im not kidding! we thought he was on something!(well he was really, wasnt he! lol!)
i hate colds, ive got one now. pepermint tea is yum and i usually drown myself in orange juice.
Chemists Own Cold and Flu Tablets........they make my friend go completely INSANE! im not kidding! we thought he was on something!(well he was really, wasnt he! lol!)
i hate colds, ive got one now. pepermint tea is yum and i usually drown myself in orange juice.
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...
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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
It was sort of amusing. I went into the drug store at the hospital today to buy some Tylenol. the lady behind the counter (a volunteer, not a pharmacist) was all "Tylenol Cold and Flu is better for a cold, honey." I was dressed casually (cargo pants, ripped T-shirt, polar fleece pull-over) so she didn't realize that I usually wear a White Coat.
At this point, I held up my entire armentarium of drugs (Afrin, Vitamin C, Zinc lozenges, cough drops, etc.) and said, "I think I'm fine, thanks."
Anyways, my guess is that all my potions and pills will make me get better within 5-7 days. And if I do nothing, I'll get better in a bit under a week.
It was sort of amusing. I went into the drug store at the hospital today to buy some Tylenol. the lady behind the counter (a volunteer, not a pharmacist) was all "Tylenol Cold and Flu is better for a cold, honey." I was dressed casually (cargo pants, ripped T-shirt, polar fleece pull-over) so she didn't realize that I usually wear a White Coat.
At this point, I held up my entire armentarium of drugs (Afrin, Vitamin C, Zinc lozenges, cough drops, etc.) and said, "I think I'm fine, thanks."
Anyways, my guess is that all my potions and pills will make me get better within 5-7 days. And if I do nothing, I'll get better in a bit under a week.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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Location: without class distinction, Australia
Posted:
i hate that with colds! u just gotta let them run their course! and unfortunately with me i usually cant shake them for ages cos im so active and dont let my body slow down enough for it to fight!
i hate that with colds! u just gotta let them run their course! and unfortunately with me i usually cant shake them for ages cos im so active and dont let my body slow down enough for it to fight!
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Posted:
You know I haven't had a fever since I was 10 years old. Nor the flu, or anything more serious then a minor cold.
Eh sorry, that's probably not very comforting.
You know I haven't had a fever since I was 10 years old. Nor the flu, or anything more serious then a minor cold.
Eh sorry, that's probably not very comforting.
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old hand
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Location: In a test pit, Mackay, Australia
old hand
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Location: In a test pit, Mackay, Australia
Posted:
I make a garlic and sage throat rinse that tastes so disgusting that any fever is beaten into submission and never dares come back, if you don't fancy that then try ginger tea with honey in it.
I make a garlic and sage throat rinse that tastes so disgusting that any fever is beaten into submission and never dares come back, if you don't fancy that then try ginger tea with honey in it.
There is a slight possibility that I am not actually right all of the time.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Perth, Australia
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Perth, Australia
Posted:
Is it the Truth?
Is it Fair to all concerned?
Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships?
Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?
Im in a lonely battle with the world with a fish to match the chip on my shoulder. Gnu in Binnu in a cnu
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Location: Australia
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Location: Australia
Posted:
Here's some luscious magickal tea to make you feel better. I brewed it myself with all the healing herbs of the earth... with ginger, lemongrass, perpermint and rosehips to cleanse out your system. It's nice and hot to warm you up from your chill. Here's some honey to put in it to make it extra sweet, and to soothe your throat.
Get well soon!!! 
Here's some luscious magickal tea to make you feel better. I brewed it myself with all the healing herbs of the earth... with ginger, lemongrass, perpermint and rosehips to cleanse out your system. It's nice and hot to warm you up from your chill. Here's some honey to put in it to make it extra sweet, and to soothe your throat.
Get well soon!!!
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HOP Mad Doctor
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Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
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Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
Thanks everyone (Except for Gnor, who completely ignored my instructions not to hug me
).
I'm feeling a bit better today. The fever and chills are gone, but I still feel like I've been run over by a semitruck.
Thanks everyone (Except for Gnor, who completely ignored my instructions not to hug me
).I'm feeling a bit better today. The fever and chills are gone, but I still feel like I've been run over by a semitruck.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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HOP Mad Doctor
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Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
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Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
When I was in college, I didn't get sick for five years. Five years! Not even a case of the sniffoos. Then I got to med school and I started getting sick once or twice a year (almost certainly from the stress).
But this year, combining the stress with exposure to all sorts of viruses from the little kids I've been working with (I know exactly which patient I caught this bug from...and why the poor little thing looked so miserable), I've gotten sick three times already. Twice were mild nose colds, but this one knocked me flat over and ran me over a few times for good measure.
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You know I haven't had a fever since I was 10 years old. Nor the flu, or anything more serious then a minor cold.
When I was in college, I didn't get sick for five years. Five years! Not even a case of the sniffoos. Then I got to med school and I started getting sick once or twice a year (almost certainly from the stress).
But this year, combining the stress with exposure to all sorts of viruses from the little kids I've been working with (I know exactly which patient I caught this bug from...and why the poor little thing looked so miserable), I've gotten sick three times already. Twice were mild nose colds, but this one knocked me flat over and ran me over a few times for good measure.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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Location: Berlin
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Location: Berlin
Posted:
teehee...
never known a doctor to get sick... :P
(thinking about it, they're probably most likely to get sick aren't they! doh!)
oh well, get better soon, and take it as a chance to sleep loads and loads and loads! 
teehee...
never known a doctor to get sick... :P
(thinking about it, they're probably most likely to get sick aren't they! doh!)
oh well, get better soon, and take it as a chance to sleep loads and loads and loads!
Your life is ending one minute at a time...
So live it.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
the peace corps has an interesting rule of thumb - let a low grade fever stew on its own, but take fever reducers for a high grade fever (102 F or more). I think that is where you get the chills and sweats and stuff anyway (is that what febrile means?)
good luck!
the peace corps has an interesting rule of thumb - let a low grade fever stew on its own, but take fever reducers for a high grade fever (102 F or more). I think that is where you get the chills and sweats and stuff anyway (is that what febrile means?)
good luck!
-v-
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HOP Mad Doctor
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Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
I've actually known a few doctors to get really sick. I saw a doctor in the ER who was having a heart attack. (Would have been nice if he'd told me up front he was a doctor instead of having me patronize him for the first 15 minutes by explaining what an EKG is...boy was I embarassed when he said "Oh, I'm an internist.") A good friend of the family who is a general surgeon had to have a right hemicolectomy for colon cancer. Another friend of mine blew a brain aneurism (he's a general surgeon). And a friend of mine who is a hematologist is scheduled for knee surgery on Dec. 22.
So it happens. The nice thing is that when we show up to a doctor's office, we get amazing care. It also helps that because we all speak the same language, what would normally be a 15 minute discussion with most patients takes about 2 minutes with a doctor, since you can simply tell him the diagnosis (which he probably already knows) without having to explain it. Since entering medical school, I've never had to wait more than 15 minutes to be seen and I've never been charged a cent for any office visit. Professional courtesy is a good thing.
Van, we normally put 102 as our cut-off for starting to get concerned, although in my opinion, this is unnecessarily conservative. I don't worry about brain damage until about 41°C (105°F).
An idea we try to pound into parents' skulls is that fever is not necessarily a bad thing and that it is possibly to be treated, but not controlled. Parents are terrified of fever and will call the doctor if the kid is 99F or above, when really, such variations in temperature are routine and need not signify a serious illness.
There are some reports from human data that giving antipyretic (anti-fever) drugs like tylenol increases virus shedding and symptom duration in the common cold and delays crusting of blisters in chickenpox.
Having said that, Tylenol is a great therapeutic drug if the fever becomes bothersome (for example, I had a day full of required lectures yesterday and couldn't be bothered to be febrile).
I've actually known a few doctors to get really sick. I saw a doctor in the ER who was having a heart attack. (Would have been nice if he'd told me up front he was a doctor instead of having me patronize him for the first 15 minutes by explaining what an EKG is...boy was I embarassed when he said "Oh, I'm an internist.") A good friend of the family who is a general surgeon had to have a right hemicolectomy for colon cancer. Another friend of mine blew a brain aneurism (he's a general surgeon). And a friend of mine who is a hematologist is scheduled for knee surgery on Dec. 22.
So it happens. The nice thing is that when we show up to a doctor's office, we get amazing care. It also helps that because we all speak the same language, what would normally be a 15 minute discussion with most patients takes about 2 minutes with a doctor, since you can simply tell him the diagnosis (which he probably already knows) without having to explain it. Since entering medical school, I've never had to wait more than 15 minutes to be seen and I've never been charged a cent for any office visit. Professional courtesy is a good thing.
Van, we normally put 102 as our cut-off for starting to get concerned, although in my opinion, this is unnecessarily conservative. I don't worry about brain damage until about 41°C (105°F).
An idea we try to pound into parents' skulls is that fever is not necessarily a bad thing and that it is possibly to be treated, but not controlled. Parents are terrified of fever and will call the doctor if the kid is 99F or above, when really, such variations in temperature are routine and need not signify a serious illness.
There are some reports from human data that giving antipyretic (anti-fever) drugs like tylenol increases virus shedding and symptom duration in the common cold and delays crusting of blisters in chickenpox.
Having said that, Tylenol is a great therapeutic drug if the fever becomes bothersome (for example, I had a day full of required lectures yesterday and couldn't be bothered to be febrile).
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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Posted:
Wow - 15 minutes waiting time Lightning! thats great. I'm on a waiting list to get an MRI and i have to wait 22 weeks!
Already waited 19 weeks for the specialist appointment!
Wow - 15 minutes waiting time Lightning! thats great. I'm on a waiting list to get an MRI and i have to wait 22 weeks!
Already waited 19 weeks for the specialist appointment! Never pick up a duck in a dungeon...
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HOP Mad Doctor
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Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
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Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
Yeah, that's what I've heard about the British medical system is that the waiting time for problems is horrible.
However, like abroad, scheduling a specialist appointment here can be awful. It's just that most doctors make an effort to get into see students or other doctors, even if it means some schedule juggling.
Yeah, that's what I've heard about the British medical system is that the waiting time for problems is horrible.
However, like abroad, scheduling a specialist appointment here can be awful. It's just that most doctors make an effort to get into see students or other doctors, even if it means some schedule juggling.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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Location: tampa fl usa
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Location: tampa fl usa
Posted:
I was feeling great until I read this thread last night woke up this morning running a fever.damn all of you ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;Laughs::::::::::;
I was feeling great until I read this thread last night woke up this morning running a fever.damn all of you ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;Laughs::::::::::;
I have been cursed with the imagination to envision it all
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Location: San Diego, California, USA
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Location: San Diego, California, USA
Posted:
How are ya feelin Mike? a bit better?
How are ya feelin Mike? a bit better?
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Berlin, Ireland
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Berlin, Ireland
Posted:
The medical system here sucks too. France's is supposed to be the best...well they're a socialist state aren't they. Maybe they have it right there and the rest of the world is crazy
Hope you're feeling better Mike.
I had tick bite fever before and besides the worst headache imaginable, the fever was pretty cool. It was deadly sleeping 23 hours a day and drifting in and out of consiousness and the dreaming and stuff
The medical system here sucks too. France's is supposed to be the best...well they're a socialist state aren't they. Maybe they have it right there and the rest of the world is crazy
Hope you're feeling better Mike.
I had tick bite fever before and besides the worst headache imaginable, the fever was pretty cool. It was deadly sleeping 23 hours a day and drifting in and out of consiousness and the dreaming and stuff
I live in a world of infinite possibilities.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Posted:
I've heard that the only thing good about french medicine is the private hospitals.
I've heard that the only thing good about french medicine is the private hospitals.
-v-
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ZORT!
3,045 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
ZORT!
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posted:
ive found chilli, garlic, and ginger is fantastic for colds.
ive found chilli, garlic, and ginger is fantastic for colds.
"Here kitty kitty...." - Schroedinger.
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Ghostbuster
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Location: York, UK
Ghostbuster
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Location: York, UK
Posted:
i caught a cold recently and symptoms started to appear on thursday but really kicked in on friday.
What is the incubation period for the common cold ? (does it vary depending on the particular virus causing it)
i dont think i've ever had a cold give me a fever or chills or whatever.
EDITED_BY: mrFlibble (1070723606)
i caught a cold recently and symptoms started to appear on thursday but really kicked in on friday.
What is the incubation period for the common cold ? (does it vary depending on the particular virus causing it)
i dont think i've ever had a cold give me a fever or chills or whatever.
EDITED_BY: mrFlibble (1070723606)
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old hand
1,107 posts
Location: In a test pit, Mackay, Australia
old hand
1,107 posts
Location: In a test pit, Mackay, Australia
Posted:
I've got it too now, dammit.
*sighs and starts peeling garlic.*
I've got it too now, dammit.
*sighs and starts peeling garlic.*
There is a slight possibility that I am not actually right all of the time.
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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
Well, I'm pretty much over it except for this really annoying drainage into my lungs, especially when I am lying down at night. Last night, my boyfriend and I were lying in bed together and every hour I kept waking up and hacking away and he kept rolling over and going "Are you OK?" I was like "yeah...no worries...*HACK! COUGH! WHEEZE! GASP!* I'm fine. *COUGH! COUGH! HACK! ARRHEM-HEM!!!*" Really sexy. Eventually, I just got out of bed and went to the bathroom to cough.
This morning, I had one of my roommates listen to my lungs with his stethoscope and he heard some wheezes and junky breath sounds in the right lower lobe, which is where drainage from the nose and mouth tends to settle, but no crackles or anything, which would suggest a pneumonia. And besides, I'm not running a fever. But it's kind of annoying.
Furthermore, yesterday I saw a patient with a really bad viral gastroenteritis, which isn't a serious disease, but it will make you really sick for a day or two (which I can't afford right now). I washed my hands like six times after seeing him and washed my face and used disenfectant hand gel, but I bet I'll get it.
Well, I'm pretty much over it except for this really annoying drainage into my lungs, especially when I am lying down at night. Last night, my boyfriend and I were lying in bed together and every hour I kept waking up and hacking away and he kept rolling over and going "Are you OK?" I was like "yeah...no worries...*HACK! COUGH! WHEEZE! GASP!* I'm fine. *COUGH! COUGH! HACK! ARRHEM-HEM!!!*" Really sexy.
Eventually, I just got out of bed and went to the bathroom to cough.This morning, I had one of my roommates listen to my lungs with his stethoscope and he heard some wheezes and junky breath sounds in the right lower lobe, which is where drainage from the nose and mouth tends to settle, but no crackles or anything, which would suggest a pneumonia. And besides, I'm not running a fever. But it's kind of annoying.
Furthermore, yesterday I saw a patient with a really bad viral gastroenteritis, which isn't a serious disease, but it will make you really sick for a day or two (which I can't afford right now). I washed my hands like six times after seeing him and washed my face and used disenfectant hand gel, but I bet I'll get it.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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ZORT!
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
ZORT!
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posted:
in that case, for future consultations with sick patients youll have to wear one of these to protect yourself
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do you think the patients would feel uneasy?
in that case, for future consultations with sick patients youll have to wear one of these to protect yourself
Non-Https Image Link
do you think the patients would feel uneasy?
"Here kitty kitty...." - Schroedinger.
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Posted:
Not if he painted a smiley face on the helmet!
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do you think the patients would feel uneasy?
Not if he painted a smiley face on the helmet!
E pluribus unum, baby.
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HOP Mad Doctor
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Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
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Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
You laugh, but I saw three otherwise healthy college freshmen tonight who were all sick with contagious diseases.
I'm going to get sick before I'm even over this last one. Just watch. 
You laugh, but I saw three otherwise healthy college freshmen tonight who were all sick with contagious diseases.
I'm going to get sick before I'm even over this last one. Just watch.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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