I'll also get off work early today, as we only have morning patients. So, when I get home, I'm going to take Joe to buy him a new bike. He wants to try and get more exercise in before he goes to New Zealand.
This bike, by Trek...Heck, I might get one, too. Lol.
I don't think we have anything major planned this weekend...probably just some outside time in the sunshine, maybe some swimming (the pool should be a pleasant 89 degrees by tomorrow). I'm thinking about a trip out west in April over a long weekend. Not sure yet how that will play out, though.
Work today should be interesting. The new doctor will be there, and he's what I call a "teaching doctor." He'll come in my "office" and ask me to pull up some x-rays, then quiz me about certain aspects of them. For example, he'll ask, "Do you see something different about this patient's leg?" And I'll look and tell him what I see that's different about it from the other thousands of legs I've x-rayed over the years. And then he'll say I'm right, and then go on to tell me more about the diagnosis, and more radiographic signs I can look for to make the same diagnosis.
Of course, it's not my job to diagnose, but more eyes on something doesn't hurt. When I take an x-ray of his patients, I'll usually give him a heads up, something like "Pretty sure the problem is posterior aspect." Not that the problem won't jump out at him immediately, but if I can make his job a little easier, I will. Same for the other doctors. If I x-ray a foot, if I don't have another patient immediately, I'll look closely at the x-ray I just took and magnify it if I don't see anything that jumps out at me. If I see a hairline fracture, I can mark it on the x-ray with an arrow that will show the doctor where to zoom in.
It's definitely an interesting job. There are hundreds of subtle signs that can appear with pathology or injury on x-ray, and learning what to look for is really fascinating to me. And some of the names of the signs are sorta fanciful for medical terminology, like "Bamboo spine sign," "half moon sign" "bow tie sign," "Blade of Grass sign," and "Inverted Napoleon Hat sign," among many others. Radiology is fun and whimsical! I'm really blessed to have a job I love!
Here's the "Blade of Grass." This is not one of our patients, but an image from the Internet. Anyway, the sign on a radiograph indicates Paget's Disease.
The signs are subtle, but findable and very important! Think about that...
Happy Friday! I mean, Freya's Day!
West Yellowstone area ??