Jim’s Medical Journal

Riffing on Genesis (the first book of the Bible, not the British rock band from the 70s which became popular with Phil Collins behind the microphone but which actually had Peter Gabriel as its original front-man) English author Sir Terry Pratchett OBE once said, "In...

Howdy Strangers. How y'all been? It's been a while since I've provided an update. It's not that nothing has been happening – actually quite a bit has been going on – but it has been a time of considerable cognitive confusion. I got a lot on my mind, and it's extremely...

So we are on a recent Sunday call and Bob says that he had just completed a 72-hour fast. While this made perfect sense to me, others were curious, some were downright skeptical. Bob listed off several benefits – apart from the obvious which is that your not taking in...

Started feeling a little odd Monday night. Had quite a bit of pain on Tuesday. Wednesday afternoon we went to the ER. Now the consensus at the time was a urinary tract infection. And while there was a good amount of evidence pointing in that direction the infectious...

I'm not really much for TV. Seriously. I'm actually more of a video game person. First-person shooters were my game of choice. My preference, in order, would be: the Tom Clancy "Vegas" games, the Battlefield series, then the Call of Duty franchise. I was never any...

Happy New Year! What a year it's been. I was just thinking the other day about how I declined to have surgery to put the trach back in. That was back in February (2023). If you missed that story you can read it here. Hope everyone had a nice holiday. I'm sure 95% of...

Spoiler Alert:I don't know if we're going to be able to get through everything we have left to discuss in a single post. It's not how I intended it. It's just the way it is. There may have to be a Part III. Consider yourself warned. Get this. Earlier this week I get a...

I noticed recently that we have a lot of systemic problems in our society right now. We have systemic governmental problems. We have systemic financial problems. We have systemic problems with the distribution of truthful information. And we have a systemic problem...

Well it's September. It was not the best of times; it was certainly not the worst of times. This photo was taken just before Christmas. It's a selfie. This is as I was waiting for them to transfer me into the ICU. As I recollect I woke up this way. Couldn't figure out...