The “Memorable Tweets” series is a monthly compilation of notable past tweets from the microblog version of On The Wards. The entries may provide some — albeit small — insight into my world as a clinical physician and scientist.

The comments are invariably true and may reflect real-life experiences. I have nevertheless made every effort to protect patient privacy. Most tweets are sufficiently obfuscated to avoid identification of any particular patient. If you feel a comment resembles your case, it is highly likely a mere coincidence. But if you’re a patient who is absolutely convinced that I was talking about you, and would prefer that I not, then contact me and we can discuss this.

• I won’t have a day off for over 2 weeks, but am at least enjoying my time on service.
  12:05 PM Mar 1st from web

• Enjoying my first day off in >2 weeks … or catching up on the pile of work screaming for my attention?
  11:03 AM Mar 7th from TwitterMail

• @grahamwalker Unless NAC makes any difference or any meaningful hepatic recovery occurs, It’s a sloooow death. Not a good method of suicide.
  7:37 AM Mar 9th from web in reply to grahamwalker

• @dagarton @smeets Except for the inability to remove polyps, that’s why CT colonography will eventually become a popular screening modality.
  10:50 AM Mar 11th from web in reply to dagarton

• @serious_skeptic Point well taken. [Practically] nothing is devoid of risk.
  4:27 PM Mar 11th from web in reply to serious_skeptic

• It has been a very busy weekend: I had to unfortunately send a few of my patients to the ICU … one intubated and others on pressors.
  6:32 PM Mar 17th from web

• Tertiary / quaternary care hospitals can have very sick patients.
  6:35 PM Mar 17th from web

• On the brighter side, two of my patients finally got new organs this week!
  6:37 PM Mar 17th from web

• Congratulations to everyone who participated in Match Day 2009!
  6:20 PM Mar 19th from TwitterMail

• I enjoy chatting with my patients. It’s unfortunate that a heavy workload and paperwork burden can often create artificial time constraints.
  3:30 PM Mar 24th from web

• In some places, health care can often feel like saving patients from themselves.
  3:31 PM Mar 24th from web

• Oh, I may be chronically sleep-deprived and look grumpy in the morning, but I LOVE my job!
  3:32 PM Mar 24th from web

• @Berci Interesting article. This is yet another reason I need to invest in an XBox 360 or PS3.
  1:58 PM Mar 31st from web in reply to Berci