"Courage and cheerfulness will not only carry you over the rough places in life, but will enable you to bring comfort and help to the weak-hearted and will console you in the sad hours." -Sir William Osler
My archives are located at Archives of the Cheerful Oncologist, Volume 2
March 30, 2007
Category: Humor
Things you don't want to hear in the Operating Room: 1. "My wife made this incredible cabbage and baked bean casserole last night." 2. "Doctor, why is there an "X" on the patient's other leg?" 3. "Nurse, would you bring...
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 8:08 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 29, 2007
Category: Commentary
How long, O Lord, must I pontificate about the dangers of obesity until the nation repents its evil ways?
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 7:10 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 28, 2007
Category: Commentary
We, just like the patients sitting before us, want more time out of this life on Earth. Our interests are aligned - it is now up to both of us to make something good happen.
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 1:33 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 27, 2007
Category: Commentary
This is like reminding the nation that the average survival of patients who refuse to ingest solid and liquid refreshments is only three days.
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 9:35 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 26, 2007
Category: Commentary
Egad! Are they prepared to deal with the outrage we members of Chocolate Forever are about to unleash on the scientific community?
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 12:14 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 25, 2007
Category: Literary
There's nothing like falling in love and then dying of consumption to inspire one to write sublimely, if not in a hurry.
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March 23, 2007
Category: Humor
Today, however, unless I was ready to squeeze through the laboratory window, which might have created a stir from the pedestrians below, I was trapped.
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 7:00 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 22, 2007
Category: Commentary
I just heard the news that Elizabeth Edwards has been diagnosed with a recurrence of her breast cancer and wanted to let ScienceBlogs readers know what information we medical oncologists look for in this situation.
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 7:14 PM • 21 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
March 21, 2007
Category: Humor
I looked forward to this luncheon with the same amount of zeal Richard III would have if invited to a picnic on Bosworth Field.
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 7:00 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 19, 2007
Category: Commentary
Oh, the agony of having to go on Spring Break (with the family, of course).
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 10:00 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Autobiographical Tidbit
"Now more than ever the world needs leaders, and as an Eagle Scout the world will ask much of you - of your skills, your character and your good will."
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 12:06 PM • •
March 17, 2007
Category: Patient Advocacy
I ask you to carry on now, carry on with courage and determination until your work is completed and you can rest in confidence.
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 7:52 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 15, 2007
Category: Patient Advocacy
At the risk of sounding like an expert in intercessory prayer, which I am not, here is my conclusion:
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 6:49 PM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 13, 2007
Category: Health Care Policy
560,000 Americans will die of cancer this year, more than the number of soldiers who died in World War I and World War II combined. What will it take to find good souls willing to devote their lives to reducing this obscene number?
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 8:12 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 12, 2007
Category: Commentary
The adolescent brain is not only different from the adult specimen but inchoate, imperfectly developed yet actively building highways, exit ramps, cloverleaves and rest stops in order to conquer the challenges of negotiating life's passages. In the meantime the teenage intellect is best described as the world's largest bumper car ride.
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 2:58 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 10, 2007
Category: Commentary
Does This Explain the Disaster That Was my High School Prom? Bad-tempered women 'can blame it on genes' Ever wonder why some women seem to be more ill-tempered than others? University of Pittsburgh researchers have found that behaviors such as...
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March 8, 2007
Category: Lyrical
I had a dream recently where I walked through a shimmering forest, on my way to an unknown destination.
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March 6, 2007
Category: Autobiographical Tidbit
[Editor's note: Dr. Stemwedel has started this particular meme on ScienceBlogs. In the spirit of merriment if not utter buffoonery the narrator of this site feels compelled to join in - the twerp.] Confiteor, Pater Optime! 1. I can identify...
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March 5, 2007
Category: Commentary
"Aspirin is a stinker? That's no military secret!"
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March 4, 2007
Category: Literary
Didn't I say, though, that the palace represents more than a joint besieged by the "hideous throng"? If you think you know the answer to the riddle, then...
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 7:55 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 2, 2007
Category: Commentary
It's a tough job but somebody's got to do it, if for no other reason than to set an example for the vacillating chicken-hearted men of the world.
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 9:17 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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