last day-thanks

LAST DAY-THANKS 
this my last day to work as a physician
always considered myself lucky to have been able to
do in life what i wanted to do since i was a middle schooler

in high school i was able to work in a local hospital in the
summer on weekends and during holidays
our family was poor so not only did i get financial benefit from
working but i also was exposed to a lot in the hospital setting
it made me know that i wanted to be a family physician

during college i worked as a emergency room technician
on weekends, weeknights, and holidays
this also gave me financial support but also exposed me to
different doctors and different emergency situations

i was accepted to medical school but never wavered on what
kind of doctor i wanted to be
a family physician

i was accepted to a family practice residency
after completing my residency i owed the federal government
three years to work at an approved federal underserved area

i was able to create with some help a site in  the small
town near where i grew up       i  worked there for three years
although tramatic at times it was a learning experience that i
carried through out my career

after fulfilling my three year obligation and after sustaining a
large financial hit from my involvement with the local clinic
i was recritued to the area where i am working now
thanks to my medical school friend for helping me out in
my time of need

i have worked for 25 years as a family physician
i always wanted to be one

now it is time i have to quit not because i want to but
because a genetic health problem has risen its nasty head
and because of this will have to discontinue what i like to do

i do not ever dread going to work every day
feel like i have now just gotten good at what i do

realize that patients dont necessarily need all of the new
medications we have, the new tests we can do or need
the newest treatments available

they do better if you just listen to them, pat them on the
shoulder, be kind to them and be their advocate when
they need it

i have honed my skills in taking care of kids over my career so
that many of the kids have felt comfortable seeing me and look
forward to seeing me to get a sticker or sucker, hear my
duck voice, or have me joke with them
that part i will miss a lot

thanks to all my patients in the past for allowing me to fulfill
my dream of being a family physician
i hope i have done you a good job

thanks to my wife she for putting up with me during
my quest for my career
know she found hers

love yall
the organicgreen doctor

hope for the future

 THIS IS OUR HOPE FOR THE FUTURE 





except for the hat this is our hope for the future
innocent     disease free     no prejudice  
 happy     content     apolitical  

what will his generation experience    

will they make the world better    

will they do better than we did

this is our hope

thanks to the parents for allowing me to use this picture

the organicgreen doctor

white on white-osteoporosis in men, wet suitcase

WHITE ON WHITE-OSTEOPOROSIS IN MEN

my relative he is so white that if you stripped him naked and had him 

face a white wall would not be able to see him 

my relative he gets very little sunlight

my relative he gets very little vitamin d and calcium in his diet

my relative he gets very little weight bearing exercise 

except for walking from car to work

my relative he may get osteoporosis as he ages and the complications

just like women do who develop osteoporosis 

osteoporosis causes a weakening of the bones which overtime

increases the risk for broken bones  usually hip fracture is the most

serious in men 

over 2 million men have osteoporosis

about 13 percent of adult white men over 50 years will have an 

osteoporotic fracture in their lifetime-know who in our family that will be  

is more likely in men over 70 years old

you are at risk for osteoporosis if you have a parent or sibling with it or

if you are a smoker   heavy drinker  have a slight build  have a low testosterone  

have poor nutrition  or take certain drugs such as long term steroids

there are no symptoms early on in osteoporosis but later can 

have loss of height  broken bones  stooped posture  and back pain 

osteoporosis can be diagnosed with the bone density test

osteoporosis can be prevented by quitting smoking  decreasing alcohol intake or 

stop drinking   getting weight bearing exercise  

if you do not get enough calcium in your diet then supplements of vitamin d and 

calcium may be  recommended 

foods high in calcium are milk products  leafy green vegetables   sardines(yuk)

cat food sandwich(joke from previous blog-do google search on right

of this blog) salmon tofu and almonds 

you can get enough sunlight for vitamin d production by getting direct sunlight for

10-15 minutes two to three times a week

ie avoid white on white

if you have osteoporosis it can be teated with medication

for more information on osteoporosis in men and on osteoporosis go to 

www.nof.org the website for the national osteoporosis foundation 

THE WET SUITCASE

my relatives they visited us this weekend    see mondays blog 

my brotherinlaw he likes to get plant cuttings to plant at his place

in another state 

do the same when visit him-last time got cactus and a dragon fruit both of 

which are growing 

this time gave him some plants from my small pond  and some malabar spinach

put them in a plastic bag with water soaked paper towel 

well maybe not soaked but maybe some extra water to be sure

triple bagged the plants 

my sisterinlaw had room on the outside of her luggage

some one-no one will admit it-placed the plastic bag with maybe some extra

water in my sisterinlaws suitcase

when my sisterinlaw was taking the bags out of the car she said

why is my bag wet 

no one admitted to anything   she was told it was from a bottled water 

in the back of the car

she said there is no bottled water in the back of the car

well dont know why it was wet (hahahahahahaha) 

well to make things worse they got stuck in denver overnight as their 

transfer flight was canceled

my sisterinlaw opened her suitcase and all her clothes were soaking wet 

sorry wasnt there to give my brotherinlaw some support 

know it was a traumatic moment

hope he was able to transplant the plants when he got home

although they were probably planted in denver in the trash

the organicgreen doctor