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behavior seems to falter in the face of prolonged sleep deprivation:
damn the calories and full-caffeine ahead.
There is an enormous scientific effort ongoing to understand
sleep and sleep deprivation. Recently, in the November 1 Science
magazine, Soren Grubb and Martin Lauritzen wrote about the rever-
sal of flow of cerebrospinal fluid during deep slow wave sleep. This
involves small amounts of fluid, but with very careful measurement
they theorize that this improves communication between the various
compartments and networks of the brain and helps to clear waste
products that can build up over time in the development of dementia.
new doctors. Right now, in the midst of leaving so many people,
my day is chiefly a series of painful goodbyes. I am happy to see
many people still so well and thriving. We remember together their
departed family members I cared for. There is much suffering they
have endured, but also much hope and renewal, with me as their
guide. I know that I will always remember the lessons they have
taught me and will carry them deep in my heart.
As for leaving my partners, Sharon and coworkers - I don’t even
want to think about it. When you are no longer of use, you can
get in the way. I hope not to get in their way, but maybe help as a
part-timer somewhere.
There is no study that says losing sleep for years is good for you,
ever. Therefore, I am calling it quits as of this Christmas with full-
time practice, and sometime in February or so wish to do part-time
coverage for others. My plans involve teaching medical students
and nurse practitioner students, as well as just-starting out nurse Still, underneath, there is a little bubble of happiness rising to
the surface. Just think: I will be able to be home for the cable man
or the plumber, during an actual weekday. I will read more, walk
more and cook more. I can see my Jazzercise homies every day if I
feel like it. Chance, our dog, and I will lie around on the sofa all we
practitioners who seem nowadays to be learning their physical
examination skills in… an online course. want, and comment on the cat.
Yes - they touch the computer to learn how to take a pulse. This
terrifies me, and I will update you about that later. Dr. Barry practices internal medicine with Norton Community Medical Associates-Bar-
ret. She is a clinical associate professor at the University of Louisville School of
Medicine, Department of Medicine.
Dr. Blodgett warned me many years ago that this day would come
and told me my chief responsibility would be finding my patients
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