Comments on: Slow ER Shift Game

By: GruntDoc

GruntDoc — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:29:34 +0000

…I wonder if there’s a support group for the unnecessarily angry and weirdly defensive…

By: JaneQPublic

JaneQPublic — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 01:54:58 +0000

I will be sure to let the family member with severe Tourettes Syndrome and my friend recovering from breast cancer that it’s just silly to seek support online, when there are so many sympathetic people out there who know nothing about their conditions except what they’ve seen on TV who are ready, willing and able to fail to identify with the difficulties of their illnesses. These might be able to go to an actual real-life group meeting, but I suppose it’s silly of them to need to vent more than once a month. If they’re really lucky, they can find a burnt-out ER professional to mock them, instead. I am sure that they could even be told that there is nothing about their conditions that would cause them to need support — but of course, they have never wondered if they would be able to get a sentence out without a cascade of tics interrupting their efforts, or — well, I guess it’s okay if you have cancer. You can SEE that. Right?

By: anon

anon — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:12:52 +0000

Hmm, is ‘fear of the Internet’ in the DSM?

By: Pamela Powers

Pamela Powers — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:42:34 +0000

Interesting contest. I thought it would not be winnable until I saw comment #7. Blogging– from both the patient’s and doctor’s perspectives– is the new journaling, and online support has been growing continuously since the late 1990s. Is it as effective as in-person groups? I don’t know, but there are definite advantages: you don’t have to drive, get dressed, be anywhere at a particular time, or use your own name. This allows patients more freedom of expression.

BTW, we linked your blog to ours.
Pamela Powers
Managing Editor

By: Amanda B.

Amanda B. — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:07:41 +0000

The following group will help you with your “runner’s knee”:
http://www.scausatf.org/resources/SCA_Sports_Medicine_Support_Group.pdf

By: nick

nick — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 04:26:30 +0000

Couldn’t find one for patellar femoral pain syndrome. Do I have a winner?

By: Junior

Junior — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:50:15 +0000

I totally thought I had one with Gilbert’s…I was wrong :(

By: Why We Suck

Why We Suck — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:34:30 +0000

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By: Dr. D

Dr. D — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:15:51 +0000

I think the slow shift hes referring to is 3.5 patients per hour instead of the usual 4.5 – 5.

[Exactly- GruntDoc]

By: Trauma Junkie

Trauma Junkie — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:33:04 +0000

Hmm you are right. We’ll have to try this some time.