I have been off of work for just about two weeks, and boy, did I need it. I think my sleep is finally regulated. I no longer feel exhausted at night but still can't fall asleep, and I wake in the morning now feeling alive and fresh. This is a very welcome change from how I had been feeling over the past year. I've also had the time and energy to ...

My birthday is this Tuesday, and boy, did my boss give me a fantastic present. He took me off of night shift! I couldn’t be more excited. No more feeling like a zombie and sleeping during the daytime. Even though I just worked overnight three days, I still felt pretty bad and out of it the entire week. I’m so glad it will be over after this one ...

Each week, one patient usually stands out for me as truly satisfying to care for. This week, we had a young woman in her mid 20s with terrible abdominal pain. She'd recently had her gall bladder removed and had just given birth a few weeks prior. Upon meeting her, I could tell she was in legitimate pain. She was able to tolerate all the oral ...

Each week, one of the most common injuries I see in the ER results from patient falls. People of all ages sustain the aptly named GLF, or ground level fall. I'm truly amazed at the frequency and severity of this type of injury. Working as a personal trainer in the past, I made sure to incorporate balance training into every client’s workout. The ...

Recently the number of infants and children I’m scanning seems to be increasing. This population presents many challenges for me and my co-workers. How do you get an infant to stop crying and hold still long enough to get a diagnostic study? How do you deal with the scared parent(s)? Also, is a CT scan really the best option for a child due to the ...

With any job there are always tasks that are not performed often and that are not very enjoyable. I encountered one such task recently, administering rectal contrast. It is used instead of oral contrast when a patient can’t tolerate drinking it or when the doctor suspects a particular diagnosis. The patient I was working with had a fistula and ...