Official MCW Class of 2009 Thread

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akpete said:
Are you referring to the very hyped-up Dr. Gilbert herself? She is the queen of asthma.




And Oregon Trail rules.
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Oh man, she is like a hummingbird on crack.

But to be fair, I did learn a lot in her clinic. When I could keep up.
 
akpete said:
Why in hell did the woman mentioned at the end of the story continue to go back to the dentist to be fondled 5 more times after the first incident?

Interesting...
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I wondered that myself. Was the wait for appointments with other dentists THAT LONG? And if so, why was she wearing tight, high-necked tops when a hefty, swingable purse would get her point across so much better?
 
Those squirrelly dentists - here was another one that happened a few years ago.

Dentist Allegedly Injected Semen Into Patients' Mouths
Woman Said Substance Tasted Like Semen

POSTED: 11:11 am EDT July 26, 2004

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Former employees of a dentist claim the man made female patients unwittingly swallow his semen during visits to his office in Cornelius.

Dr. John Hall is accused by the state dental board of violating dentistry's standard of care, engaging in immoral conduct, and committing sexual assault or battery.

Six former patients -- including a 14-year-old -- say he tricked them into swallowing his semen. A seventh claims he jumped on top of her in the dental chair and "began to gyrate against her lower body in a sexual manner."

The dental board suspended Hall's license Nov. 5, after police began investigating allegations by two former employees. In February, it conditionally restored his license, barring him from being alone with female patients.

Hall's lawyers say the dentist has been falsely accused by disgruntled former employees. He was collecting his semen because he was taking Propecia, a drug to promote hair growth, and was concerned about potential side effects that include low sperm count and diminished semen, his lawyer, Emerson Thompson, said.

The dental board heard testimony Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The hearing is to continue next weekend.

The five-member panel will decide whether Hall can keep his license. The case is still being investigated by authorities in Charlotte, Cornelius and Mecklenburg County.

Hall's former assistant Cheryl Lynn MacLeod testified Saturday that she found it odd that Hall began asking her to leave a patient's side to retrieve items that he never used.

She also became suspicious when she overheard him tell patients to "swallow" something, and when she saw him take a syringe out of his lab coat pocket while working beside a patient.

In May 2003, she and former office administrator Susie Hillman took the five syringes from office waste containers and Hall's lab coat pockets and gave them to police.

Hall's lawyer, Thompson, suggested the substance Hall asked patients to swallow could have been a dental product.

But in a sworn deposition read aloud Saturday, Hall's former dental assistant Rhonda Hamilton described several dental products used in Hall's office and none matched the patients' descriptions of what was put in their mouths.

When Cornelius police searched Hall's office Nov. 5, they confiscated five more syringes with Hall's semen from his desk, according to the board and hearing testimony.

Five of the six patients testified Friday. The first, a 40-year-old woman, said she objected when Hall began to put a substance from a syringe into her mouth during a procedure on Sept. 4, telling him: "That smells like sperm."

She said Hall drew back and said, "You're crazy." She said she couldn't taste the substance because her mouth was numb.

Another witness, a 33-year-old woman, said Hall asked his assistant to retrieve something from another room during her appointment in May 2003. While the assistant was gone, she said Hall told her to lie back, open her mouth and swallow.

"When I swallowed I tasted it, and it was semen. ... He told me it was cleaning solution." She said she drove directly to her husband's office nearby and told him what happened, but he and a colleague dismissed the idea. She said she tried to convince herself she was wrong, and contacted police only after hearing about the investigation on the news.
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That's kind of hilarious... I'm not sure I would admit that out loud.

I'm just saying.
 
if someone can find proof that dentists do have a higher rate of suicide you win my appreciation.
 
I PASSED!! One point better than step 1, even. I'm shaking, I was so nervous. YAY!!!
 
Xandie said:
That's kind of hilarious... I'm not sure I would admit that out loud.

I'm just saying.
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That's kind of why I highlighted it. I mean, it's not shocking that they can recognize it, but to admit it to the press....
 
Pratik today realized that he knew neither my first name NOR my last name. Sucker.
 
zomg prowelr is breathing right now and i knew it so you all need to know too zmong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111111111111111111111111111111111i'm teh c88l!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Xandie said:
Pratik today realized that he knew neither my first name NOR my last name. Sucker.
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and to think i even know your driver's license number.

by the way, i'm honestly not sure what color i'd call my shirt today either.


and finally, hurry up. we've got 2 guys ready to GEM it up with you!!! and trust me, they're tons of fun! (well, one isn't, but please....please...take him....he's been on our service for 2 weeks...and he's kinda nutty....please)
 
Xandie said:
He kept trying to find me by searching the MCW email directory for "xandie".
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He should've just looked at Asher's facebook friends and snagged your last name. I think I know your last name...I knew what it used to be.
 
Agent Splat said:
zomg prowelr is breathing right now and i knew it so you all need to know too zmong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111111111111111111111111111111111i'm teh c88l!!!!!!!!!!!
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Ashers said:
SNOW HIM!!!!!!!

Of course, in the neuroICU they'd be snowed with propofol, some pentobarbital... good times.

Edit: so "to snow someone" has got to be one of my favorite medicalese sayings.
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My mentor used it once or twice last year, so I've appropriated it for a few stories myself.
 
Tonight we made an awesome transfer. Sent the MICU a ~550 lb lady. She came to us from another hospital with supposed acute cholecystitis and they couldn't handle her. Of course, that wasn't really her problem. Then overnight she had CO2 in the 90s. She's a handful.

So she's got propofol to keep her intubated.
 
akpete said:
Tonight we made an awesome transfer. Sent the MICU a ~550 lb lady. She came to us from another hospital with supposed acute cholecystitis and they couldn't handle her. Of course, that wasn't really her problem. Then overnight she had CO2 in the 90s. She's a handful.

So she's got propofol to keep her intubated.
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I had a lady like this on medicine. She was comatose with something intracranial going on but no one knew what because she was too big for even the open MRI. Supposedly you used to be able to take such patients to the zoo and use the veterinary scanner, but I don't think they do it anymore.

Anyway, I rounded on her every day for the whole month before they finally withdrew care.
 
The ENT's just put a trach into a 600# dude earlier this month. They practically had to climb up his body to get at his neck.
 
achybrachy said:
Supposedly you used to be able to take such patients to the zoo and use the veterinary scanner, but I don't think they do it anymore.
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This actually came up as an option.
 
So they used to do that, but then the zoo got rid of their scanner. So now, if a tiger needs an MRI, they send it to Froedtert. Don't know what they do with elephants though.... Chicago?
 
this one time my pet elephant needed an MRI cause they thought his brain was wrong so we took him to the MRI and they did the MRI and they found that his brain was ok and he didn't need any medicine and he got better.
 
Agent Splat said:
this one time my pet elephant needed an MRI cause they thought his brain was wrong so we took him to the MRI and they did the MRI and they found that his brain was ok and he didn't need any medicine and he got better.
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Did you bring your elephant today to show everyone?
 
Bite me, Splat.

Sidenote: I was parked like 2 feet from you yesterday, and I saw your car, and then I got "mmmm splat" in my head instead of "mmmm bop". It was a high quality moment.
 
Ashers said:
Deja vu! Guess who had another molar crack! Ugh. At least I already had a dentist appt set up. Here's hoping it doesn't break apart eating another banana.
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i'm gonna go with yogurt this time, actually. or maybe tomato soup.
 
Ashers said:
That's why I purposefully didn't eat yogurt for dinner tonight -- I thought the same thing. I had oatmeal -- no falling apart yet.
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i'd go with carrots, almonds, and taffy if i were you.
 
Ashers said:
I don't like carrots or almonds. I do like taffy. I'm also thinking on stocking up on Kashi Go Lean! Crunch. (They sell it at Costco, ya know.)
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I'm partial to Kimchi Go Lean! Crunch
 
My new avatar is a picture of me by the way. My face is really made of smaller people. Really.
 
achybrachy said:
I'm partial to Kimchi Go Lean! Crunch
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That sounds nasty.

I actually don't like crunchy food. I have a weird habit where I let my food get soggy, and I'm incredibly diligent about brushing and flossing my teeth. You weren't around the boards when it first happened, but one of my molars broke while studying for step 1 over memorial day weekend, while I was eating a banana.
 
Ashers said:
That sounds nasty.

I actually don't like crunchy food. I have a weird habit where I let my food get soggy, and I'm incredibly diligent about brushing and flossing my teeth. You weren't around the boards when it first happened, but one of my molars broke while studying for step 1 over memorial day weekend, while I was eating a banana.
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Ow. Sounds like a woody banana.
 
Ashers said:
Your hair isn't very red in that new picture then.

I'm really the Artic Puffin in Elf.
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You look claymated. And I don't think puffins have teeth. Or eat woody bananas.
 
achybrachy said:
You look claymated. And I don't think puffins have teeth. Or eat woody bananas.
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They're my special teeth. I bought them on Ebay along with the wooden banana. Was I not supposed to eat that? Sitting next to the wax veggies, it looked so tasty. 😀

And it didn't hurt when my tooth broke --> root canal, just like my cracked tooth now doesn't hurt. I don't want another root canal. =(
 
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