Re: Botfly mouth parts, oh my

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I haven't had such a good laugh in a long time. I was trying so hard to be precise about my description that I missed the effect it might have on the innocent reader. Sometimes my children used to chide me about my dinner table conversation too, back when bot flies and their diptera relatives were common problems with my four legged patients. But you don't want to hear any of those stories.

I am really getting to my listserve friends: first the tattoo comment and now the bot description... Such a week.

Joanne, Drain >> From: Haresch <newflocyahoo (DOT) com>> Subject: [Practiceimprovemen t1] Botflies, oh my> To: Practiceimprovement 1yahoogroups (DOT) com> Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 5:38 AM>>>>>>> So if I wasn't a loner and had been practicing with some of you folks,> could you have told me that I was going to encounter a botfly larva> before I cut into a patient who had traveled to the Amazon a couple of> months ago? I didn't realize I'd need tropical medicine in NC, but it> would have been a good one to have looked up before encountering in> person....>> Haresch>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>-- If you are a patient please allow up to 12 hours for a reply by email/please note the new email address.Remember that e-mail may not be entirely

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You know, I have never really considered looking into the " eye " of a boil before this thread.

I will be MUCH more cautious about really examining that next I and D. Never even considered finding something macroscopic living in there!

Thanks, Joanne, for once again enlarging my world. I really enjoy this group of people.

Durango, CO

I haven't had such a good laugh in a long time. I was trying so hard to be precise about my description that I missed the effect it might have on the innocent reader. Sometimes my children used to chide me about my dinner table conversation too, back when bot flies and their diptera relatives were common problems with my four legged patients. But you don't want to hear any of those stories.

I am really getting to my listserve friends: first the tattoo comment and now the bot description... Such a week.

Joanne, Drain >> From: Haresch <newflocyahoo (DOT) com>

> Subject: [Practiceimprovemen t1] Botflies, oh my> To: Practiceimprovement 1yahoogroups (DOT) com> Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 5:38 AM

>>>>>>> So if I wasn't a loner and had been practicing with some of you folks,> could you have told me that I was going to encounter a botfly larva> before I cut into a patient who had traveled to the Amazon a couple of

> months ago? I didn't realize I'd need tropical medicine in NC, but it> would have been a good one to have looked up before encountering in> person....>> Haresch>>

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>-- If you are a patient please allow up to 12 hours for a reply by email/please note the new email address.

Remember that e-mail may not be entirely secure/ MDph fax