Friday Night Gin-Buzz. Ask me anything.

[Aristus]

Trying to cope…

I love you all…

[PJMcK]

1. Why aren't you drinking vodka?

That’s what I’m up to.

Ask me anything.

[Aristus]

2. Had a craving for a gin rickey.

What brand of vodka are you drinking?

[PJMcK]

3. Voda

It’s quite smooth and I’m mixing it with iced tea.

Here’s a question: Is there a Planet 9?

[Aristus]

6. Yes. Pluto.

To hell with the astronomers. Pluto will always be a planet to me…

[Wolf Frankula]

7. Right. It's a Mickey Mouse Planet,

But it's still a planet.

Wolf

[Aristus]

11. ...

[Lady Freedom Returns]

14. 5 vodka cocktails

[3catwoman3]

4. How much longer do you plan to work?

I am finding retirement most agreeable thus far. I do miss first time parents and newborns, and dressing nicely, but that's about it.

[Aristus]

8. I'm fifty-three.

Probably until I’m seventy.

Until my 401k is self-sustaining.

[3catwoman3]

13. I have some years on you. I retired on March 31st and turned 70...

...on April 24th. Finished nursing school in 1973, and started working as a nurse practitioner in January 1976. Unfortunately, between EMR for the last 8 years, and then COVID and telemedicine, it wasn't much fun anymore, so I decided it had been long enough.

Enjoy your libations.

[Aristus]

15. Thank you.

I’ve actually only been in practice for eleven years. PA is my second career. I would probably have more years in me if it weren’t for COVID-19.

[3catwoman3]

16. If I could have done just well babies, I probably would have stayed forever.

Unfortunately, no such job exists.

Whatever program you went to, I can tell from your posts that they taught you well. You deal with some really complex situations.

[Aristus]

17. UW Med School.

One of the best in the world. Their PA program was the second in the nation, after the one at Duke U.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

5. Tell us about the fight in the waiting room today? (nt)

[Aristus]

9. A guy showed up late for his shower,

and threw a fit when we moved on to the next guy.

Had to get him to unclench. Told him to get lost if he couldn’t behave.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

10. 5 gin cocktails.

[Aristus]

12. Thank you!

Always grateful for more cocktail ideas.

[Niagara]

18. Welcome home to some R&R Aristus.

I don't have a vodka question, but I have a supplement question if you can help me.



For weeks, I was getting charlie horses in my legs every morning upon waking up. For my gender and age, I'm suppose to get 310 grams of magnesium a day. The largest grams of magnesium that I could find was 250 grams and the charlie horses have stopped since I started taking them on the daily. Is the missing 60 grams a big deal?



I'm sorry that you have to deal with the craziness at work. You must have the patience of a saint.

[Aristus]

19. Well, I don't know to what degree your improvement was due to the placebo effect.

But I don't recommend vitamin supplementation for any of my patients unless they have a lab-confirmed deficiency. And then I give them pharmaceutical-grade supplements, instead of OTC.

But if you feel better, that's the most important thing...