MEDICO

I have heard of so many triads- Virchow’s triad, Cushing’s triad being just 2 examples that I can readily recall at the moment. Triads simply point to common occurrences (in threes) that characterize a particular state or condition. Well, I have a triad to add and its known as the hyper-tired triad. Ever being tired? A negative response is similar to a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of say 3! (lol), in essence, we’ve all being tired @ one point in time or the other. Some people are even tired of doing nothing (I wish). The classical triad I am pointing out has these 3 features: 1.       OVERWHELMING SLEEPINESS 2.       HIGH LEVEL OF IRRITABILITY  3.       REDUCED SPEED OF PROCESSING INFORMATION I know this is a triad, but can I add a fourth feature? (Thanks…) It’s the tendency to repeat the phrase “I am tired” with every spare breath you can take. Well, as I am apparently tired this i...

Learning confers on each of us a certain privilege…from actually sitting down in a classroom and being taught by a teacher, to standing by the roadside and watching people go about their daily activities, to watching a surgeon perform a surgical procedure; the process of learning is definitely one of teaching. The paradoxical thing about learning is that we do not learn until we have learnt. If you don’t have as a basis a certain amount of knowledge e.g. of English language, you might not be able to read an essay or interpret a discussion.  Same follows in the world of calculations, you cannot solve a complex mathematical equation if you lack the knowledge of simple arithmetic. But the thing about life is that paradoxes abound. You want to learn right? But really, learning comes and is consolidated ONLY after learning.

I saw a woman crying today. She was in front of the accident and emergency ward, crying and praying, because most likely, a relative of hers was in that ward, receiving immediate treatment. I felt for her. Just yesterday, I asked a friend to remind me of what I was doing in medical school once again. She asked me if I had received another calling… I have been called to help. I am studying medicine BECAUSE of that woman and several others who are in pain. The only- or should I say, the most important (?) reason I am here today, studying this beautiful course, which is extremely time-consuming is to put a smile on their faces- as many of them as God would have me treat. And for this reason, I have to be the best of the best, knowing as much as I can and should- birthing and keeping and transforming lives. I just had to remind myself, and for as many people are doing things they love, don’t give up. Make a difference.

Of course, I watch Grey’s Anatomy. What’s funny that I started not so long ago. And trust me, I’ve gotten so into it that I barely go a day without seeing an episode. Their love lives, I must confess, however, attract me more than their lives as medical professionals…or is it the intertwined assortment/blend? I guess it is. The vital lesson this series has taught me is that not all happily ever afters eventually end up becoming “happily ever after” and that not all sweethearts/connected lovebirds make it to the end. That’s funny, ain’t it? Coz I thought love was supposed to be enough. I was particularly baffled when I learnt that Izzy left Karev- after how much he stood by her when she had cancer! I haven’t even seen the episode and my heart is already breaking at the thought. Well, back to the point: Not every love story will last, it’s simply a fact. And while it’s not a fact that makes me happy, it’s one that makes me cautious. A relationship- and consequently marriage, isn...

Heb 6:4-6 (AMP) For it is impossible [to restore and bring again to repentance] those who have been once for all enlightened, who have consciously tasted the heavenly gift and have become sharers of the Holy Spirit,  And have felt how good the Word of God is and the mighty powers of the age and world to come, If they then deviate from the faith and turn away from their allegiance — [it is impossible] to bring them back to repentance, for (because, while, as long as) they nail upon the cross the Son of God afresh [as far as they are concerned] and are holding [Him] up to contempt and shame and public disgrace. Nerves are the essential intermediary connecting the brain to the effector cells. A nerve is composed only of axonal (distal) segments of different neurons carrying signals in the same direction, it is a bundle of fibers forming a network that transmits messages in the form of impulses between the brain or spinal cord and the body's organs. While motor nerves carry im...

The more you look, the less you see A herd is a large group of people with a common interest, purpose or bond. Herd immunity is also known as community immunity, and it refers to the measure of protection which is provided to individuals in the community who are not immunized by the vaccination of a significant portion of that community. Therefore, the greater the proportion of individuals that are resistant, the smaller the probability that a susceptible individual will come into contact with one who is infected. So, actually, helping yourself does result in helping others i.e. it provides a form of community immunity against especially negative mindsets/mentalities. And the more aware people are, the less susceptible ignorant people are prone to meet even more ignorant people.

BODY FLUIDS CONTINUE INTO ONE ANOTHER…FROM SPIRIT TO SOUL, TO THE BODY. In the human body; our extra-cellular values are important extracellularly but designed only for the extracellular compartments; and for optimum function it shouldn’t be obtained intracellularly. In the event of ECF values being obtained intracellularly; serious damage could occur. In light of these, we would compare the extracellular components of body fluids; in this case representing the body of the typical believer with the intracellular values that represent believers’ spirits ; the transcellular fluid being fluid in which believers souls float. TABLE 3.1; SHOWING THE CHARACTERISTICS EXEMPLIFIED IN BODY FLUIDS AT NEW BIRTH     CHIEF BODY FLUID IONS BODILY FUNCTION  CHARACTERISTICAL REPRESENTATION ECF {PLASMA + IF} (mEq/L); i.e. BODY AND SOUL 14L ICF   (mEq/L) i.e. SPIRIT   28L  Na+ Generating...