Calendar of Events 5/27/07 - 6/5/07 Back to the UK and then visit Venice, Rome
8/12/07? Hua returns Stateside
LOCF/YABS Calendar 5/12/07 OLOC Parish Feast Day 5/19/07 LOCF meeting-Parent/Youth Encounter 6/16/07 Family Game Night @ Walt Whitman HS, 6:30pm
6/29/07 - 7/1/07 Family Camp
8/11/07 Annual Senior Banquet
8/18/07 Family/Fathers' Day Picnic
MHS Mens' Volleyball
West Yorkshire Division Preseason 1-1
10/17/06 Harrogate W 3-2
10/26/06 Boathouse L 1-3 Regular Season 8-6
11/2/06 @ Harrogate L 1-3
11/9/06 York Phoenix W 3-1
11/16/06 York NFR W 3-1
11/19/06 @ Moorlands W 3-2
11/30/06 Barnsley 2 L 1-3
12/7/06 Sheffield W 3-0
1/11/07 Barnsley 3 W 3-1
1/18/07 @ Harrogate L 2-3
1/25/07 @ York Phoenix L 1-3
2/4/07 @ Moorlands W 3-0
2/5/07 Barnsley 3 L 2-3
2/18/07 @ Sheffield W 3-0
2/19/07 @ Barnsley 2 L 0-3
2/27/07 @ York NFR W 3-1
As a followup to the previous post, thankfully that son has been much better. In fact, the last two or three phone calls I've had with him have been nothing short of "business as usual." Which is great. I can use such a break. My patient load is down now, though I still have a few demanding patients--at least two that I can recall right off the top of my head. Hahaha.
Looking at some of the stuff that's still posted on this page shows how neglected it's been. For one, I've been playing volleyball leagues at the Volleyball House now. I have to say we have been slowly moving up the ranks. When I first started with these guys, we were scraping by on a B level league. We did alright during the first two "seasons" but then once we picked up a few players and started clicking, we started to win. We won B, then BB twice, and now we've graduated up to the A league. Currently we aren't doing too hot (4-5) but we're not far away. This past Sunday we lost every game like 26-24 or 25-23. We just need to learn to finish.
Anyway, perhaps someday I'll have to overhaul this page, if I have time. And at least make this a little more interesting.
P.S. I wish things turned out differently. But stay strong. Much .
Yeah, so I see hardly anyone posts on Xanga anymore (at least among the people I know). I've been guilty of it too. Heck, my last post was like half a year ago. But believe me, I've had thoughts. Which of course, it was my intention to post them here but alas, didn't really materialize.
Lately I've been spending a good amount of time late at work. Nothing like getting up in the 6 o'clock hour to go to work and then coming back home at like 6 o'clock too. Normally I don't really gripe about work. I do have to complain though, about a few Coumadin patients I have. The first one, well, actually, it's not the patient. It's the son. When the patient was admitted he had a zillion questions for everyone who was involved in her care. He virtually had one-on-one conferences with several of the doctors and specialists. And as for me, I was in the conference room talking to him about whatever he wanted to hear from like 4:30pm until 6pm one day. I mean, he's not a mean guy by any stretch of the imagination. But he asked all the most irrelevant questions and needed things to be repeated to him like 5 times. Anything you said, he would take that thought and run with it, before he would come up with another question that was somewhat related, yet off on a tangent.
I guess now things are a bit better. Anyway, so today, I spent a good half hour on the phone with him on a phone call that usually takes no more than five minutes. Today he asked about what should be taken for what he seems to describe as chest congestion. I basically told him Mucinex or Robitussin, or something with guaifenesin in it to bring up the phlegm. Then he goes on about Claritin, and would it help in this situation. He said that mom's taken Zyrtec but that it makes her drowsy. And then I tell him that Claritin in general causes a little less drowsiness. However, then I had to tell him that people may respond to that just the same. We just don't know until you try it. And then I also tell him that if it's congestion, Claritin probably wouldn't help since it's just for allergies and that sort of thing. Then he pages me back and asks me the difference between different types of hydrocortisone acetonide cream versus other hydrocortisone products (I mean, essentially they are the same thing but the salt they use to bind the molecule into the cream or ointment or gel differs because of the nature of the base). Then he goes on about what he should take for itching. He says he has a rash that would not go away. Eventually I get it out of him that he has a heat rash. In his private parts. He said he was diagnosed with a candidal (a fungal) infection that he sees the dermatologist for. But the antifungal medications have not entirely gotten rid of the problem and so he wanted to know if he would be on these medications for life or not. I basically told him that he can try to get an anti-itch cream (hydrocortisone or Benadryl cream) and see his dermatologist about that.
Recently I have had to deal with this other guy who is like in his 80's too, but he needed a lot of hand-holding for a dental procedure that he was to have done. I've explained everything in detail to him, multiple times, but he still insists he's not sure of himself. I guess 80-some year old guys need this sort of thing. He is supposed to have his dental procedure pretty soon, so I am sure I'll be hearing from him again very soon.
Anyway, so perhaps I am being inconsiderate (after all, these are old men without a science or healthcare background) but at the same time, I won't lie about my feelings (how much longer can I stand this babble anf fragile psychy's?). I suppose this is the role of a pharmacist so alas, so be it.
Today I also was asked to see this lady with chronic pain issues from both hidradenitis and pancreatitis. She is on freakin' 8mg of Dilaudid IV every 3 hours (scheduled). That's a ton of Dilaudid. Hopefully I will be able to get her changed over to something she can take at home. So that's my challenge for the next couple of days.
Now hopefully these people won't Google search and find me.
What is wrong with these people (Brenda and Raymond Jackson)? I guess they thought that they can get away with stealing non-controlled medications? It's bad enough that the one pharmacist was doing it but then the husband too? Apparently they ran their own drug wholesale operation and probably made lots of money doing it. If she has been stealing drugs for a year, I think she's probably gotten away with more than $85K in drugs. I have been reading that she not only stole cheaper drugs, but also stole HIV medications (which are pretty expensive). When the police checked out their house, they found drugs that Kaiser did not stock (some psych medications), which pointed them to the husband. The husband (the friggin' director--now ex-director of pharmacy) must have stole some drugs from St. Elizabeth's hospital, which is a psych hospital in D.C.
If these two just did their jobs honestly, they probably make at least a good $200K to $225K a year already. Now they've thrown it all away. Their licenses will be revoked and what board of pharmacy in this country would let them practice again? I guess maybe that's when they will decide to go overseas and practice somewhere else (once they finish their jail terms). I still think their penalties though were too soft (a slap on the wrist). Just goes to show you that it's the more WELL-PAID people you have to watch when it comes to stealing from a company.
Guess the state has learned to lock up these prisoners who are admitted to the hospital. This guy who was here yesterday was admitted with supposed chest pain (apparently the cops even think he is faking it--and it turns out he was) was shackled to the bed with metal handcuffs on the ankle and the wrist. Guess Laurel Regional isn't taking them anymore either.
I can use such a break. My patient load is down now, though I still have a few demanding patients--at least two that I can recall right off the top of my head. Hahaha.
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