by Dan H.
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August 9, 2007

Teach Me

October 24, 2007 10:18 PM EDT
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Mary M. Oct 24, 2007, 10:23pm EDT
The next town over to me is the nation's top producer of watermelons.
Mary M. Oct 24, 2007, 10:23pm EDT
And I, who have a black thumb and can kill cacti without even trying, am going to try to grow some for next season.
Ron (in complete sheeple overload) W. Oct 24, 2007, 10:24pm EDT
You can lead a horse to water, but if he stands on your foot while he drinks, you won't do that again.
Mel B. Oct 24, 2007, 10:24pm EDT
Wisedom really does come with age. (I am still waiting for it.)
Mel B. Oct 24, 2007, 10:26pm EDT
That the first three letters in diet are supper important and thats why I dont diet.
Mary M. Oct 24, 2007, 10:26pm EDT
When a man calls our doctor office and wants to speak to the nurse but will not leave a message, you can bet he wants to discuss his need for Viagra.
Dan H. Oct 24, 2007, 10:27pm EDT
Anything and everything. There's nothing out of bounds.
Dan H. Oct 24, 2007, 10:27pm EDT
lol, funny one Mary.
Mary M. Oct 24, 2007, 10:28pm EDT
And oh so true, Dan. Happens almost every day.
Dorothy H. Oct 24, 2007, 10:28pm EDT
The saying is not:
"You can"t eat your cake and have it, too".
The saying is: "You cannot eat your cake, and yet, still have it".
World of difference!
Tina Coruth Oct 24, 2007, 10:29pm EDT
Irish immigrants started the tradition of carving pumpkins in the US!
Dan H. Oct 24, 2007, 10:29pm EDT
I bet, still, if you stopped seeing viagra as something to have a stigma with it, the men might be more willing to discuss it with you. I can hear it now. "My Nitric oxide system is messed up, mind giving me some phosphodiesterase inhibitors?" (Viagra)
Mary M. Oct 24, 2007, 10:30pm EDT
If I type anything funky, it's because my puppy is slapping the keyboard -- she wants some attention!
Dan H. Oct 24, 2007, 10:30pm EDT
Let them eat cake...
Dan H. Oct 24, 2007, 10:30pm EDT
mmm, tasty pumpkins, thank you Irish!
Mary M. Oct 24, 2007, 10:31pm EDT
Oh I don't have a problem with them needing Viagra -- it's the guys who feel a bit embarrassed. I can understand that though, telling a bunch of women your problem could be . . . difficult. At first I typed hard but figured I better change the wording . . .
Mary M. Oct 24, 2007, 10:32pm EDT
I am Irish and I didn't know that.
Mary M. Oct 24, 2007, 10:33pm EDT
No one would hire us so I guess we were bored at the time.
Rita j. Oct 24, 2007, 10:33pm EDT
wisdom
Dan H. Oct 24, 2007, 10:33pm EDT
rita, share with everyone, are you OCD?
Mary M. Oct 24, 2007, 10:34pm EDT
I probably type "ischemic cardiomyopathy s/p AICD and BIV pacer" 20 times a day at work. Say that 10 times fast!
Dan H. Oct 24, 2007, 10:34pm EDT
well, you'd be surprised at what people are embarrassed about. Unfortunately, many of us in the health care profession haven't learned how to ask questions and give responses that don't have a conotation of judgement.
Dan H. Oct 24, 2007, 10:35pm EDT
actually, I can say that 10 times fast. As soon as I got used to saying Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 10 times fast, it's a breeze.
Beaker (just Beaker) Oct 24, 2007, 10:35pm EDT
I can teach you useless and happy things like poetry and/or song lyrics. Practical knowledge, not so much. In the hitchhiker's guide, they would have sent me to colonize Earth (along with the middle managers and telephone sanitizers).

Which part of socal are you from? My family is there, but far from the fires.
Dan H. Oct 24, 2007, 10:36pm EDT
southern orange county.
Mary M. Oct 24, 2007, 10:37pm EDT
It's a good thing you can Dan because you probably have a LOT of transcription ahead of you in the near future. :) If you need a typist let me know -- I am being replaced by Dragon voice recognition software that recognizes medical terminology. Argh.
Susan E. Oct 24, 2007, 10:37pm EDT
I could teach you how to sew, but probably not in this little box.
Mary M. Oct 24, 2007, 10:38pm EDT
How big a box would you need?
Dan H. Oct 24, 2007, 10:38pm EDT
Well Yolanda, are you aware that The Hebrew in Israel is written without vowels.

Th Hbrw N SRL S WRTTN WTHT VWLS.

That may have been harder if I didn't write it out completely 1st.
Dan H. Oct 24, 2007, 10:39pm EDT
Sorry hon, I will be using Dragon Voice. We currently use it in our office.
Dan H. Oct 24, 2007, 10:39pm EDT
Then use multiple boxes.
Mary M. Oct 24, 2007, 10:40pm EDT
Dang it. 75wpm and I am outmoded.
Mary M. Oct 24, 2007, 10:41pm EDT
Yeah, my boss came up to me and says, "Oh, I don't want you to worry about your job security or anything, BUT . . . . " and announced the Dragon thing. I think they have other tasks in mind for me, like hand scanning every piece of documentation into electronic form, so I think it'll work out in the end.
Dan H. Oct 24, 2007, 10:41pm EDT
What other skills do you have? You are aware that I won't be done with med school, residency, etc. for many years right?
Mary M. Oct 24, 2007, 10:41pm EDT
But that sounds so very boring . . . still if it pays the bills.
Kevin F Oct 24, 2007, 10:43pm EDT
.Ernest Hemingway, known to live a little dangerously, paid a Franciscan monk an annual stipend to pray for him. I'm Irish as well and didn't know the thing about the pumpkins, but have always loved Halloween.
Mary M. Oct 24, 2007, 10:43pm EDT
Oh yeah I figured that. Forget the fact that I don't live anywhere near you . . . . LOL. I do the medical billing, data entry, check in, check out, transcription, reception. Everything that doesn't require a medical degree of any kind. And I run things when the office manager is out, which is fairly often.
Dan H. Oct 24, 2007, 10:43pm EDT
well, how about working on medical billing and authorizations? I've done that too. Essentially, I've done everything in a medical office except be a nurse. Being a doctor is the next best thing right? JK.
Mary M. Oct 24, 2007, 10:44pm EDT
I am also Super Mom to 4 hyper kids and 2 doggies. That counts too!
Dan H. Oct 24, 2007, 10:44pm EDT
maybe they need a new office manager....? Interesting fact Kevin!
Mary M. Oct 24, 2007, 10:45pm EDT
We don't do any prior auth's in our office. I don't find that too patient-friendly but that's the head honcho's decision. I can respect the principle of the thing. He feels he earned his M.D. and shouldn't have to justify himself to the insurance company. But I think we've lost a few patients over it.
Larry H. Oct 24, 2007, 10:46pm EDT
I could teach you how to inspect a truck like I did at work.
Dan H. Oct 24, 2007, 10:46pm EDT
actually, there are other vowels as well. Then again, I read Hebrew.
Mary M. Oct 24, 2007, 10:46pm EDT
I didn't know that about Hemingway either. Especially when he wrote that nada, nada story about "A Clean Well-Lighted Place".
Dan H. Oct 24, 2007, 10:47pm EDT
Lol, well, it depends on what type of medicine it is. We do chemotherapy which costs thousands each day so we need it approved.
Dan H. Oct 24, 2007, 10:47pm EDT
Awesome Larry, I know next to nothing about automobiles.
Mary M. Oct 24, 2007, 10:48pm EDT
Yeah that would definitely call for a prior auth! Excising a mole is about as exciting as it gets in our office. :) Yeah, we get crazy.
Dan H. Oct 24, 2007, 10:49pm EDT
I remember the 1st time I talked to a patient while a nurse inserted a catheter up his penis and filled him with saline. Aww, the good ol days. Lol.
Mary M. Oct 24, 2007, 10:51pm EDT
I once had a pap where the gyn spent the time talking to me about how many pepperoni slices go on a large pizza -- I was working at Pizza Hut at the time. LOL.
Mary M. Oct 24, 2007, 10:53pm EDT
I don't know how you do it, honestly. I couldn't manage it -- I mean, I can handle all the gross things my kids do but to have to deal day in and day out with everyone else's problems. I think I'd be so stressed out (more so than I already am). LOL.
Dan H. Oct 24, 2007, 10:54pm EDT
what's funny is that it's not weird to be down in a woman's vagina. We're more concerned with making you feel ok.
Dan H. Oct 24, 2007, 10:55pm EDT
actually, prior to the vibrator, doctors would manually stimulate females who had certain "sexual dysfunctions".
Mary M. Oct 24, 2007, 10:55pm EDT
Oh I know, you guys are so nonchalant about it and for us it's this big emotional thing. Cracks me up. But knowing that usually does make me relax more about it.
Dan H. Oct 24, 2007, 10:57pm EDT
Next time, just tell the doctor that you're comfortable and don't need the small chat on pizzas.
Mary M. Oct 24, 2007, 10:57pm EDT
Yeah, hold the pepperoni.
Jan C. Oct 24, 2007, 10:57pm EDT
Well Mary I have killed many a cacti too ...
I can teach you to make felt from loose alpaca fiber :)
Or how to needle felt

And when I was in healthcare (A registered respiratory therapist) We let our residents sleep...unless it was a dire emergency (I worked night shift in the neonatal intensive care unit.)
Dan H. Oct 24, 2007, 10:58pm EDT
I can't say that I know much about felt.
Mary M. Oct 24, 2007, 10:59pm EDT
My mil did that, Jan. Of course, while she's dear to me in many ways, now that she's retired she knows everything there is to know about the medical care of grandchildren. LOL.
Mary M. Oct 24, 2007, 10:59pm EDT
I have a felt Christmas tree skirt that I started working on 7 years ago and never finished.
Dan H. Oct 24, 2007, 11:01pm EDT
that must be one big skirt!
Mary M. Oct 24, 2007, 11:02pm EDT
The other chat I am trying to keep up with is going on about NASCAR and fuzzy slippers, and some guy seems to be flirting with everyone. I think this thread here is a bit more interesting.
Mary M. Oct 24, 2007, 11:03pm EDT
No, I'm just a procrastinator and I guess somewhere in my head I figure I will get around to it one day.

I made a latch hook rug for my oldest son, but by the time I finished it I had to give it to my youngest son, because my oldest had SO gotten over Winnie the Pooh by that point.
Dan H. Oct 24, 2007, 11:03pm EDT
flirting with everyone? Guys Girls and the fuzzy animals on gather?
Dan H. Oct 24, 2007, 11:04pm EDT
well, I can't say that I've made clothing for myself either.
Mary M. Oct 24, 2007, 11:04pm EDT
Yeah, I don't think I wanna know.
Vivian P. Oct 24, 2007, 11:05pm EDT
That I can teach you anything that you don't want to learn
Dan H. Oct 24, 2007, 11:05pm EDT
well, we were having a discussion on nudity and skinny dipping last night. Looks like he missed out.
Dan H. Oct 24, 2007, 11:06pm EDT
teach us vivian, teach us!
Mary M. Oct 24, 2007, 11:07pm EDT
I think he would have liked that one . . .

I met my abusive ex husband online, in a Christian chat room no less. Go figure. BIG mistake that was. I was 19 and very naive. I met my wonderful new hubby (well it's been almost 3 years but we're still honeymooning) at the bowling alley. He's an awesome bowler and I suck big time.
Dan H. Oct 24, 2007, 11:08pm EDT
yeah, religion doesn't change a person. Sadly, people are often fools and feel that because someone is "religious" that they are somehow better, they aren't.
Mary M. Oct 24, 2007, 11:09pm EDT
Yes and the trouble is, he still thinks he knows all. Our religious differences were that he thinks he is God and I disagree.
Dan H. Oct 24, 2007, 11:10pm EDT
I learned about a local minister who has had women in his congregation have orgies while videotaping. It's a large congregation too.
Mary M. Oct 24, 2007, 11:11pm EDT
Must be Pentecostal?
Dan H. Oct 24, 2007, 11:11pm EDT
I can't say (health care confidentiality)
Mary M. Oct 24, 2007, 11:12pm EDT
True, we must comply with HIPAA.
Dan H. Oct 24, 2007, 11:13pm EDT
To be honest, HIPAA is NOT, I repeat NOT, as restrictive as many healthcare providers think it is and they inaccurately withhold information that doesn't need to be withheld.
Mary M. Oct 24, 2007, 11:13pm EDT
Well it's been fun everyone but I need to go to bed. Until Dragon gets up and running, I still have to remember how to spell every kind of heart disease and statin known to mankind. We'll have to do this again.
Mary M. Oct 24, 2007, 11:14pm EDT
Oh I know but everyone is so afraid of being sued these days.
Dan H. Oct 24, 2007, 11:14pm EDT
night night.
Eric Cabot Steed Oct 24, 2007, 11:15pm EDT
This is an aside ... Read no further if you do not wish to step to the left, but ... Did you ever notice that warning attached to the Viagra commercials ?, " If you have an erection which lasts longer than eight hours, go to the nearest emergency room ( and notify all the nurses ). Having spent many years in the E.R. on the graveyard shift, I can really appreciate that. The staff would certainly like to er, 'learn'.
Dan H. Oct 24, 2007, 11:16pm EDT
Hey Eric, what was your position in the ER?
Joseph H. Oct 24, 2007, 11:19pm EDT
I can teach you to play Purple Rain on the guitar.
Joseph H. Oct 24, 2007, 11:20pm EDT
(except the solo at the end)
Dan H. Oct 24, 2007, 11:20pm EDT
oh yeah? I still need to have confidence going to and from F.
Joseph H. Oct 24, 2007, 11:44pm EDT
once you have learned it, you will be confident
Kayleigh M. Oct 25, 2007, 12:30am EDT
Youre such an attention whore
Betty DeRamus Oct 25, 2007, 12:33am EDT
Not sure about my teaching you, but your a great teacher to those of use that are new... You will post just about anything and wow people really do respond...Therefore, I bow to the teacher...LOL
Emma L. Oct 25, 2007, 2:03am EDT
Ummm...well because you brought it up...Marie Antoinette never said "let them eat cake" as everyone is tought. It was said 100 years before her by Marie-Therese, the wife of Louis XIV. And in fact, the literal translation means "buns" not "cake"
Pepsie J. Oct 25, 2007, 6:19am EDT
After 40 the ability to process information and communication changes

. Where as a 20 year old could carry on a conversation with 2/3 outside noises a 40 yr old may have trouble keeping a conversation with 1 outside noise (such as water running or dishwasher going)

It is not selective hearing it is different. Thanks.
Elsie Duggan Oct 25, 2007, 4:43pm EDT
I can teach you that worrying about anything at all is not going to make it happen or not happen, so all of that worry is wasted energy. That is a lesson it took me a long time to learn, so if this helps you, and it takes practice, you will be rewarded , I am, I now go with the flow,
Kevin F Oct 26, 2007, 12:19am EDT
Elsie - God Bless You! I come from a long line of worriers. The past five years, I've settled down quite a bit. Your advice is awesome.

Pepsie - I believe you. I'm 42, and I like things a lot quiter than I used to.

Emma - Interesting. This literal translation of 'buns' sounds more authentic (practical?)
Stacie N. Oct 27, 2007, 1:46pm EDT
Interesting topic here.
Learn:
Myths & Stereotypes
Heather J. Nov 24, 2007, 1:40pm EST
Nice Post, Please Feel Free To Take A Look At My Work As Well.
Leslie T. Dec 10, 2007, 5:22am EST
I could teach you how to make some delicious sphagetti!
Amy C. Dec 12, 2007, 2:32pm EST
Here to spread some Christmas Cheer!!!!! Merry Christmas!
Nick H. Dec 12, 2007, 4:45pm EST
Thank you for posting this article. I am just stopping in to give you a 10 and to let you know I appreciate your posting here!

Take care! more
Kimber L. Dec 14, 2007, 2:23pm EST
i could teach you how to read music.
Dan H. Aug 8, 2008, 11:38am EDT
Thanks For Your Thoughts Everyone.
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