PHC Newsletter for December 19 2005: Ask for what you want
Passionate HealthCare e-Newsletter
Volume 4, Issue 17
December 19, 2005
Welcome to the last issue of P@ssionate Healthcare for
2005! This issue we'll work on wishin' and dreamin',
and making your New Year's hopes come true, and tips for being healthful
into 2006-- and as always, we encourage you to {send} this to a friend
or colleague as your gift of hopes and dreams rekindled.
Have a happy, healthy holiday!
Patricia L. Raymond MD
Chief Enjoyment Officer, Rx For Sanity
Wishin',
and hopin', and thinkin', and prayin',
Planning and dreamin' each night of his charms.
That won't get you into his arms. ~Ani DiFranco, “Wishin’
& Hopin’”
“If you tell
us your wish, you won’t get it!” my older brother Robert
would chide each year as my candles multiplied and the respiratory challenge
escalated. I blew, then hoped that the universe would deliver.
However, this time
each year is different—we’re told to make a list of what
we want, and sit on the portly man’s lap and state our exact desires…
and no, I don’t believe that I am confusing the season with a
recent date experience.
You’ve likely
communicated your material needs and desires with your friends and family,
and gifted them with the same. But have you done the same with your
spiritual needs?
Have you spoken
to your colleagues about what they could do to make performing your
job more efficient or enjoyable? Have you asked your spouse or S.O.
for what you need? Have you requested freedom to create new programs,
or expansion of your job to new challenges, or continuing education
from your supervisor?
Wishin’ and
hopin’ won’t do it. For better odds of getting what you
want, ask for what you need.
Want to share some sanity in your medical newsletter? Dr Raymond's
articles may be freely reprinted. More of Dr. Raymond's most popular editorials
are yours at Rx For Sanity
Articles and at DontJettisonMedicine.com
I'm
Dreading This Year's Lite Christmas
by Tim Mayfield
Parody of "White Christmas"
based on the performance by Bing Crosby
The elves
are munching on rich ice cream
They eat sweet snacks all day
And Santa has come to say
The deer are all gorged on hay
But I will tell you for what it's worth
They're all worried about my girth
I'm
dreading this year's lite Christmas
Not like the ones I used to know
Where the sweets are missing
This party's christened
Ensure mixed with mistletoe
I'm fuming
over lite Christmas
So what if my suit fits too tight
Or the sleigh's not feeling too light
I say starving Santa Claus ain't right
I'm scheming
an un-lite Christmas
I'm stashing Hostess ho-ho-hos
Keep the Mrs. guessing
Or be regretting
She'll find arrows for those bows
I'm hungry
from this lite Christmas
It's not the season we should fight
But if folks ain't aiding my plight
There'll be no nice presents left tonight
And if you'd help Santa, I might
Leave some Christmas Day North Pole invites
(spoken)
Ho, Ho, Ho!
Thanks Kids!
Glad you could help Santa.
Now let's see, there's candy canes, brownies,
pie, cake, cookies, egg nog, jello.. Jello?
Jello is NOT a Christmas snack.
Who left the jello?
You're going on my naughty list.
If you have any fun holiday Mock Medical Music, please
share with us with us at PLRaymond@RxForSanity.com,
and we'll credit you!
Dr. Pat’s Broccoli & Brown Rice Casserole
~ being a healthful substitution for your seasonal
Macaroni-&-Cheese Comfort Food Lust
It’s vegetarian, high in fiber, and feeds you a dose of winter
veggies, all painlessly smothered in creamy cheese sauce!
Multiple potlucks loomed this holiday season... and I felt driven
to bring something healthy. I'm a doc after all, so I can't be responsible
for foods that induce a diabetic coma. And yet, as a good cook, I
refuse to bring some whole grain, tofu laced concoction that resembles
wet cardboard. This recipe, cobbled from several available on the
internet, will fill your need to be healthy, yet tastes indulgent.
Try it out!
2 cups cooked
long grain brown rice, made with vegetable broth or bouillon
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
8 oz container sour cream
Bundle fresh broccoli, steamed and coarsely chopped
¼ cup finely chopped onion (optional)
Mix all ingredients
in a casserole, bake covered at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes. Get
rave reviews at your next potluck, or at home...Enjoy!
The Sanity
Store: Whaddaya want from
2006- More of the same...or a change?
Tired
of not having enough time or energy left for yourself or your loved
ones?
The beginning
of 2006 is a great time to change the direction of your career. The
truth about nursing and medical practice is that no one has
taught us the tools to care for ourselves... we just spend all of
our energy caring for everyone around us.
Protect
yourself against “compassion fatigue”. You’ll love
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Dr. Raymond’s acclaimed workbook of thirty fun, interactive,
and practical exercises to prioritize your life challenges, achieve
health and financial freedom, and refocus your caregiving passion.
The
cure can be in your hands for only $18.95.
How
much is just one good idea worth to you?
It’s up to you to decide to love your medical career
again.
If
you order before January 1, 2006 (when postal rates
change), I'll adjust your credit card bill for FREE POSTAGE
(a $ 2.75 savings)-- ORDER
TODAY!
Bedside Manners: Bring
your holiday to work with a Portable Tree
Low man on the
totem pole? Covering the hospital at Christmas again? Don't whine--
it reminds me too much of of the claymation Rudolph's 'Island of Misfit
Toys'.
Instead check
out Keri Smith's Portable
Tree, where you can print a two page portable tree to assemble,
decorate, and enjoy. Embrace your holiday spirit, no matter what your
schedule demands!
Have you planned
anything special for your patients or colleagues on the 25th? Let
me know at PLRaymond@RxForSanity.com,
and I’ll publish your creative solutions!
Boys
will be boys, even at Christmas...
If
you recognize any of these young gentlemen, please be sure to warn
them of the dangers of frostbite this time of year.
Crack-U-Up Medical Fun:
"Let it Snow!"
Parody by Rex Ungericht
For our friends in the cold Northeast...
Well it's colder
than penguin poopoo
And my lips are turning bright blue
The feeling's gone in my toes
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
The temperature
is still dropping
And the water pipes are popping
The firewood's running low
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
Now the power
has all gone out
And the car is too frozen to start
I'm beginning to really doubt
If moving to Maine was so smart
The fire is slowly
dying
And now there's no denying
We'll be dead in an hour or so
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
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who wants to resuscitate their joy in healthcare.
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Where's Dr.
Pat? Where
to meet or hear Dr Raymond: When
will she be in your neighborhood?
Tuscon AZ 1/5-1/8
Austin TX 2/18
Tulsa OK 2/25
Rochester NY
3/11
Chesapeake VA 3/14
San Antonio TX 5/22
Chesapeake, VA 8/8
Albany NY (tentative) 10/14
Email for information on how to attend,
or to 'piggy-back' your presentation into Dr. Raymond's travel plans, or
even to take her to lunch or dinner (you drive, she'll
buy)!
Attention Meeting Planners! Already booking into 2007 (good golly!), Dr. Raymond brings
her passionate message to "Health Yourself" to conventions, regional
meetings and Grand Rounds. Keep her in mind- even if you have a last
minute cancellation. Dr. Pat Raymond delivers high-content, interactive
programs that are lots of fun. She gives away great door prizes. And,
most importantly, she will make you look good. Call 757-547-0368,
write PLRaymond@RxForSanity.com or
visit
www.RxForSanity.com for details on her programs!
Dr.
Patricia Raymond takes medicine seriously...and herself
lightly. Dismayed by the increasingly adversarial
relationships in healthcare and our loss of joy in our caring interactions,
Dr. Raymond started Rx For Sanity
to spread her Rx for change to her medical colleagues. The author
of “Don’t Jettison Medicine: Resuscitate Your Passion
For the Career You Loved” and dozens of published articles and
abstracts, Dr. Raymond serves as an expert resource to the media.
She established Simply Screening
in 2004 to allow her to practice gastroenterology screening in an
atmosphere of comfort, respect, dignity and timeliness in partnership
with her patients, and hosts
NPR's ‘House Calls’,
a weekly medical call-in show that empowers patients to step up and
accept responsibility for their own wellbeing.
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