Did you know we have a current Surgeon General of the United States?   I have to admit that I did not.  Mainly because he just started talking on television and when I finally saw him behind President 45’s podium in the correspondents’ press room, he was not talking.   The Surgeon Generals of the past seemed to have no problem commenting on medical things without a podium.

Dr. Jerome Michael Adams is our 20^th Surgeon General, Vice Admiral, MD, MPH-HHS.gov, since 2017.   He is an Associate Professor of Anesthesia.   He is considered our Nation’s Doctor.   His mission is to advance the health of the American people.  The motto is “better health through better partnerships”.   He is to ensure that we are given the best information available regarding medical circumstances.  Prior to becoming Surgeon General, he served as the Indiana State Health Commissioner, from 2014 to 2017.

Generally, the SGs salary is $379,590 a year or $182 per hour.   A Doctorate Degree is the highest education required to become a licensed physician, 4-year undergraduate degree, and 3 years of medical school and residency.

I would have thought that Dr. Adams would have been spearheading the efforts against the Coronavirus, not Vice President Mike Pence.  Dr. Adams should also be wearing a mask when he is at the podium no matter who else does not.   Sorry to hear that he was hospitalized recently.

Source: 

Wikipedia

Moira McCarthy, “Anesthesiologists Are Vital in the COVID-19 Fight:  The Toll It Takes”, Healthline.com, April 19, 2020.

@JeromeAdamsMD, medicine.iu.edu (Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesia)

Written by Rosa L. Griffin

When you are younger and discovered to have fibroids, doctors usually tell you not to worry about them if they are not giving you severe pain.  Mild menstrual pain is acceptable to doctors.  

“Fibroids are also called uterine myoma.   They are noncancerous growths in the uterus that can develop during a woman’s childbearing years.  Fibroids can also cause prolonged menstrual cycles and low back pain.   200,000 cases occur every year.”

But, surprise!   I started getting pain so severe that I couldn’t stand up five days out of every month.   No amount of any over-the-counter medication did any good whatsoever.   I found that opioids don’t take pain away but make you not care about the pain; thus you can overdose.    So, being past what I considered child-bearing age, I ended up having a partial hysterectomy which gave me new life monthly without menopause symptoms to this day.

However, Evelyn Champagne King nearly died from fibroids.    “In 2006, I had an emergency health crisis.  I had a fibroid, which a lot of women and girls need to keep up on.   You can have a fibroid that takes things away from you and it took my life.  Literally, I had to be brought back and if it wasn’t for my husband being with me, I wouldn’t be here to speak on it.”

The good news is that fibroids are treatable by a medical professional and require a medical diagnosis.  Lab tests or imaging is often required.   Fibroids can be chronic and last for years or a lifetime.   

Some fibroids today can be treated via uterine fibroid embolization (UFE) which is a minimally invasive procedure which also has its risks.  It uses a form of real-time x-ray called fluoroscopy to guide the delivery of embolic agents which destroy fibroid tissue in the uterus.

Sources:  Uterine fibroids.  Mayo Clinic

Evelyn Champagne King Details the Terrifying Time That She Died Literally.  Posted April 7, 2015.  https://www.iloveoldschoolmusic.com

Uterine fibroids.  https://womenshealth.gov

www.radiologyinfo.org

Written by Rosa L. Griffin