A Mail Order Bride When I Got High

Yesterday.
Mail order brides do exist. I know this because I was working at a rural clinic and a patient of mine brought his mail order bride from the phillipines with him to his office visit. True story.

I saw my first patient with Myasthenia Gravis.

I saw a patient who was suffering from chronic bronchitis. At one point I asked her "do you smoke marijuana?" She chuckled and said a forceful, "No, of course not!" (whoa, sorry). About three minutes later, her phone rings and the ringtone is "Because I Got High", by Afroman. a) Isn't this a song about being high on Marijauana? b) Isn't this a novelty song/ringtone? Don't you have to buy it? I don't think it comes standard with phones. Thus, doesn't this patient probably like the song because she probably likes to smoke the marijuana?

Today.
I had an exam. I didn't know the answer to an essay question, so I wrote something along the lines of "I'm not going to waste your time by having you read an essay that is incoherent. I apologize, but I know nothing about this disease."

In Med School News....
1. North Wales Clinical School Is Opening At North East Wales Institute Of Higher Education
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2. At Haaaavahd (Harvard), Medical Students write about issues inside and outside the classroom.
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3. At Tufts University, MD/MA student Sohil Sud traveled to Mangalore, India, where he worked as a volunteer in a public health clinic and reconnected with his own family history.
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AND IN NEWS.......
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1. The Claim: The Pill Can Make You Put On Weight
"THE FACTS Quick weight gain may be among the birth-control pill’s most dreaded side effects. But how much does it really add to your waistline?"

2. Regulators Challenge Kentucky Ruling Favoring Religion-Based Health Plan
"A Christian ministry that helps its members pay one another’s medical bills has won an important round in its legal battle with insurance regulators in Kentucky, but regulators have already taken steps to challenge that victory."

3. Warning on 'boutique ultrasounds'
"Parents-to-be are being urged to be cautious about so-called "boutique ultrasounds" from companies offering scans of their unborn babies."

4. 'Anti-Aids gel' trial is stopped
"Clinical trials of a new drug designed to help prevent women contracting the Aids virus have been stopped. The World Health Organization said the drug, which uses a microbicidal gel, did not help the women and made them more vulnerable."

5. Drug company's Super Bowl ad targets consumers without mentioning product
"King Pharmaceuticals Inc. is as serious as a heart attack about its first Super Bowl commercial - a lighthearted pitch about prevention that touts an American Heart Association Web site without mentioning its own top heart drug, Altace."