Change of Shift & The Doctor Anonymous Show
First of all, hightail it over to Reality Rounds for the latest edition of Change of Shift!  She did a splendid job of making it very spooky by renaming our blogs.  (I am Corpseblog!) And tune in tonight at 6pm PST to the Dr. Anonymous show, where he will be interviewing me.  Talk about scary :-)  I am excited to finally be asked (I've waited years!) but also nervous because I am not exactly well-practiced in live interviews!

Grand Rounds Volume 6, Number 6
Welcome to Grand Rounds!  This is volume 6, number 6.... and the 6th time I am hosting... during the week of Halloween.  Does anyone else find that creepy coincidentally satanic fascinating?! For this edition, I thought we could go out Trick or Treating on Medblogger Lane.  I'm sure we will find some colorful stories along the way... The first house we come to seems amiable enough.  The porch light is on and when the door is answered, some good old fashioned chocolate is put into my Trick or Treat bag!  Even though she is diabetic, apparently Amy at Diabetes Mine prefers to give out the real stuff instead of the sugar-free kind.  The reason may surprise you. The next house also has

Blog World Expo 2009
Last week I attended the Blog World Expo conference in Las Vegas.  This is the first year that medbloggers had a track all to ourselves!  The sessions I attended were interesting, and as part of the audience I was delighted to watch my fellow medbloggers on the panels.  There were lots of thoughtful questions & answers, and many silly antics (how many times DID Doctor Rob get onto the big live Twitter feed anyway?? blogworld blogworld blogworld!) Unfortunately, due to a splitting headache, I was not able to attend the last session, but I had plenty of chances to meet and spend some time with medical bloggers that I have been reading for years.  It was truly great meeting each and every

Grand Rounds
Grand Rounds is up at Sharp Brains today! Next week, Grand Rounds will be held here at codeblog for the 6th time (Yes, GruntDoc, I counted!)  Use the submit your story/contact form at the top of the page, or email to codeblogrn gmail.  There is no theme, but it will be ...

Choose Wisely
He knew she was angry with him. "Whenever I come to see her, I reach out and take her hand, but she looks away." Husband and wife for well over 50 years, they had been through a lot.  They met in another country in another time, and to hear him tell it, ...