by Dr. Bob Baker, MD | Apr 2, 2018 | Blog
My family and I recently spent a couple of Spring Break days at Disneyland and at a movie studio theme park. There were rides galore, some of which were not so friendly to this 66 year old’s vestibular system. Now I understand those folks sitting on benches near ride...
by Dr. Bob Baker, MD | Mar 21, 2018 | Blog
It’s one of life’s big milestones, though for those of us who grew up listening to the Beatles, perhaps an even bigger one is sixty-four. When patients brought it up and lamented the passage of time, I’d relate this story: I remember when I turned forty I said to...
by Dr. Bob Baker, MD | Mar 21, 2018 | Storybank
We all go through difficult times; I certainly have. When patients express discouragement about the track of their lives, I tell them about my friend John. John was a wonderful surgeon who operated on two of my kids. He was a gentleman and a gentle man, and he...
by Dr. Bob Baker, MD | Mar 21, 2018 | Storybank
As my patient population aged, I heard more and more complaints about life’s daily aches and pains, and how annoying they were. I would commiserate: I know. I get them, too. I was complaining to my wife about them, and she said to me, “We both have friends who died...
by Dr. Bob Baker, MD | Mar 21, 2018 | Storybank
This is a potentially fraught situation, because the patient has made up his mind that he needs something, like an expensive test or an antibiotic for a viral URI, and won’t be satisfied until he gets it. You explain your medical thinking, and he doesn’t accept what...
