Well, the pups got diagnosed with Lyme Disease the other day (Not Lyme's! That was a pet peeve of our BacT professor last year.)
This is a serious bumma dude! It increases their chances of arthritis and other bs that I don't want them to have to experience nor me pay for...
They have started the brutally long 4 week antibiotic treatment.
I am currently hammering through a disease index for a neuro pathology exam on monday. I think I got a Lewy body stuck up in my cranium.
A pic of pumpkin Maji cool chillin on a rainy, study day:
A pic of a crazy ass chicken from a local fair last weekend:
My new skateboard! Sic!
Random Badass pic, african with pet hyena:
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Saw the title & thought, "Good, not 'Lyme's dz!'" since that's one of my pet peeves, too. Then I read your post. :-)
Every med student (well, by 2nd year, anyway) & physician has seen the proper spelling & heard the proper pronunciation of common medical terms. Those who insist on adding a possessive 's' to Lyme disease come across as hopelessly oblivious, which is the last thing a medical professional should be. Same goes for Guillian (instead of Guillain) Barre syndrome.
A local boards prep teacher calls islet cells "izlet" cells. Gives me hemotympanum just thinking about it.
I am such a nerd.
Hope your puppies feel better soon & also hope you rock the neuropath exam!
You got to admit that the 's is common though...
parinaud's syndrome
parkinson's disease
huntington's disease
Riedel's thyroiditis (I have no clue what this is)
even fricken swimmer's ear
all of a sudden no 's on lyme?
bit tricky in my book!
This is almost like how it is medical suicide if you walk into an ED and call it a ER.
I tend to be on the more laid back/whatever side of language esp. since I am so done with it after 8 hours of lecture, 5 hours of reading per day...!
thanks for the insights! Please ignore all my crappy grammar on this blog!
hope you are enjoying the clinical life
I am going to change my "peev" spelling now since you gave me the right spelling ;)
Oh! Brutal!
I just saw that I put "there chances of arthritis"
classically horrible grammar!
changed
Now you got me all frazzled
;)
Haha, I'm not quite as picky as that. You're right, most diseases & syndromes are indeed possessively named after Some Dude.
I guess I did so much medical/health-related reading before med school that I've always known it's Lyme dz, and I can't reasonably expect everyone else to be in the same boat. But when the Grand Rounds speaker calls it "Lyme" dz for 45 minutes and medical professional in the audience adds an 's' (true story) then it strikes me as oblivious.
Not knowing the right way to pronounce something & similar tiny gaffes are common & not a big deal as long as we're attuned to changing any mispronunciations (less important) & misconceptions (more important) when we get new info.
I'm going to exit dominatrix-schoolteacher mode now. :-)
Oh yeah, and one thing I've noticed is that people who know you & are already impressed by your qualities X, Y, & Z will generally be much more forgiving when you display faults a, b, & c.
Applies in acquaintances, blog readers, friends, & those evaluating you in a clinical or academic setting!
Please no!
The world needs more dominatrixes.
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