The Glover Blog » Work http://www.markglover.com/blog Thu, 12 Jul 2012 03:12:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 A Surgeon’s Worst Nightmare http://www.markglover.com/blog/2011/10/a-surgeons-worst-nightmare/ http://www.markglover.com/blog/2011/10/a-surgeons-worst-nightmare/#comments Sun, 23 Oct 2011 02:24:19 +0000 mark http://www.markglover.com/blog/?p=381 About 7 weeks ago, I had a close encounter with concrete resulting in a broken scaphoid and two sprained wrists. Not the best career move when you’re trying to get in the operating room as often as you can. It all started back in July when, as a five year anniversary gift, my wife finally gave in to getting me a mountain bike (many I told you so’s to come).

Of course, after I had been riding for a couple of months, I started getting a little too confident. I often enjoy riding along the Mississippi river from Mud Island down to the Memphis-Arkansas bridge.  Going approximately 20-25 mph downhill around a blind curve, there was a patch of unlevel concrete I hit while turning. The concrete grabbed my front tire, turning it completely perpendicular and catapulting me over the handlebars. Don’t worry the bike was okay and I was wearing a helmet. However, the brunt of the fall was absorbed on outstretched hands. I immediately knew I had done more damage than just a sprain.  It was a painful 2 mile return the house at a snails pace.

Fast-forward 7 weeks, four of which were spent in a thumb spica cast, and things are 90% back to normal and I’m back in the O.R. doing what I love. The ironic part is that approximately 6 hours prior to the accident, one of the attending surgeons gave a grand rounds on finances and talked about the importance of disability insurance. I still haven’t gotten back on the saddle yet, but probably will soon. The ‘ol Cannondale is hanging in the garage waiting to get back on the trails.

]]> http://www.markglover.com/blog/2011/10/a-surgeons-worst-nightmare/feed/ 1 All Work and No Play http://www.markglover.com/blog/2009/08/all-work-and-no-play/ http://www.markglover.com/blog/2009/08/all-work-and-no-play/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:50:53 +0000 mark http://www.markglover.com/blog/?p=149 Stephanie and I officially have one month as doctors under our belt. It’s been both difficult and rewarding, and definitely a little humbling at times. At the end of the day, it’s also nice to know you’re getting paid to do this instead of paying to do it, as was the case the past four years.

Both of our schedules work on one month intervals. I began with Surgical Oncology and Stephanie began on Sub-specialty inpatient service. Several people have asked us what hospital we work at, so I though I would clarify. Stephanie works primarily at LeBonheur Children’s hospital, which is undergoing a vast addition to be completed January 2010. She also does her oncology rotations atSt. Jude’s hospital. I work at six different hospitals during my residency, five of them this year. Last month I was at Methodist University hospital which you might have seen in the headlines recently. This month I am at Regional Medical Center, known locally simply as The Med. Other hospitals I will be working at include the VA, LeBonheur, Baptist and St. Francis.

I have a little more free time this month, so look for a new post in coming weeks with pictures of the new house with changes.

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