Autumn Blooming 9-Patch Quilt
on Nov 6, 2009 in quilt friends I pulled out several fat quarters to use to make this scrappy version of the blooming 9-patch. The colors make me think of fall. It is 42 in X 58 in, machine pieced and quilted. I gave it to a friend for her daughter. Here is a look at some of th...

Tongue-tied
on Nov 5, 2009 in surgery family history My mother who would have turned 75 today had she lived told me many times that I did not begin speaking until I was almost 3 years old.  It turned out, as the story goes, that I was tongue-tied (ankyloglossia).  Apparently, after my frenum...

Haikus
on Nov 4, 2009 in plastic surgery poetry It seems I inspired T, Notes of an Anesthesioboist, recently to write a beautiful Haiku.   I was encouraged by Dr Rob, Musings of a Distractible Mind, who is holding a contest.   Hers and mine are based on our professions.  I...

ASPS News on Breast Reductions
on Nov 4, 2009 in breast reduction article review breasts cancer The ASPS News Brief section has two updates listed related to breast reductions regarding papers presented at last week’s American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) Plastic Surgery 2009 conference which I wasn’t able to attend.  According t...

Shout Outs
on Nov 3, 2009 in quilt blogtalk radio grand rounds change of shift shout outs Dr Joseph Kim, Non-Clinic Jobs,  is this week's host of Grand Rounds.  You can read this week’s edition here. Welcome to Grand Rounds Volume 6 No 6. I'm Dr. Joe Kim and I'm your host this week. I’ve hosted Grand Rounds on my one of...

Update on Breast Augmentation Using Fat Injections
on Nov 2, 2009 in fat grafting breast augmentation breasts A new study on fat grafting for breast augmentation was presented at last week’s American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) Plastic Surgery 2009 conference which I wasn’t able to attend.  The ASPS News Brief section gave an update on the pr...

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Til Death Do Us Part Quilt
on Oct 30, 2009 in quilt wall hanging marriage My husband and I were married on a beautiful day in early October 19 years ago.  Like many others our vows included the phrase “til death do you part.”  This quilt is my “tongue in cheek” homage to that promise.  The quilt is...

John Stossel Speaks at Healthcare Town Hall
on Oct 29, 2009 in healthcare policy politics I am not as well educated in healthcare policy or politics as Dr Wes, Dr Val, KevinMD, Movin’ Meat, or Dr Sid Schwab.  I keep reading and listening, trying to understand and decide where I stand.  I seem to be more of a centrist (I think)...

1908 View of Hernias – Dx and Tx
on Oct 29, 2009 in surgery history The section of the 1908 textbook, A Text-Book of Minor Surgery by Edward Milton Foote, MD on hernias is very interesting. Hernia -- A hernial sac is a protrusion of a part of the peritoneum through an opening in the abdominal wall. In this sac t...