Scratches

Slacking with some reason. Since the arrival of the Beast in earnest, I've been looking for a trend to latch onto for discussion. A mont...

Of course, the Beast had to wait a week after my neuro consult. On a rational level, today might have been worse: Mankoski 6 to 7. What kin...

My town's legislature is an open town meeting. When a question comes before it that the meeting, or actually its leadership, aren't ...

Well, the Beast is here. The current trio of medications is doing an adequate job of containment When I say "adequate" I think of ...

Strange, but neither my PCP nor the current neurologist had heard the expression "goofies" applied to Gabapentin side effects....

It is the season of precursor pain, the dope slaps the Beast administers as a reminder that it is always there. Before diagnosis, I would ge...

Whilst I'm taking deep, cleansing breaths on the TN front, I'm returning to an old favourite: ICD-10. I  recently discovered The Mis...

Uniqueness isn't necessarily a good thing. Consider this tableau from an MGH exam room yesterday. On the right is my neurosurgeon. Centr...