tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1384054 2009-05-25T22:12:02-07:00 Medical and Domestic Anecdotes by a Canadian Physician and Mother of Three TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-66774045 2009-05-25T22:12:02-07:00 2009-05-25T22:12:03-07:00

Thank you for all your kind comments and well wishes on the last post. As suggested, I plan to link to my Mothers in Medicine posts from here. There's a new one up today.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Freshmd/~4/19_s3msj8fM" height="1" width="1"/>

Martina Scholtens http://www.freshmd.com/fresh_md/2009/05/unwitting-poetry-from-a-4yearold.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-66870523 2009-05-18T22:10:01-07:00 2009-05-18T22:10:01-07:00

When I began blogging, a family member unfamiliar with blogs looked over this site and said politely, "It looks nice. Is it almost finished?" Well, now it is. I feel hamstrung by the mix of personal and professional anecdotes under...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Freshmd/~4/RyNLqaZU0bw" height="1" width="1"/>

Martina Scholtens http://www.freshmd.com/fresh_md/2009/05/the-last-post.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-66670235 2009-05-11T21:54:13-07:00 2009-05-11T21:54:13-07:00

I have a post up at Mothers in Medicine on the medical implications of baby names, including my own close call with the name Claudia. (If you've been reading this blog since the beginning, you might remember I did another...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Freshmd/~4/-sMRzuH-Wm8" height="1" width="1"/>

Martina Scholtens http://www.freshmd.com/fresh_md/2009/05/baby-names.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-66361605 2009-05-07T07:13:59-07:00 2009-05-07T07:13:59-07:00

There's been a move afoot recently to stamp out the R-word. While I agree that the use of retarded as a derogatory term is offensive, I can't help wondering: Why aren't paraplegics protesting the slang use of lame? Why aren't...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Freshmd/~4/AfWOCug7ExM" height="1" width="1"/>

Martina Scholtens http://www.freshmd.com/fresh_md/2009/05/the-r-word-.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-66263659 2009-05-05T04:00:00-07:00 2009-05-04T13:22:27-07:00

On the way home as we round one of the final bends before our place, we pass Grey Rocks Island. It's privately owned with a house tucked into the stand of trees. I've never seen any comings or goings; it's...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Freshmd/~4/OGWYOahlahc" height="1" width="1"/>

Martina Scholtens http://www.freshmd.com/fresh_md/2009/05/island.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-60827384 2009-05-04T04:00:00-07:00 2009-05-01T14:37:53-07:00

I took inventory of Saskia's beliefs recently. I asked her to answer 'real' or 'not real' to various characters and she enthusiastically complied. "Santa?" I suggested. "Not real!" Said with seven-year-old pride. "Easter bunny?" "Not real!" "Jesus?" "Real." "Tooth fairy?"...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Freshmd/~4/8zUkpa3PCOM" height="1" width="1"/>

Martina Scholtens http://www.freshmd.com/fresh_md/2009/05/devils-are-not-real.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-65772511 2009-04-22T11:46:36-07:00 2009-04-22T11:51:08-07:00

One of my favourite photos in the album from my grandmother is this one, of her brother in a sanatorium in Harderwijk, the Netherlands in the 40's: Sanatorium sounds psychiatric, suggesting a place where one's sanity is restored, but it's...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Freshmd/~4/J8dmOJXq2GU" height="1" width="1"/>

Martina Scholtens http://www.freshmd.com/fresh_md/2009/04/sanatorium.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-65242951 2009-04-15T18:59:14-07:00 2009-04-15T18:59:14-07:00

I visited my grandparents the other day, and when the coffee had been served in decades-old flowered teacups and the pastries set out in a ring around the coffee table, Oma shuffled over with a photo album. She settled next...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Freshmd/~4/cGl1TDr7taM" height="1" width="1"/>

Martina Scholtens http://www.freshmd.com/fresh_md/2009/04/death-album.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-65332815 2009-04-10T19:40:34-07:00 2009-04-10T20:01:14-07:00

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Martina Scholtens http://www.freshmd.com/fresh_md/2009/04/walk.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-65085295 2009-04-06T19:46:42-07:00 2009-04-06T22:13:40-07:00

I did the University of Virginia medical specialty aptitude test purely for sport recently and was startled to learn that of 36 medical specialties, the one I am least suited for is family medicine. I'm not surprised that family medicine...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Freshmd/~4/8u-zQDIATY4" height="1" width="1"/>

Martina Scholtens http://www.freshmd.com/fresh_md/2009/04/medical-aptitude.html