tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162686222011-11-11T09:39:42.629+01:00Because writing feels more natural to me than talking. Because I like to keep track of the books I've read, films and performances I've seen and concerts I've listened to. Because I'm a medical student with insight into medical profession. Because I like facts better than fiction.Nadezhdahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17592510922517942280noreply@blogger.comBlogger2301100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16268622.post-48451689878811873222011-08-16T13:20:00.000+02:002011-08-16T13:20:43.405+02:00

Ob prebiranju avgustovske številke glasila Zdravniške zbornice Slovenije, Isis, sem v pisanju zdravnika prof. dr. Matije Horvata naletela na odstavek, s katerim se globoko strinjam. "Vedno znova me preseneča nekakšna samozagledanost homeopatov in zdravilcev nasploh, da se drznejo trditi, da oni izvajajo holistično medicino. Kot da na medicinskih fakultetah učimo samo predpisovanje proizvodov

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Verjetno mi nikoli ne bo jasno, zakaj ljudje vse zdravnike enačijo. Po eni slabi izkušnji kar naenkrat vsi zdravniki postanejo isti, vsi enako arogantni, enako nesramni, enako nesposobni. Če greš k frizerki, ki svoje delo slabo opravi ali si zaradi drugih razlogov nezadovoljen, ne rečeš, da nikoli več ne boš šel k frizerki, ampak greš naslednjič k drugi frizerki oz. frizerju. Če avto odpelješ k

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Dnevnik danes poroča, da se je neka Slovenka odločila za porod doma, ob pomoči avstrijske babice in motivatorja. Torej se je načrtno odpovedala rojevanju v porodnišnici. Porod se je, kot se lahko vsak fiziološki in naravni proces; zapletel. Ženska bi, če bi ostala doma, verjetno izkrvavela in umrla. To pa je tudi tisto, kar profesionalce (porodničarje in babice) v porodnišnicah ločuje od tistih,

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Težko verjamem, da je minilo že 2 meseca od moje zadnje objave. Naravnanost k študiju in raziskovalnem delu ter veliki premiki v zasebnem življenju so me v zadnjih letih prislili, da sem močno omejila svoje blogersko udejstvovanje. K umiku iz aktivne blogerske scene pa me je napeljalo tudi spoznanje, da imam preko bloga le skromen vpliv na to, kaj ljudje mislijo, kakšen odnos imajo do medicine in

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Svetovni dan limfoma je bil že 15. septembra. Kljub temu še vedno poteka akcija ozaveščanja o limfomu, raku limfatičnega sistema. Število novoobolelih za limfomom narašča iz leta v leto, precejšnje število obolelih je mladih odraslih, pravočasen obisk zdravnika pa prinaša obet uspešne ozdravitve. Zato je toliko bolj pomembno, da je čim širša javnost seznanjena s simptomi, ki jih povzroča limfom.

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Včeraj, 21. septembra, je bil svetovni dan Alzheimerjeve bolezni. Alzheimerjeva bolezen je neozdravljiva in spada med demence. Zaradi podaljševanja življenjske dobe se v zadnjih desetletjih srečujemo tako z velikim porastom rakavih bolezni kot z velikim porastom degenerativnih obolenj živčevja. Kljub neozdravljivosti velikega deleža demenc (le 10-15% demenc lahko ozdravimo), danes poznamo

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Če kdo pozna teorijo svetovne zarote, ki se je na koncu izkazala za resnično, naj me, prosim, razsvetli. Sama ne vem za nobeno. Morda je moja (zdrava mera) skepse do teorij zarote in večletna teoretična podlaga v medicini kriva za to, da dobivam pike, ko berem večinsko panična sporočila na spletnih forumih, ki bi jih lahko povzela z eno povedjo: "Vse nas bodo ubili, zato se ne cepite!"Ne samo, da

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Zdravnik anesteziolog Jiři Hollan se je že v preteklosti oglašal v zvezi z delom in razmerami v UKC Ljubljana. Zdaj, ko svoje delovno mesto tam zapušča, je morda lahko še bolj odkrito spregovoril o glavnih težavah, ki pestijo to terciarno zdravstveno ustanovo.Nekaj zanimivih citatov iz intervjuja, ki ga je dal za sobotni Žurnal."Kakšen je bil odziv zdravnikov na objavljene visoke plače nekaterih

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Zdravnik doc. dr. Uroš Ahčan je predstojnik oddelka za plastično kirurgijo v UKC Ljubljana in strokovnjak, ki se velikokrat odzove na različna (večinoma negativno nastrojena) pisanja v medijih.Žal njegovega prispevka v Finance (20. januar 2009) ne morem kopirati v celoti, je pa ob registraciji (čemu že?) dostopen vsakomur, ki je pripravljen zaupati svoj spletni naslov. "Blaž (četrtouvrščeni):

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V člankih o višinah plač različnih javnih uslužbencev se v zadnjih dneh kot rekorderje posebne vrste omenja zdravnike. Ob tem novinarji seveda računajo na polno mero javnega zgražanja in ogorčenja - skoraj prepričana sem, da bo Uroš Slak naslednji četrek (kot že tolikokrat doslej) o teh "šokantno" visokih plačah polemiziral v Trenjih. Novinarji pa - novinarskemu poklicu v sramoto in kot smo tega

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Imam idealno rešitev za krajšanje čakalnih vrst v slovenskem zdravstvu.Naj se vsi oboževalci Uroša Slaka in njegove oddaje Trenja (zaradi obstoja katere lahko kar zapremo vsa slovenska sodišča, saj Slak s svojim vseobtoževalskim tonom, zaigrano empatijo in mrhovinarskim pristopom osumi, obtoži in obdolži še preden je ovadba dobro vložena, domnevno kaznivo dejanje pa sploh še ne povsem raziskano)

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V torek zjutraj me je zadelo. Zrušila se je trdnjava, moje oporišče. Nekaj, kar se mi je zdelo, da bo zame vedno na razpolago. Izgubila sem štipendijo.Nikoli nisem prejemala državne štipendije. Ker sem bila dovolj dobra in ker je bila ob času moje kandidature štipendija višja od Zoisove (katero sem zavrnila), sem se odločila, da sprejmem štipendijo nedržavne neprofitne humanitarne institucije.

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Literally.I don't work well under pressure. I don't thrive under pressure like some people. But it seems that I'm not really that productive when there's no pressure on me.I have to hand in my research paper in 5 days and I'm going mad. I hate it, I think it's not really good and I think it would be so much better if I had more time to finish and polish it.This alone wouldn't really be so bad. If

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Že nekaj časa sem namreavala napisati eno ali dve močni o prikritem oglaševanju v različnih medijih in zadnji post na krtkovem blogu me je spomnil na to namero.Ne gre samo za namenske deset- in večminutne oglasne bloke na radiu, promotorske in reklamne oddaje na raznih televizijskih kanalih, gre tudi za prikrito oglaševanje, namerno zavajanje in odvračanje ljudi od zdravega življenjskega sloga.

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Ob nedeljskem referndumu (očitno sem bila ena redkih, ki se ji zdi, da ima državljansko dolžnost z razlogom; marsikdo bi očitno imel samo privilegije, ne pa tudi dolžnosti) sem se spomnila referenduma, ki je bil pred leti. O nedeljskem delu v trgovinah. Eden izmed takratnih argumentov, da se nedeljsko delo ukine oz. močno oklesti v obsegu je bil v zvezi z razpadom družin tistih, ki delajo v

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Ker imam težave z nizkim železom sem se odločila, da nekaj časa ne bom darovala krvi. Zdaj je tega že eno leto. Muči me, ker sem se odločila, da ne bom pomagala, četudi na račun varovanja lastnega zdravja.Ker ne želim darovati polne krvi, se bom na Zavodu za transfuzijsko medicino vseeno pozanimala o darovanju plazme - postopku se reče plazmafereza. Razjasniti si moram še nekaj podrobnosti, a v

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Da svoj blog zanemarjam, ni več nobena skrivnost. Življenje je kruto. In gre veliko prehitro za moj okus. Nimam časa niti filozofirati, niti pisati.Spet je konec leta in izpiti, tokrat zabeljeni z izdatno dozo dela za raziskavo. V maju smo uspeli zaključiti z eksperimentalnim delom raziskave, z junijem začenjamo statistično analizo miljavžent parametrov in spremenljivk. Treba se bo

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Zdravnik, s katerim sva izvajala reanimacijo, je dobil izvide obdukcije. Ker je bil vzrok smrti nejasen in se svojci strinjajo (včasih celo sami želijo, da se obdukcija izvede), so natančen vzrok smrti poiskali patologi.Ne vem, ali mi je izvid resnično prinesel olajšanje. Zdaj vem, da je bolnica umrla zaradi nečesa, na kar takrat ni kazalo popolnoma nič. Tudi nobenih hitrih testov nismo imeli na

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Jutri bo en teden. V mislih še vedno vidim njen obraz, še vedno se spomnim detajlov, zdravnika, reševalcev, sester. Moja prva reanimacija. V času in kraju, ko in kjer je nisem niti najmanj pričakovala. Še enkrat se potrdi, da kot zdravnik nikoli ne smeš pozabiti in moraš biti vedno pripravljen. Ker je bila to moja prva izkušnja, se mi bo spomin nanjo vgraviral v možgane. Pozabila ne bom

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Taki plakati so se v tem tednu začeli pojavljati po slovenskih zdravstvenih ustanovah. S stavko se grozi že od novembra lani, a zaenkrat ni bilo še nič.Me res zanima, kako se bo javnost odzvala na Fidesov poskus seznanjanja z realnostjo. Če so izpadi nestrpnosti, neobveščenosti, zatiskanja oči in primitivizma na slovenskih novičarskih portalih kakršna koli indikacija, potem najbrž z zanikanjem,

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Teorija ni praksa.Kljub temu da so me smrti v mojem življenju globoko pozitivno zaznamovale, se na smrti v svojem profesionalnem življenju še navajam. Vsaj malo me pretrese, ko s profesorji in asistenti diskutiramo kak primer, kjer zaključijo z besedami "Žal je bolnik preminil.", "Žal se bolnik ni odzival na nobeno zdravljenje.", "Bolezni se ni dalo več zaustaviti."Danes pa me je prva taka šok

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This is how I've been feeling the last month. The bureaucratic work I tend to dislike. Because it takes up a lot of time and produces very few results. The application of my research to the Medical Ethics Committee has been exhausting. First (after a week of procrastination) I dedicate a full day to actually writing the application then send the ten-page draft to my mentor thinking I'll get a

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Po mojem rahlo zajedljivem in ciničnem prispevku o napovedanih zdravniških stavkah in hitrih, a uničujočih odzivih nanj, sem mislila, da bom blogersko obmolknila.V sicer kratkem, a vsebinsko točnem prispevku sem na hitro izpostavila enega izmed bistvenih razlogov za stavko. In prejela val obtožb, ki jih lahko napiše samo človek, ki nima niti visokih etičnih meril niti vpogleda v resnično naravo

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This is to announce that I am not dead.Yet.And while I haven't posted anything new in weeks, I have been reading (for pleasure) and working on my research. The latter is almost ready, I only have to see what the National Medical Ethics Committee has to say about it. Hopefully I'll be able to go full steam ahead in a couple of weeks. I mean "full steam ahead" to actually doing the research -

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Moja največja sreča izvira v osrečevanju drugih. To ne pomeni, da me nov kozmetični izdelek, knjiga ali prijazen pozdrav ne morejo osrečiti. To ne pomeni, da sem nesrečna. Pomeni pa, da resnično čutim, da živim, ko služim ustvarjanju lepšega sveta - na mikro ravni. Sem mnenja, da če v svojem ozkem okolišu delaš dobro, potem delaš dovolj dobro.In zato si letos za praznike želim nekaj takega. Žal

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In javnost bo spet stegovala jezike na račun pogoltnih zdravnikov, ki menda bolnika niti pogledajo več ne, če za to niso posebej plačani.Hecno je to, da v očeh javnosti ni nizkotno, če delavci potožijo, da nimajo denarja za kruh in grozijo s stavko. Če pa to storijo domnevno bogati zdravniki, pa gnojnica leti z vseh strani. Moralno-etični pritisk na stavkajoče zdravnike je izjemen in izvira

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Prejšnji teden sem dobila e-mail, v katerem me je pošiljatelj spraševal, zakaj menim, da imajo Slovenci tako negativen odnos do zdravnikov. Na to vprašanje bom odgovorila na blogu, ker se mi zdi zanimivo za širšo debato.A še preden sem sploh začela pisati svojo razlago in interpretacijo stanja... šok!Kot vedno imajo ljudje moč, da te presenetijo. Že dolgo sem zgrožena nad tendenciozno negativno

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To je naslov slovenskega dokumentarca o delu in življenju zdravnikov na Splošni nujni medicinski pomoči (SNMP), ljubljanski "urgenci". Sicer kinematografija ni za oskarja in tudi zdravniki niso ravno talentirani igralci, a vendar nudi slabo uro dolg film vpogled v delovanje in mišljenje zdravnikov, sploh tistih, s katerimi se srečujemo na urgentnih oddelkih.Film je bil predvajan na TV Slo,

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...nisem napisala nič novega. Dogajalo je ful.Po kratko, a sladko vikendu na morju, sem se sproščala še na Primorskem, kjer po dvajsetih letih samote in propadanja ponovno urejamo vikend hišico, ki je dve leti nazaj prešla v naše lastništvo. Treba bo pregledati še strešne tramove, morda ponovno prekriti streho, očistiti dimnik, zamenjati še eno okno, zbrusiti in prelakirati vrata in podboje itd.

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Lani konec leta sem v knjižnici iskala idealno počitniško branje - nekaj lahkega, a zanimivega; da pritegne, a hkrati ne obremeni. Nekaj kar lahko neobvezujoče prebereš na dah, ali knjigo odložiš neprebrano, če ti ne ustreza.S kupa knjig sem pobrala pričujočo in si jo zataknila pod pazduho. Res sem jo prebrala na dah. Malo, ker me je zanimalo kaj se zgodi, malo pa zaradi privoščljivega naslajanja

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I have successfully passed another exam today and am posting this to announce that RR will be back (full steam ahead) tomorrow. I refrained from posting these past weeks to focus on studying. I'm now going to post everything I promised a while ago and more.At the moment I'm having difficulty imagining that after a very busy summer I am now free to enjoy what's left of September. Not totally free

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Jin spoke in his previous comment that he thought I had other work to do - and he was right. At this stage in the research I have 5.5 cm worth of material printed out on both sides of paper. I haven't even tried to count how many articles that is.I'm currently still reading and making notes, but me and my co-researcher (a wonderful fellow student) are supposed to finish the first stage and submit

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One down, one more to go. Two actually, but one almost doesn't count. Feeling good about myself is something I want to repeat more often.And the books I ordered from Amazon.de finally arrived. Another yes!

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These are the results of the poll. I do kindly invite those brave four people who think I'm infinitely boring, to give me suggestions on how to improve (that is, if they have the guts to post a comment). Those 5 people who think this blog is still boring, despite being well written, are encouraged to pluck up their courage and write a comment also. Haven't I always encouraged you to give me more

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Tina asked which exercises I did and here's the answer.I love the fact that they only take 8 minutes (a piece), you can watch them online (not on some videocasette, which always hides in unlikely places) and they're dead effective. Every body is different, to be sure, but I find these exercises challenging - you have to fight a bit to keep going once the lactic acid flushes over your body.This

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Adam in Eva sta sicer grešila z jabolki, jaz pa sem danes za zajtrk grešila s figami. Med tem, ko so zgornje tri krasotice že na toplem, ugotavljam, da sploh ni tako slabo imeti sorodnikov na Primorskem. Potem se namreč lahko sladkaš še cel teden. Zaloge, kot je razvidno iz spodnje slike namreč še lep, sladek čas ne bo zmanjkalo.Sicer pa sem v torek spet tekla (2,4 km; 164 in 22 min 37 s). Opažam

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Finally, finally, I got down to business and wrote what are supposed to be seven random things about myself. Thanks to Clumsy (whose blog is set to personal so I can't link it) and Anamaria. Better late than never, right?I tried to make these "random facts" as personal as I can, because I doubt you're that interested in my jam preferences.1. I don't believe in love at first sight. I like people

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I've never been a fan of the Harry Potter films. What I love and appreciate about the books - the complexity of the plot and certain characters - just never seems to be conveyed in the films. And when I heard that the last film, Order of the Phoenix is actually the shortest of all filmed so far, whereas the book is the longest, I already thought I might not like it.But I do have to admit, that

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Kratek obisk Londona pred dvema tednoma je bil - klišejsko ali ne - balzam za mojo dušo. Ljudje se opravičijo, če ti v galeriji zastrejo pogled na sliko, opravičijo, če te na podzemni stisnejo ali žoknejo s komolcem in vedno, vedno stojijo v vrsti v istem vrstnem redu kot so prišli. Gre za osnovno dejstvo, da priznavajo, da si v njihovi bližini in da s svojimi dejanji vplivajo tudi nate. Zato se

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Went running tonight as well. Average pulse 166 (better!), time for 2,4 km 20 mins, 28 sec (worse!).My current heart rate monitor is slowly dying -- in the beginning it shows grossly inaccurate heart rates and changes by 60 or 80 hbpm in two seconds. I'm thinking of buying a new one (the prices for Polar F6 on e-bay are tempting indeed; - I blame ill-advised for giving me the apple of temptation)

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Went running again tonight and I did so much better than on Wednesday! Usually the first time is pure bliss, but the second time is a nightmare. Everything hurts, I can't seem to catch my breath, my breathing and moving is out of sync...But today was a charm. A relative charm, since I'm still light years away from the form I used to be in. I did a grandma-style slow jog, but my average heart rate

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PicassoOb nedavnem ponavljanju zgodovine, ko je v kratkem časovnem razdobju že drugi bolnik umrl na hodniku zdravstvene inštitucije, se vame še bolj globoko zareže nekaj, kar je zorelo zadnji dve leti. Nekako od smrti mojega starega očeta dalje. In potem preko srečanj z neozdravljivo bolnimi v Univerzitetnem kliničnem centru. In potem v pogovorih z zdravniki in kolegi.Ljudi je strah minljivosti

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...if there's a single thing in my life I am beyond thankful for, then that thing was getting to know you.How on Earth did that "no strings attached" mIRC friendship manage to develop thus far I don't know. It was work on my and your part, it was adapting as much as is possible to the needs of the other without breaking your own boundaries. It was talking, laughing, hugging, kissing, a bit of

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So after many complications we're finally in London. When we arrived at the ariport the car suddenly broke down and the person who drove us to the airport had problems getting back home. But at least, I thought, we were at the airport early enough. But a real shock awaited us when we got to the hotel. The receptionist said we hadn't booked a room, which we had as we also had a booking

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New book, lots more of curious little details and as always, if you haven't read the books - be wary of SPOILERS.The Loovegoods (Luna and her Dad) obviously live near Ron.Mundungus Fletcher is again casually mentioned and I cannot resist feeling he's going to be important to book seven.In the Sorting Hat's song Hufflepuf is mentioned as coming from a valley- could this have any connection to the

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SPOILERS - proceed at your own risk!Now, Prisoner is a very fine book indeed. Full of longing and reminiscing, a beautiful nostalgic feeling. It's a story about true friends and people that give the wrong impressions. I've also always been fond of the comparison between Lupin and a person infected wit HIV.Not many questions bothered me while reading this book, but here they are anyway.Why is

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Less than two weeks ago I donated blood again. And afterwards I wasn't quite myself for a while. Then last week I decided it's nearly time to resurrect my genial plan an went for a run. Oh my! The suffering! The road didn't seem to want to move anywhere, even the grannies with crutches were faster than I was. My heart was pounding like there was no tomorrow and when I reached sound 185 heart

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And it's time to continue with ramblings about the Potter series. Again, please be warned, that the text below contains plenty of spoilers (from all books in the series) and you would be well advised to stop reading now if you don't want to be spoiled.The plot of this book is very well designed - Rowling weaves in little details: the rules of Duelling, which become important in GoF, Polyjuice

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It's now less than ten days 'till the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (and just by the way, boyfriend and I will be attending the live podcast I was talking about - only because of my cunning and entrepreneurial spirit, thankyouverymuch) and I'm well into my re-read of the series. So in these last remaining days I'll publish my thoughts on each of the books and the questions that

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Lastnost, ki me pri ljudeh iz dneva v dan bolj preseneča, je sebičnost. Mnogo ljudi se obnaša, kot da bodo jutri nehali peči bel kruh (čeprav je polnozrnat bolj zdrav) in se je zato danes potrebno do konca in še čez grebsti, gristi in opletati, da le dobimo svoj kos - in to četudi smo že siti in nam praktično nič ne manjka.Seveda je miselnost, da je treba v prvi vrsti misliti nase, danes zelo

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As some books are cheaper there and the selection is definitely bigger than in Ljubljana, I plan on doing a bit of book shopping in London. I would like you, dear readers, to write a few suggestions - books you enjoyed reading (and why?) - particularly books that are hard to come by in Ljubljana. I'm mainly interested in fiction, but open to something else too, especially if it's well written.

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I applied for the Midnight Signing that JK Rowling will be doing in London's Natural History Museum in the wee hours of 21st July, but I wasn't selected to attend. Even before that boyfriend and I reserved our copies of the final Harry book at a London bookshop.And now I find out that my favourite HP podcast are going to have a big Release Night Live Podcast right at the bookshop where we'll be.

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I'm fascinated by the new trailer for Elizabeth. Judging from what I can see, it's going to be a smashing film. September cannot come too soon! And I can only wish that Blanchett's performance is powerful enough to re-claim her the Oscar she was stripped of in 1998 (Gwyneth Paltrow won then).The new trailerThe old trailer

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Lansko leto so se mi glede odvisnosti odprla nova obzorja. Dolga leta (poenostavljeno) prepričana, da je osebna šibkost tisto edino, ki vodi v odvisnost, sem spoznala, da obstajajo tudi določene genetske predispozicije, ki povečujejo možnost, da bo posameznik v svojem življenju postal odvisnik. Tematika me je privlačila in letos pozimi sem se lotila mogokrat pohvaljenega Kodrlajsastega pitona,

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I passed the written part of one of my exams. And mind you, about half of my colleagues didn't, despite the fact that some were studying longer than I was.But I knew that my knowledge wasn't very solid. I knew I didn't know everything. I knew I had skipped chapters. And when it came to the oral part of the exam I just froze. I was to meet the professor immediately and I knew my knowledge was

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Ob zgodbah, ki trenutno pretresajo slovensko zdravstvo, sem bila žalostna. Ker se marsikdaj zgodi, da svojci umrlega ali hudo bolnega po medijih vlačijo in za bolezen svojca nepravično krivijo zdravnika. Iščejo domnevne napake v ravnanju zdravnika, grozijo s tožbami, ali še bolj ponižujoče - na osnovi lastnega laičnega in poenostavljenega znanja in razumevanja ustvarjajo zaključke ter jih širijo

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Remember I told you about a research I was planning on doing? All the business concerning that came to a halt when I found out that my original mentor was a candidate for the post of Slovenian ombuds(wo)man. She went on to secure that title, which made me proud and I congratulated her warmly.However, she seems to be very busy in her current job (and she is right to be, for I know her to be a very

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(click on the image to see more detail)Harry, Hermione and Ron flying a dragon? (I just knew that dragons had to come in somewhere. whether it's another one of Hagrid's "tame" dragon darlings or Charlie's Romanian specimen, I don't know. Unfortunately.) If this and the other cover arts are anything to go by, the last book is going to be stunning. I can't wait! Only a month an a half left! It's

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Ko sem začenjala svoj študij na Medicinski fakulteti, so mi starejši sorodniki in znanci prigovarjali naj vendarle postanem dobra zdravnica, ker teh v Sloveniji močno primanjkuje. Da je naše zdravsto slabo, pa zna menda povedati vsak. Tem negativnim pričevanjem sem se čudila, saj do takrat sama nisem izkusila ničesar podobnega. Kmalu pa sem spoznala, kaj so mi želeli povedati.Poklic zdravnika je

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A couple of days after we pre-ordered our copies of HP and the Deathly Hallows JK Rowling announced on her website she's planning on doing a midnight reading and then meet 1700 randomly selected fans and sign their books (which will be given to them free of charge).You can only imagine my happiness upon reading - in my mind I was not only in London for the release of the final book, but also had

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What's the point of attending a congress for bloggers? Many people have said that when they meet other bloggers, they end up talking about - you guessed it - blogs.What is there to talk about blogs? (Besides the most obvious and polite I only read your blog once and fell asleep while doing so your blog is so very interesting!) I know very little about web design (am not really that much into

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Hip, hip hooray!Boyfriend and I are going to London AGAIN this summer. Boyfriend has been planning this for some time, but refused to tel me where he's taking me. (And I didn't even want to know, because I trust him completely.)I cannot even begin to say how ecstatic I am. When I was there for the first time last September, I fell in love with the city. Architecture, people, tube, culture,

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Boyfriend - are you clueless as to what to buy my for my B(ig) day?Here's a hint.P.S. Please also reserve a couple of beds in a psychiatric institution for my family as I think I might sleep on even with the gadget, but they surely won't and might go mad.

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Pred nekaj urami sem prišla s koncerta klasične glasbe, ki je potekal v hramu (slovenske) kulture, Cankarjevem domu. Čeprav mi je bil program pisan na kožo (Ravel/Krek/Schubert/bis:Sibelius/Mozart), pa so nekatere manire poslušalcev tako močno bodle v oči in ušesa, da jih ni bilo mogoče (ponovno) spregledati.Kar se tiče kulture, nisem elitistka, niti se ne navdušujem nad hermetično umetnostjo.

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I'm always very surprised to hear that people don't know what they want to do with their life or what job they want to have etc. I've always known and I can't even imagine the personality/mentality of someone who doesn't.When I was 6 years old, I wanted to have three jobs. I wanted to be a teacher in the morning, a hair dresser in the afternoon and a flight attendant during the night. Talk about

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This is so funny and unrealistic that I just had to post it.

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Went jogging yesterday: 2,5 km, 22 minutes and a pulse of 163.Hoorah!

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Ever since the original art work for covers of the final HP book, Deathly Hallows, was released, I was bothered by the tiny image that originally appears on the spine of the book. It is also the image that appears in the centre of the Bloomsbury web page for HP. At first I thought it might not be important, but then I realized that Gaunt's ring was on the same spot (on the covert art work) for

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I've just completed my first half hour of pilates and I must say that the stuff really works. It's not too difficult for me (having done ballet and floor barre), but I like the fact that it doesn't take up much space and I can do it in my tiny room.I'm following a 25 minute video workout where a theraband/resistaband is used and the pace is really slow. Once I memorize all the combinations and

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I went running on Monday. I did half my usual track, so in total I ran 2,5 km. It took me 20 minutes and my pulse was 173, which is very good for me, taking into account that I haven't been jogging seriously for a year. I did begin three times - but every time something prevented me from keeping up with the plan. In the Summer I had pain in my foot and by the time it healed, I was busy doing

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Sorry, this post is going to be in Slovenian only, sicer I read the book in Slovenian. (As far as I'm aware, there are no translations for the time being.)***Desa Muck je zvezda stalnica na slovenski knjižni sceni. Njeno kariero zazanamuje neizbežnost nalepke "best-seller", ki se nesramežljivo prilepi na vsak njen izdelek ter velika zvestoba med bralstvom. Tistim, ki smo odraščali z njenimi

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Despite being a known ballet enthusiast, it's been ages since I've seen a ballet performed by Slovenian dancers. In short: I grew tired of waiting to see something that's worth my time and money. Compared to what I see in companies abroad, we're a billion light years behind.When I see a Slovenian dancer perform something like this (see the video below) I might reconsider my position. Until then

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I noticed that some bloggers went to a ballet performance and - against all odds - enjoyed it. (Hip - hip - hooray!) But when I was reading their reviews of the performances, I felt like they were missing something. It is much better to watch ballet with someone who is knowledgeable about the performance. There are details in music, costumes, characters and plot that need to be explained. Such a

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You're probably wondering what has happened since that fateful day when I announced my intention and a need to reorganize my life.The answer is: not much. I caught a nasty virus later that week and it's been an ongoing battle since then. First I thought it was only a bad case of hay fever, although I never used to have pulmonary symptoms. Then, when it was getting worse and worse, I started to

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After a bit of clicking and reading two days ago I figured out that there's a "popular blogs" list on SloBlogi. The first few blogs - well, no surprizes there - but then on 44th place, all modesty and no false pretensions, was a baby I could as well call my own - the blog you're currently reading.My initial reaction was: "Are you sure this isn't a rude April's Fools Day joke?" Especially

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I've been sitting glued to my chair for an hour reading about the gooey mess that has been spreading in Slovenian blogging community for the last few days. I'm not going to link anything, because frankly (and please forgive the crude and rude imagery) when the shit hits the fan I don't want to be anywhere near. Although, admittedly the safest place is right under the fan itself. And that's part

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Sometimes I look back at happy times in my life and think that at certain times I really had everything I could wish for. Then - inevitably - comes a time, when my life seems to be falling to pieces, when just trying to keep the pieces together seems to demand excessive effort on my part. This is how I felt for the last six months.It's not that the wheels weren't moving forward - it's that they

Nadezhdahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17592510922517942280noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16268622.post-37680573241272481852007-03-25T11:24:00.000+02:002008-12-13T04:34:41.280+01:00

And because boyfriend was so kind, I only paid 15€ for it. The only problem with studying in bed is that it gets warm and cozy under duvet and natually one gets sleepy and - wakes half an hour later. That in itself isn't such a problem. But if it happens four times a day - then it might be a problem.And by the way, boyfriend is planning on taking me somewhere, but wouldn't say where. I'm

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It's not often that I would sit in front of TV for almost two whole hours, however on Thursday I did just that. I came to the living room in time to see the beginning of this week's Trenja (a more serious talk show). This week all participants in the show were women so as to celebrate 8th March. They tried to focus on some of the problems women are facing today, but failed admirably.While

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I'm looking for a breakfast tray. After months of studying my back hurts and I'd like to buy a tray which would enable me to sit comfortably in bed and read textbooks. I've found one, but it's 30€ and there is no way in hell I'm spending so much money for a piece of wood.Such as pictured on the right would be ideal. I don't want leather trays, nor plastic ones as my books are really heavy (

Nadezhdahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17592510922517942280noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16268622.post-14532580847979193742007-03-01T16:40:00.000+01:002008-12-13T04:34:41.761+01:00

Tina asked me a very long time ago how I chose my books and at first I thought the answer was simple. I just did. How I did (and why) I had no idea.The first thing you have to know about me is that I love libraries. For a time I even wanted to become a librarian. Being a bit of a tightwad I like the fact that you can borrow as many books as you like for a small yearly fee. However, depending on

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... when you feel like crap and just want to curl up in a fetal position, cover your head with a blanket and weep.... when you feel like a total failure.... when you're so fed up with yourself and what you do.... and are angry with yourself for repeating the same old mistakes.Why does it feel I can't make anything right the first time around? I hate re-takes.And here's a Bridget quote that

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Yesterday boyfriend had a longish conversation with one of his female friends who also happens to be his best friend's girlfriend. She told him that she expected his best friend to marry her within a year from now. Flabbergasted, he asked her why she wanted to marry so young (she's 22) and why she insisted on getting married despite the fact that her significant other didn't want to rush things.

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Today on my way to the hospital, I saw a little girl - blonde curly hair and a cute nose - on the bus. She and her grandmother were sitting right at the front. The girl must have been around three years old and she was animatedly chatting and singing all the time. Then a few moments before I had to get off the bus, she suddenly stopped singing, turned to her grandmother, pursed her lips, closed

Nadezhdahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17592510922517942280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16268622.post-61084755372969387842007-02-04T15:31:00.000+01:002007-02-04T15:38:02.252+01:00

I should be studying hard at the moment, but all I can think of is how to waste as much time as possible in front of the computer screen. Naturally, one does need to write her blog as well. The more often, the better. And just to get it out of the system: here's today's blog post.P.S. In a way you should be glad this is so short, because it saves you the trouble of finding much to disagree with (

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is due to be released on 21st July 2007.Guess what just made my day. :)Or even more - dare guess where I'll be on the said day. :)Update: yesterday I was extremely fortunate and came upon the news of the release fairly early. I was completely beside myself (shouting yippie ana yay which made boyfriend doubt in my sanity, not to speak of maturity) and today I still have problems being a believer.

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My dearest readers - and those shy people, lurking in the shadows - there will be changes around here. The first and probably the biggest change that I was very reluctant to make even a while ago, but now seems imminent - is that this blog will be henceforth bilingual. The majority of the posts will remain in English, but certain posts will be in Slovenian. The reason for this is that some of

Nadezhdahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17592510922517942280noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16268622.post-1170245329710688102007-01-31T12:28:00.000+01:002007-02-02T10:01:54.605+01:00

A while ago someone mentioned in the comments that he'd like to read more about my experiences with (my) patients. The dilemma with writing about my patients is that I might divulge too much. Even if you leave out the names, one can always guess from other pieces of information I give. What I write about my patients differs from what you'd read in a medical journal - on the blog I don't care

Nadezhdahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17592510922517942280noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16268622.post-1168287632804553432007-01-08T21:12:00.000+01:002007-02-02T10:01:31.198+01:00

As I promised to Tina, here's my list of the 10 best books (out of 23) I read in 2006.1. The God of Small Things2. The Hours3. Life of Pi4. The Old Man and the Sea5. Alkimist6. My Grandfather's Blessing7. Kitchen-table wisdom8. Odd Girl Out9. Lord of the Rings10. Frida Kahlo and Diego RiveraI'm still wondering whether it makes sense to write the reviews for books I read over the last few months.

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I had the strangest dreams yesterday night. I dreamt I was pregnant. I even fussed about not having taken any folate beforehand. But I wasn't worried or even scared. It felt like something I already knew about.And -in fact, I did. I dreamt the same thing about a week ago.What amazes me, though, is that this simply cannot be. And if, by chance, it is, the baby is David Copperfield. Or Harry Potter

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To every reader of this blog I wish merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Lots of muffins and quality time with your family. May this time of celebration be special in every way.And above all - I wish you some quiet time for reflecting about the past year.

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20th DecMy dearest readers - welcome to a new era of evolution. I decided that not posting on the blog isn't so cool anymore and that beginning to write more often (even before following the new year's resolutions would be in order) would be great. So - I'm back. (Is that a hooray I hear in the distance? :)As most of you have probably figured out - it was medical school that kept me from the

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Nadezhdahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17592510922517942280noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16268622.post-1164371422204637392006-11-24T12:35:00.000+01:002007-02-02T21:07:09.284+01:00

What a night, what a film - a good laugh every five minutes! (This is one of the 4 films I saw on Liffe this year.)The film is an adapted version of a book I haven't read, so I cannot comment on how very alike the two versions are. However, the film does stand on its own and is hillarious.We all know smoking is harmful and has long-term negative effects on health and well-being. The autor,

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I bet you know the feeling when you hear a song you like and then just can't forget about it. You fall asleep while the song is on loop in your head, you whistle it (badly) in front of the mirror in the morning, even though it's 5.40 and you only slept for 5 hours.You hear it in the background murmur of your head while you study and when you come home, you play it once again for real and remember

Nadezhdahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17592510922517942280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16268622.post-1162027129922190422006-10-28T11:09:00.000+02:002007-02-02T21:08:07.433+01:00

Went to buy tickets for Liffe yesterday and was a little disappointed. I had hoped they would at least bring The Queen to Ljubljana, not to speak of Marie Antoinette, but was very much mistaken. As it is now, I'm going to see Volver, Babel and A Prairie Home Companion. And I'm going to see An Inconvenient Truth at the cinema in a few days' time.At least that's something... even though I've been

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Volver - gotta love Almodovar (and Cruz in Almodovar's film),Babel - mainly because I'm secretly in love with Cate Blanchett and because I like intertwining life-stories,The Queen - superior in so many ways and Hellen Mirren as the most valuable of the film's assets,An Inconvenient Truth - after the documentaries about Bush, fast food and killings in high-schools wormed their ways into (

Nadezhdahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17592510922517942280noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16268622.post-1161100558214361952006-10-17T17:47:00.000+02:002007-02-02T21:13:10.837+01:00

Looks like I've gone all video-crazy, but I haven't. This, again, is just too good to miss. Surely as a perceptible, perhaps even impressionable being one quickly learns what our "faults" are. Here's proof that no woman is as perfect in reality. And that you, just as you are, are far more valuable as a friend - because you're not afraid to show your real face.P.S. I know I'm behind with answering

Nadezhdahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17592510922517942280noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16268622.post-1160757288755104512006-10-13T18:21:00.000+02:002006-10-13T18:35:56.920+02:00

...what could make the old and grumpy Miss N, who never looks at anyone but to see a blemish, sigh and mutter: perfect, just perfect.This video explains well why I almost became a cell/molecular biologist. People who claim they're not perfect clearly forget to take into account the cellular level of their being. And to think that the 10 to the power of thirteen cells of the human body are

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... another set of patients. Another year of hospitals full of old, very sick people. Another year full of the polite, but cold, nurses' voices. During the afternoon nap I dreamt of a person who has leukemia, a fact I didn't know when talking to her. It shocked me.It shocked me even more, because I instinctivelly said she was going to be allright. Not exactly said it, but implied it. I feel

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