Thinking about throwing another dinner party...
Menu for now...
Appetizer
1. 6 Layer Dips & Chips
2. Pan Seared Scallops w/ Safforn sauce & Petite Herb Salad
3. Prosciutto de Parma Pizza OR Prosciutto de Parma w/ cantaloupe
4. Sesame Cold Spinach Noodle
Main course
5. Spaghetti alla carbonara
6.Steamed Lemongrass Garlicky Lime Wild Cod
7. Beef Short Ribs with Special Sauce
Dessert
8. Lemon ice w/ Seasonal fruits OR Tiramisu
Friday, August 31, 2007
Monday, August 27, 2007
EPISITAXIS
A 60 yo female, episitaxis (nose bleed) on a sunday midnight, according to her, lots amount of blood was flooding out of her nose, then she checked her BP (according to her husband, it's 170, not sure about the diastolic pressure). The following morning, she got out of her bed, went to the bathroom, she almost lost her conscious and had blurred of vision, then was taken to her bed by the family. Another BP check, it's 90/50. After she fainted, she had another episode of epistaxis.
What is the etiology of her epistaxis?
Why did she almost lose her conscious?
What Questions a doctor should ask the pt in order to make the correct Dx and Correct Tx?
What a doctor should do to save this pt?
Is it just a minor incident (epistaxis) or is it a warning sign?
(I've already given out a lot of hints... not very difficult to figure out!!)
What is the etiology of her epistaxis?
Why did she almost lose her conscious?
What Questions a doctor should ask the pt in order to make the correct Dx and Correct Tx?
What a doctor should do to save this pt?
Is it just a minor incident (epistaxis) or is it a warning sign?
(I've already given out a lot of hints... not very difficult to figure out!!)
Thursday, August 23, 2007
DREAM ABOUT YOU (stevie B.)
OMG another OLD song... loved it.. found out again.. Gotta listen to it again and again...
Being there.. Done that... NOT Fun!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3f6qbTZBFk
There was a time in my life
When I opened up my eyes and there you were
You were more than a dream
I could reach out and touch you girl
That was long ago
There are some things that I guess I will never know
When you love someone you gotta learn to let them go
When I dream about you
Thats when everything is alright
You are in my arms here next to me forever
When I dream about you
Girl you never go away
Just close my eyes, wait for my dreams
Cuz I still LOVE LOVING YOU!!
How can I get you to see
That I 'm falling apart since you've been gone
I could never be sure I could ever let go
Your love is much too strong
There are some things that I guess I will never know
When you love someone you gotta learn to let them go.........
Being there.. Done that... NOT Fun!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3f6qbTZBFk
There was a time in my life
When I opened up my eyes and there you were
You were more than a dream
I could reach out and touch you girl
That was long ago
There are some things that I guess I will never know
When you love someone you gotta learn to let them go
When I dream about you
Thats when everything is alright
You are in my arms here next to me forever
When I dream about you
Girl you never go away
Just close my eyes, wait for my dreams
Cuz I still LOVE LOVING YOU!!
How can I get you to see
That I 'm falling apart since you've been gone
I could never be sure I could ever let go
Your love is much too strong
There are some things that I guess I will never know
When you love someone you gotta learn to let them go.........
THATS WHY YOU GO AWAY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w94p9m2O9k8
OOh... I love love this song!! Gotta share it...
sad .. OLD.. break-up song...
Baby wont you tell me why
there is sadness in your eyes
I dont wanna say goodbye to you
Love is one big illusion
I should try to forget
but theres something left in my head
You are the one who set it up
Now you are the one to make it stop
I'm the one who's feeling the lost right now
Now you want me to forget every little thing you say
But there's something left in my head
I wont forget the way you are KISSING
the feeling is so strong
were lasting for so long
but I'm not the man your heart is missing
thats why you go away I know
You were never satisfied
No matter How I tried
Now you wanna say goodbye to me
Love is one big illusion
I should try to forget
but there is something left in my head
I wont forget the way you are kissing
The feeling was so strong
were lasting for so long
but I'm not the man your heart is missing
thats why you go away I know
Sitting here all alone in the middle of nowhere
Dont know which way to go
THere aint so much to say now btw us
There aint so much for you
There aint so much for me
I wont forget the way you are kissing
The feeling is so strong, were lasting for so long
But I'm not the man your heart is missing
Thats why you go away I know
Thats why you go away I know!
OOh... I love love this song!! Gotta share it...
sad .. OLD.. break-up song...
Baby wont you tell me why
there is sadness in your eyes
I dont wanna say goodbye to you
Love is one big illusion
I should try to forget
but theres something left in my head
You are the one who set it up
Now you are the one to make it stop
I'm the one who's feeling the lost right now
Now you want me to forget every little thing you say
But there's something left in my head
I wont forget the way you are KISSING
the feeling is so strong
were lasting for so long
but I'm not the man your heart is missing
thats why you go away I know
You were never satisfied
No matter How I tried
Now you wanna say goodbye to me
Love is one big illusion
I should try to forget
but there is something left in my head
I wont forget the way you are kissing
The feeling was so strong
were lasting for so long
but I'm not the man your heart is missing
thats why you go away I know
Sitting here all alone in the middle of nowhere
Dont know which way to go
THere aint so much to say now btw us
There aint so much for you
There aint so much for me
I wont forget the way you are kissing
The feeling is so strong, were lasting for so long
But I'm not the man your heart is missing
Thats why you go away I know
Thats why you go away I know!
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Dating Multiple People at the Same Time!
A friend told me today that it's very "Normal" to date multiple people at the same time!!
I found out that some of my friends were "secretly" dating more than 1 person at the same time.
Person A dating 1 here in the US, and the other is currently in Taiwan... and he's acutally gonna go propose to that girl in Taiwan next week!
Person B was spotted dating a girl here in the US, at the same time, he had a FIANCE in Taiwan! and they were about to get married!
Um... What's going on here?!?! No one has MORAL nowadays?!
The funny thing is, both of them were not good looking at all! So, girls now are not attracted to "looks" anymore?! LOL .. so it's not just handsome dudes that CHEAT on their partners, but also "sorry looking" dudes!
If we TRUELY LOVED a person, shouldnt we be COMPLETELY FAITHFUL, HONEST, and 100% DEVOTED to the relationship??
Please have some MORAL!
I found out that some of my friends were "secretly" dating more than 1 person at the same time.
Person A dating 1 here in the US, and the other is currently in Taiwan... and he's acutally gonna go propose to that girl in Taiwan next week!
Person B was spotted dating a girl here in the US, at the same time, he had a FIANCE in Taiwan! and they were about to get married!
Um... What's going on here?!?! No one has MORAL nowadays?!
The funny thing is, both of them were not good looking at all! So, girls now are not attracted to "looks" anymore?! LOL .. so it's not just handsome dudes that CHEAT on their partners, but also "sorry looking" dudes!
If we TRUELY LOVED a person, shouldnt we be COMPLETELY FAITHFUL, HONEST, and 100% DEVOTED to the relationship??
Please have some MORAL!
Monday, August 13, 2007
YOU RAISE ME UP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBga34W57As&mode=related&search=
When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary;When troubles come and my heart burdened be;Then, I am still and wait here in the silence,Until you come and sit awhile with me.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;You raise me up... To more than I can be.
When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary;When troubles come and my heart burdened be;Then, I am still and wait here in the silence,Until you come and sit awhile with me.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;You raise me up... To more than I can be.
Friday, August 10, 2007
MY Dental Maniac
Ever since my "Infamous tooth crack incident" started, it seems like it never wants to end!!
8/2/2007 Tooth CRACKED (#13 2nd premolar)
8/7/2007 Visited a CRAZY endodontist, didnt have a great experience, will post in another post about this crazy son of bitch! LOL
8/8/3007 Visited a general dentist... didnt do anything... he made a conclusion after poking on my PAIN spot! Yep, EXTRACTION!!
8/10/2007 Same dentist... FINALLY did something today... ROOT CANAL!! OH YEH, sounds crazy and scary! After did some thinking and debating (inside my head), whether to do RCT or Extraction... couldnt decide... but still had to do SOMETHING about it!
Reasons to do Root Canal---
1. Not cracked too deep, above the Fricture (root), try the best to SAVE my precious Tooth!
2. Since it's cracked from above, not from the root, so it seems like a better option!
3. RCT is to extract the pulp (nerves, blood vessels and all that shit!) So I wont feel no pain!
4. BUT I still have my TOOTH and ROOT!
5. I will have to get a CROWN , yeh thats right , a FAKE tooth! Another EXPENSIVE cost!
6. I PROBABLY wont need to do Dental Implants.... You know how MUCH MORE is that gonna cost me?! Yep, we are talking about THOUSANDS of US dollars!! Jesus... I should've chosen dental school!!
7. BUT, there's still a Probability that the RCT will not work in the future, yep no one knows WHEN that will happen!
There's ALWAYS a PROBABILITY that some procedure wont work out or wont last forever!!
Yep No doctors can tell their pts that, "we are 100% guarantee that this procedure will be 100% safe, 100% fine and dendy, 100% success rate!!"
Reasons to do Extraction---
1. Crack way tooo deep, yep to the point that the whole tooth is SPLIT into 2 , even the root is split too!! LOL it sounds funny, BUT trust me, it's NOT!
2. I can and HAVE to get an implants .. YAY!! Yeh right! NOT FUNNY!
See.. implants ... After extraction, have to WAIT for like at least a month to HEAL, then have to DRILL 1 titanium thing deep into the BONE! yep it requires SURGERY!! Then WAIT for at least 3-6 months to let the OSTEOBLAST to do its work to intergrate with this new titanium thing!! Then Add something else to stablize this thing... then wait for a couple of weeks, THEN finally add the CROWN!! yep It's not just the $$$ but also the TIME!! How the hell I have the time to do all that?! Totally I probably need to WAIT more than HALF year to get my pretty FAKE tooth done!! LOL
Back to today's dental visit...
See I was like ready to go in there and get an extraction, but but but I also wanted to save my tooth... so I discussed with my dentist, finally we came to an agreement, he'd open up the filling, and see how deep the crack was, and if its NOT savable, then he'd do extraction, if it's savable, he'd get rid of the nerves/pulp... yep root canal.. BUT I still dont understand the differnce btw
Root cancal and Emergency (Palliative) tx, base on what I understood, both of them needed to get rid of the nerves/pulp. But the PRICE is definitely different!
Price for RTC this dentis ($385), Emergency ($90)
Price for RTC that bitch endodontist ($850), Emergency (200+ consultation 75!)
First he put some lidocaine in my mouth, then more anesthetic via HUGE needle , yeh still feel the PAIN doc even with that lidocaine!
He bascially opened up the filling, HA I see my CRACK of that damn tooth! It went right across the tooth, and yep into HALF!! BUT I dont know how DEEP the crack is... Originally he wanted to extract it, but for some odd reason , he changed his mind, and then he decided to SAVE my tooth HA!!
He used some little drill, drill out the nerves/pulp, then use the driller to make my tooth smaller, so I wont bite onto it everytimw I eat.. BUT he warned me that I still can not chew on my left side!! He only put a tempory filling to cover up my WOUND!
Well see the downside of RCT is, since my tooth is cracked, so it MIGHT crack DEEPER, and eventually dentist still have to extract it, and yep thats right, I eventaully will have wasted all the money that I'm spending now!! And have to spend more money on extraction and Implants!
The whole procedure is quite fast, not as long as I thought it'd take... but he asked me to go back to him to finish THE REST of the work... hmmm wondering whatelse he'll have to work on my poor little tooth?!
***Lesson learned from this incidence... I HAVE to make LOTS and LOTS of MONEY!!
Yep, you rich dentists LISTEN UP!! The money you take out of my poket, I will get it back SOME DAY!! LOL it hurts!
Well dentists need REAL DOCTORS to fix their many other HEALTH problems right?! So WE will WAIT & SEE!!
Seriously, without money, no money to see doctors, no money to fix my tooth, no money to do anything.. and I will have to live in pain! How much a tooth can cost, you might ask? I dont know, but for sure, it's PRICELESS!! Yep, another lesson learned, TAKE CARE of TEETH!!
8/2/2007 Tooth CRACKED (#13 2nd premolar)
8/7/2007 Visited a CRAZY endodontist, didnt have a great experience, will post in another post about this crazy son of bitch! LOL
8/8/3007 Visited a general dentist... didnt do anything... he made a conclusion after poking on my PAIN spot! Yep, EXTRACTION!!
8/10/2007 Same dentist... FINALLY did something today... ROOT CANAL!! OH YEH, sounds crazy and scary! After did some thinking and debating (inside my head), whether to do RCT or Extraction... couldnt decide... but still had to do SOMETHING about it!
Reasons to do Root Canal---
1. Not cracked too deep, above the Fricture (root), try the best to SAVE my precious Tooth!
2. Since it's cracked from above, not from the root, so it seems like a better option!
3. RCT is to extract the pulp (nerves, blood vessels and all that shit!) So I wont feel no pain!
4. BUT I still have my TOOTH and ROOT!
5. I will have to get a CROWN , yeh thats right , a FAKE tooth! Another EXPENSIVE cost!
6. I PROBABLY wont need to do Dental Implants.... You know how MUCH MORE is that gonna cost me?! Yep, we are talking about THOUSANDS of US dollars!! Jesus... I should've chosen dental school!!
7. BUT, there's still a Probability that the RCT will not work in the future, yep no one knows WHEN that will happen!
There's ALWAYS a PROBABILITY that some procedure wont work out or wont last forever!!
Yep No doctors can tell their pts that, "we are 100% guarantee that this procedure will be 100% safe, 100% fine and dendy, 100% success rate!!"
Reasons to do Extraction---
1. Crack way tooo deep, yep to the point that the whole tooth is SPLIT into 2 , even the root is split too!! LOL it sounds funny, BUT trust me, it's NOT!
2. I can and HAVE to get an implants .. YAY!! Yeh right! NOT FUNNY!
See.. implants ... After extraction, have to WAIT for like at least a month to HEAL, then have to DRILL 1 titanium thing deep into the BONE! yep it requires SURGERY!! Then WAIT for at least 3-6 months to let the OSTEOBLAST to do its work to intergrate with this new titanium thing!! Then Add something else to stablize this thing... then wait for a couple of weeks, THEN finally add the CROWN!! yep It's not just the $$$ but also the TIME!! How the hell I have the time to do all that?! Totally I probably need to WAIT more than HALF year to get my pretty FAKE tooth done!! LOL
Back to today's dental visit...
See I was like ready to go in there and get an extraction, but but but I also wanted to save my tooth... so I discussed with my dentist, finally we came to an agreement, he'd open up the filling, and see how deep the crack was, and if its NOT savable, then he'd do extraction, if it's savable, he'd get rid of the nerves/pulp... yep root canal.. BUT I still dont understand the differnce btw
Root cancal and Emergency (Palliative) tx, base on what I understood, both of them needed to get rid of the nerves/pulp. But the PRICE is definitely different!
Price for RTC this dentis ($385), Emergency ($90)
Price for RTC that bitch endodontist ($850), Emergency (200+ consultation 75!)
First he put some lidocaine in my mouth, then more anesthetic via HUGE needle , yeh still feel the PAIN doc even with that lidocaine!
He bascially opened up the filling, HA I see my CRACK of that damn tooth! It went right across the tooth, and yep into HALF!! BUT I dont know how DEEP the crack is... Originally he wanted to extract it, but for some odd reason , he changed his mind, and then he decided to SAVE my tooth HA!!
He used some little drill, drill out the nerves/pulp, then use the driller to make my tooth smaller, so I wont bite onto it everytimw I eat.. BUT he warned me that I still can not chew on my left side!! He only put a tempory filling to cover up my WOUND!
Well see the downside of RCT is, since my tooth is cracked, so it MIGHT crack DEEPER, and eventually dentist still have to extract it, and yep thats right, I eventaully will have wasted all the money that I'm spending now!! And have to spend more money on extraction and Implants!
The whole procedure is quite fast, not as long as I thought it'd take... but he asked me to go back to him to finish THE REST of the work... hmmm wondering whatelse he'll have to work on my poor little tooth?!
***Lesson learned from this incidence... I HAVE to make LOTS and LOTS of MONEY!!
Yep, you rich dentists LISTEN UP!! The money you take out of my poket, I will get it back SOME DAY!! LOL it hurts!
Well dentists need REAL DOCTORS to fix their many other HEALTH problems right?! So WE will WAIT & SEE!!
Seriously, without money, no money to see doctors, no money to fix my tooth, no money to do anything.. and I will have to live in pain! How much a tooth can cost, you might ask? I dont know, but for sure, it's PRICELESS!! Yep, another lesson learned, TAKE CARE of TEETH!!
Thursday, August 2, 2007
MY TOOTH CRACKED!!
Ok it's not very funny! cuz I'm in pain now, and I dont know what to do next!
I was eating a piece of goose meat, and all of sudden I bit into a peace of small bones, and then the PAIN started!! I thought the pain would just went away, but no it's been 4 hrs, still hurting!
Ok so I went to a denist, got an X ray, the denist couldnt see anything, so he used some kind of 3D computerized thing to check, and on the computer screen, it showed a crack that went across my tooth. AHHHHHHHHHHHH thats why!! yeh like a superficial crack that cracked through a stone!
Immediately, that ass denist told me that my ONLY OPTION was to pull that tooth offf!!
Yeh damn it! A small piece of goose bone can do such a HUGE damage!!
It's my first tooth got pulled cuz of ACCIDENTS!! (not including my wisdom tooth!)
I wont have no tooth left in that spot!! I'm not afraid of pulling tooth, cuz base on my wisdom teeth experience, I had my dentist pulled ALL 3 of them in one setting!! thats right all 3!!
And wisdom teeth WERENT EASY to pull!! And it's painful as hell!
And it took me weeks to feel better!
I just couldnt believe it! Maybe the crack only at the SUPERFICIAL level. Maybe the damage is not so serious!
But I dont believe in ONLY 1 Option theroy! a good doctor should NOT just looking out for their own $$$$$$ beneifts, they should think about pts' situation and give MORE than 1 option!!
Today's "modern technology" cant save a tooth besides pulling it out and get rid of everything?!
I dont believe it!
I was eating a piece of goose meat, and all of sudden I bit into a peace of small bones, and then the PAIN started!! I thought the pain would just went away, but no it's been 4 hrs, still hurting!
Ok so I went to a denist, got an X ray, the denist couldnt see anything, so he used some kind of 3D computerized thing to check, and on the computer screen, it showed a crack that went across my tooth. AHHHHHHHHHHHH thats why!! yeh like a superficial crack that cracked through a stone!
Immediately, that ass denist told me that my ONLY OPTION was to pull that tooth offf!!
Yeh damn it! A small piece of goose bone can do such a HUGE damage!!
It's my first tooth got pulled cuz of ACCIDENTS!! (not including my wisdom tooth!)
I wont have no tooth left in that spot!! I'm not afraid of pulling tooth, cuz base on my wisdom teeth experience, I had my dentist pulled ALL 3 of them in one setting!! thats right all 3!!
And wisdom teeth WERENT EASY to pull!! And it's painful as hell!
And it took me weeks to feel better!
I just couldnt believe it! Maybe the crack only at the SUPERFICIAL level. Maybe the damage is not so serious!
But I dont believe in ONLY 1 Option theroy! a good doctor should NOT just looking out for their own $$$$$$ beneifts, they should think about pts' situation and give MORE than 1 option!!
Today's "modern technology" cant save a tooth besides pulling it out and get rid of everything?!
I dont believe it!
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