IMO, NO. My malpractice carrier will not cover me for Virtual exams. A physical exam is needed for almost all diagnoses.

Sorry, no online doctoring for me. You can make an appt with me if you want but I think it's a bit far.

FWIW most of my patients like me and about 95% of the time the feeling is mutual.

Any feedback on my pcad parody thread de jour?

I would give myself a "B."

Are you a GP?

The online question was not something I wanted for myself I was just curious (for 2nd opinions on things like blood work results or x-rays not exams)

I am in a hole again?

You need to respond to more of your own posts. Get back over there.

i agree. i can't believe how stupid the phone diagnosis service here is. apparently i got swine flu.

i'll give online diagnoses. i have no ethics and you know beforehand what my prescription is going to be.

leeches.

I think this is very suitable for here:

There is really no such thing as a GP in the usa anymore. But I am a general internist (ie. specialist in the care of adults).

What's your e-mail address?

that is awesome.

i'll pm it.

take some ginger.

And entertaining as well.

This!

david at wildreason dot com

Hey fishy is it true that if you want to be served alcohol at a restaurant in Utah you first have to be a "member" of the establishment's "club" at exorbitant prices??

Are you practicing quackery as well? And why are there two bad fish?

BTW the best quackery site is quackwatch.com

Haha no. I think that was recently changed. It was like $15 for a lifetime membership.. not sure what the point was.

However, if you are an alcoholic - or alcohol is an important part of your life - Utah might not be suited for you.

Because everywhere I go badfish (Sublime) is taken.

if you ride in the desert, how likely is it that you die of thirst?

Used to happen to me in AZ all the time.


Assuming you don't literally mean die.

If you've never been in the desert - more likely. I don't know... I'm pretty aware of how hydrated I am usually.

I did a really long ride up in the high desert - Flagstaff - Sunset Crater - Grand Falls. Well I was supposed to get out to Grand Falls, but the 1 litre bottle I had in the trunk bag had developed a leak, so I was screwed when I went to replenish the water bottles. It was a fairly grueling ride back down towards town. That was the thirstiest I ever was. Of course you can go a couple of days, but riding a bike is really rough when thirsty. Luckily a Navajo who boasted "city water" refilled my water bottles and fed me some hominy casserole.

Speaking of hominy, I guess most New Yorkers have never seen, let alone eaten hominy. Two chefs on Chopped were rather dumbfounded by it.

what is it?

i like chopped.