Re: Are hospitals deadlier in July?
Yup, Chelee, it is oh so true. We baby sat residents the whole first few months they arrived on the floors, green as grass, dumb as dirt, and arrogant as hell (well, only the surgical residents!). Any nurse who has worked in a teaching hospital will get the joke there! Good, informative post! Interestingly, the summer months, July in particular, is when many parents schedule elective surgeries for their children.
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Dx'd w/multifocal DCIS/IDS 3/08
7mm invasive component
Partial mast. 5/08
Stage 1b, ER 80%, PR 90%, HER-2 6.9 on FISH
0/5 nodes
4 AC, 4 TH finished 9/08
Herceptin every 3 weeks. Finished 7/09
Tamoxifen 10/08. Switched to Femara 8/09
Bilat SPM w/reconstruction 10/08
Clinical Trial w/Clondronate 12/08
Stopped Clondronate--too hard on my gizzard!
Switched back to Tamoxifen due to tendon pain from Femara
15 Years NED
I think I just might hang around awhile....
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