Eric the half an eel

I was talking to a friend today about going swimming in the dead sea. I learnt some interesting things

1. If you feel inclined to pee in the dead sea - it is a bad idea due to the extremely high tonicity.
2. Fat people can die when they become trapped face down in the super-buoyant water

This latter point reminded me of an incident a few nights ago, where upon I awoke face down in my bed with two dead arms. oh my! Try figuring out how to rollover without your arms... Awkward.

Out of curiosity, what do you call a man with no arms and legs going swimming?

Bob.

In a lecture today..

Esteemed clinical educators: "You know, you're going to become a doctor. It's a powerful position. I'm a doctor, and I can practically talk anybody in to anything, and I have!"  
Eager student: "In medicine?" *Class erupts in laughter*
 Esteemed clinical educator: "Bahahaha. Yes, no, well... It's important to stick boundaries around these things! We'll just stick with medicine today."

Ah chronic block, you have yielded some fun memories. But todays chat on end-of-life decisions and palliative care was surprisingly amusing given the material. In conclusion, although you are never meant to tell a patient what to do, some will ask you what you would do. And you are meant to tell them it's their choice. But. And somewhere in there, there is a line where you don't get sued if things go wrong whilst at the same time giving advice. It's all a little mysterious to me yet!

Too long for a facebook quip...

After driving home in the rain, I feel that there needs to be a word to describe the frustrating inability to get the windscreen wipers at just the right frequency to not be annoying. Ahhh, first world problems.

What a month!

Oh man, it was everything I forecast it would be, but actually fun! Coming soon: Actual content! But TCP so far has been the amazing holiday i was promised. And I'm LOVING IT! Also I passed my exams, and got full marks for musculoskeletal. Orthopod is on the table...