I am trying to make it interesting, so bear with me.

What am I going to write about? "Blog" sounds a lot like "Blah". That is the danger. One could just keep going and going.



So there will be medical and health topics. Hopefully well measured and researched. I am a medical doctor, after all. There will be interesting links. We might as well use the power of the internet.



Like these two links: ecoli article, earthquake article - scary and interesting. People are trying to eat healthy over there in my home country of Germany, and next thing they could be dying from the worst E coli outbreak in history - 30 plus patients died. Many actually in my old Alma Mater - University of Hamburg.

Or there will be just random thoughts. Those could be tidbits from the busy life of a medical doctor, husband, and father of three. Or little sprinkles from my other interests -sports, technology and gadgets, or even cars.

For instance a patient told me last week that he is monitoring his blood pressure with his iPad. I loved that one. Also works for the iPhone: iphone blood pressure cuff. I wished that patients checked their blood pressures more often. Especially the patients who only see us once or twice a year. Then they'd come in, are a little nervous, and their blood pressure is elevated. What to do next? So the larger the sample size, the better the decision that can be made about treatment or not. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_coat_hypertension



And on another note, Carl Crawford has the same thing right now that I got 3 weeks ago. Though mine is much worse! I had joined that old guy soccer league in Newburyport. Swear to God, but after ten minutes, I had managed to pull not one, but two hamstrings. I went right on the DL - just like Carl. Lack of preparation, I'd say. Really a knucklehead injury. Who does not know that warm up is crucial for any sport. Besides Dr. Ficht, of course, who acted like a puppy running after a bone once he saw that ball after all those years of collecting rust. I am not sure if all that applies to Carl in terms of lack of preparation. He seemed to get into a better groove lately. But still not quite what they had in mind. And now he is gone for the next 2-3 weeks - at least.



And that is about it for today - Very busy day in the office, and I am toast. Mondays are usually the busiest. If you as a patient ever have the choice to pick a day for your appointment and need time with your doctor, better not pick a Monday or Tuesday after a long weekend. Chances are that your doctor is really busy trying to catch up from all the info and stuff that came in over the weekend. Desk is bombarded with papers, phone messages left and right, prescriptions refills galore. And a full schedule. And though your doctor is well rested after the weekend, it means less time with the patient. That simple.