tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post6970817360450535103..comments2024-02-10T02:14:39.898-05:00Comments on Buckeye Surgeon: To blog or not to beJeffrey Parks MD FACShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15650563299849196122noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-28814729782428754132011-07-01T10:08:53.621-04:002011-07-01T10:08:53.621-04:00Nice buddy keep it up.Nice buddy keep it up.cheap nursing scrubshttp://www.scrubs123.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-72126411153629851502010-07-19T10:00:42.236-04:002010-07-19T10:00:42.236-04:00Awesome post.
Beer's on me if you're eve...Awesome post. <br />Beer's on me if you're ever in New Haven.DKVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15449584867334837982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-13203855708826301792010-06-22T16:02:44.059-04:002010-06-22T16:02:44.059-04:00Glad you are back Buckeye! I have enjoyed reading ...Glad you are back Buckeye! I have enjoyed reading your posts over the last several months (first time commenter). I hope you will continue to update this blog in the future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-30992782929181830862010-06-16T19:05:31.916-04:002010-06-16T19:05:31.916-04:00Everyone benefits from a look in the mirror now an...Everyone benefits from a look in the mirror now and then--why should you be different just because you are a doc? <br /><br />That you are aware of and willing to articulate some of your shortcomings just makes you ....well....grounded in reality!<br /><br />My rules of the road<br />* Dont just do something-stand there-good surgeons know when not to operate <br /><br />* Hospital personnel do not try harder or get smarter when you call them stupid<br /><br />* Good coaches create good teams-<br /><br />* Think your job is hard, try doing it with people who don't like to work with you<br /><br />* Clinical competence is not an of set for poor social skills<br /><br />* Quality like patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundreltom Enoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-75955658441246336172010-06-15T06:49:20.051-04:002010-06-15T06:49:20.051-04:002 years ago, I found some groundbreaking informati...2 years ago, I found some groundbreaking information here when researching on treatment for my dad's cancer, which the doctor did not inform me.<br /><br />I hope you will keep this going.the_red_starhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10903183519971995283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-42732117309977256932010-06-13T16:54:44.991-04:002010-06-13T16:54:44.991-04:00Some people just have to write... the muse is upon...Some people just have to write... the muse is upon them. The fact that you are a surgeon does not make you any less a writer. I found that the main problem with writing is when your readers know who you are. Then, you become defensive with your words and thoughts, the sparkle leaves your keyboard and your literary juices become a veritable Saraha. Don't quit...take a respite, because someday (hopefully soon) there will be an ocean of words just waiting to spill out. Your readers will be here, because we need to read as badly as you need to write.Kaceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204053320557518502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-32094328287984856192010-06-13T16:35:47.944-04:002010-06-13T16:35:47.944-04:00By the nature of writing -- a given point of view ...By the nature of writing -- a given point of view at a particular point in time -- one builds a Doppelganger. I'm not in medicine, but I've enjoyed many of your entries, and have not found them to be false, manipulative or self-aggrandizing. Continue if it satisfies something, or don't, if it has run it's course for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-10587080924775914682010-06-13T13:17:23.846-04:002010-06-13T13:17:23.846-04:00Don't you stop writing!Don't you stop writing!Sergiunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-40470190488144155062010-06-11T23:53:46.728-04:002010-06-11T23:53:46.728-04:00Thanks for laying out these issues. Those of us w...Thanks for laying out these issues. Those of us who have tried to write about our work run into them every time, at least we do if we are honest with ourselves. One of the first books about being a doctor was Dr. X's Intern. The reason it was, and still is, so good is that it does include the times Dr. X and his resident did the wrong thing. Times when the patient died, times when he refused to go see the patient yet again, times when all hell broke loose and he had no idea what to do. (Fortunately the nurse did.) Please find a way to keep talking to us. Some of us need you, very much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-31106026224614219062010-06-11T22:06:13.130-04:002010-06-11T22:06:13.130-04:00Thanks for all your thoughts.Thanks for all your thoughts.Jeffrey Parks MD FACShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15650563299849196122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-58013676623192583282010-06-10T19:28:58.811-04:002010-06-10T19:28:58.811-04:00first of all if you were really a solipsist, someo...first of all if you were really a solipsist, someone who believes the self is the only real thing existent, then why would it matter whether you wrote it down in a notebook, or published it on the internet? it would be the same result either way. (aren't you going to miss snarky usage corrections?)<br /><br />second, your patronizing your readers. We're cynical and able to identify saccharine tripe for what it is. You write; we internally criticize; we praise; and we enjoy your writing. <br /><br />Honestly the most aggrandizing thing i've read on your site was this post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-54488751839694524402010-06-10T16:54:19.858-04:002010-06-10T16:54:19.858-04:00It'd be a shame to see you go--you're the ...It'd be a shame to see you go--you're the best surgeon blog I've found and it was fun to read. <br /><br />However, after reading that post, it seems like you're probably done. If so, thanks for the great tidbits. If not, I look forward to more in the future.Tom, MS-3noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-81887763734949544682010-06-10T07:16:03.158-04:002010-06-10T07:16:03.158-04:00please don't give yourself too much pressure. ...please don't give yourself too much pressure. <br />it is your blog, write when you feel like writing, and it doesn't have to be a story about patients or anything. <br />hope u won't quit=)cecilianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-16902820885025283932010-06-10T05:44:48.350-04:002010-06-10T05:44:48.350-04:00That is OK.
Many of my favorite blogs have had ...That is OK. <br /><br />Many of my favorite blogs have had about a two-year lifespan, so you have done well to last so long. You did good, Doc, but you already know that.<br /><br />It has been a wonderful thing to read you, even if I do not grok it all, and I look forward to a stray post from you now and again.jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-89606219225593652682010-06-09T20:22:46.508-04:002010-06-09T20:22:46.508-04:00Although I do not have a medical background, I do ...Although I do not have a medical background, I do enjoy reading your blog. Whether you are explaining a rather interesting procedure or talking about someone that made a deep impression on you --- your compassioin for your profession comes through. I am a faithful reader.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-35223181094998790422010-06-09T19:16:15.368-04:002010-06-09T19:16:15.368-04:00Buckeye,
What Bianca Castafiore said (exactly), an...Buckeye,<br />What Bianca Castafiore said (exactly), and what Anon 1:49 said. I can't say it better.<br /><br />Since you've been gone, all I've been doing is being cruel to some poor whiney second career er doc... heh. All your fault.<br /><br />Please, please don't go.<br /><br />-SCRN<br />(Your favorite closet general surgeon wanna be)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-68067252742837015482010-06-09T15:13:21.654-04:002010-06-09T15:13:21.654-04:00If you ask me, your takin this whole LeBron James ...If you ask me, your takin this whole LeBron James thing way too seriously....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-43227609863364901112010-06-09T13:49:55.629-04:002010-06-09T13:49:55.629-04:00Oh, for Pete's sake. What you write in a blog ...Oh, for Pete's sake. What you write in a blog is really no more meaningful than you say in a conversation. It's not very likely that students and wise men centuries hence will be studying your blog for insight into the secrets of the universe and debating over whether you reveal the truth or The Truth.<br /><br />What happens is that you, in essence, issue a standing invitation to join you for a cup of coffee and a chat, and a lot of us accept that invitation because we enjoy these chats. We even bring our own coffee. You tell us what's on your mind. We respond in whatever way we choose. Maybe we leave a comment. Maybe we tell someone we know, over a cup of REAL coffee, "So I was reading this blog the other day...". Maybe we just nod to ourselves and go on with life. But that's all we expect the transaction to be -- an interesting story you tell over coffee.<br /><br />As long as you feel you have stories to tell, tell them. You're an interesting guy, you write well, and I'll bet you will always have an audience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-44230966502588535462010-06-09T12:49:00.123-04:002010-06-09T12:49:00.123-04:00I vote you keep blogging particularly about the ti...I vote you keep blogging particularly about the times that you "made a delayed diagnosis." Make sure to post within the statute of limitations, and include the name and phone number of the patient. Thanks.Attorney Andynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-67356443232516579862010-06-09T07:15:25.317-04:002010-06-09T07:15:25.317-04:00My first impression of your recent comments is tha...My first impression of your recent comments is that you are way too hard on yourself.The good and better than good physicians I have known and worked with over the years all seem to be that way.I hope I was.james gaultehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537303135780186926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-50194963061131636722010-06-09T07:05:09.949-04:002010-06-09T07:05:09.949-04:00I have honestly spent some significant effort tryi...I have honestly spent some significant effort trying to think of something intellectually compelling to say. I have failed. So, I will fall back on a couple simple statements. <br /><br />One - you are a surgeon writer. I look forward to everyone of your posts (and I don't agree with everything you say... but you say it well and with logic). Without your words in print, I am left with Atul Guwande's drivel. Thanks.<br /><br />Two - There is no reason why you can't be a self-promoter. As long as its the truth. Its all about truth. It is well known that you are not anyone else's priority - therefore, you need to be you're own - there's nothing wrong with that.<br /><br />hmmmph.. I really wanted to come up with something poignant.<br /><br />well... here's to shameless self-promotion:<br /><a href="http://fastsurgeon.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">FaST Surgeon</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-28024763427710907802010-06-09T06:43:33.339-04:002010-06-09T06:43:33.339-04:00Echoing Josh, Bianca, and Anon 4:42.
Also: there&...Echoing Josh, Bianca, and Anon 4:42.<br /><br />Also: there's nothing wrong with needing your patients. None of us lives in a hermetically sealed vacuum. Everyone needs things to survive. The car mechanic needs damaged vehicles, regardless of the drunken tragedies that led them to his shop. The dry cleaner needs dirty clothes, regardless of the rowdy circumstances that stained them. In fact, what higher calling than to "need" other people to suffer (which they always will anyway) for the express purpose of relieving it. Nothing mundane about that. I'd call it noble.#1 Dinosaurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01357845504444464397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-67254701405796010592010-06-09T04:32:57.853-04:002010-06-09T04:32:57.853-04:00I sincerely hope that you keep blogging. I find yo...I sincerely hope that you keep blogging. I find your writing very entertaining, although I suppose that when you start to second guess yourself, it seems to be the beginning of the end of the blog. Besides, I never realised that surgeons were so thoughtful, maybe it was just their sleep deprived personas who I met.DrBoonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-86471410787125103182010-06-09T03:46:55.196-04:002010-06-09T03:46:55.196-04:00It would be a waste to lose you as a blogger.
Chel...It would be a waste to lose you as a blogger.<br />ChelseaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-80101829632074094452010-06-09T03:40:16.322-04:002010-06-09T03:40:16.322-04:00Such a great blogger to quit. I happened to stumbl...Such a great blogger to quit. I happened to stumble on your blog today and I'm saddened because even as a fresh reader of your blog I know you will be a great loss to the blogger community and even men and women in <a href="http://www.pulseuniform.com" rel="nofollow">hospital scrubs</a> who are reading your posts will gonna be frustrated. Hope you continue writing posts on this blog. Yeah blogging has disadvantages but it has also so many benefits eh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com