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RE: Ask a Valkyrie
September 28, 2016 at 6:49 pm
Do you have a crush on anyone at AF?
Feel free to interpret "crush" as you please.
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RE: Ask a Valkyrie
September 28, 2016 at 7:41 pm
(September 28, 2016 at 7:07 pm)Alasdair Ham Wrote: (September 28, 2016 at 2:55 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote:
Wow.
Um... never heard that before... it brought tears to my eyes every time the chorus hit.
Powerful song.
from Jeff Wayne's musical version of the War of the Worlds (original)
Highly recommended.
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RE: Ask a Valkyrie
September 28, 2016 at 8:25 pm
(September 28, 2016 at 6:34 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Have you ever had a patient live and wish they hadn't? (If you are unable to answer for professional reasons, I quite understand)
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Yes.
I can't go into details, but let's say he was convicted of a number of serious crimes.
This was back in Oz.
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RE: Ask a Valkyrie
September 28, 2016 at 8:39 pm
(September 28, 2016 at 6:49 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote: Do you have a crush on anyone at AF?
Feel free to interpret "crush" as you please.
Not yet.
Need to have a steamroller and meet up with them...
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RE: Ask a Valkyrie
September 28, 2016 at 9:10 pm
Why the heart? Any other parts of the anatomy ever hold interest?
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RE: Ask a Valkyrie
September 28, 2016 at 9:23 pm
(September 28, 2016 at 9:10 pm)c172 Wrote: Why the heart? Any other parts of the anatomy ever hold interest?
Other parts, yes (but that's for A69).
Originally I was going to get into oncology, but on my way back from an interview at my med school I was in a motorbike accident and, unexpectedly, my heart stopped. Turns out I had a weak heart and the shock of several broken bones made it stop,.
So, I decided on cardiology for somewhat selfish reasons.
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RE: Ask a Valkyrie
September 28, 2016 at 9:28 pm
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So, yeah, you have an intimate connection with it. I had never thought too hard about being a surgeon (though another person with spina bifida is indeed a neurosurgeon, and I believe director of neurosurgery at the University of Michigan). But I admit, I do find the spine and brain pretty fascinating.
In the mid-oughts, I made a friend who eventually had a lung transplant for cystic fibrosis. Ever done a heart tx (if you wish to go there)?
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RE: Ask a Valkyrie
September 28, 2016 at 9:56 pm
(September 28, 2016 at 9:53 pm)Alasdair Ham Wrote: Do you like mayonnaise?
No.
Only Italian or French dressing on salads.
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