TUGNET Program for THURSDAY, October 20
You MUST RSVP so we’ll know if there is enough participation to justify a meeting and let us know if you will be dining.
Saving Your Life with Wearable Technology
In this presentation, Dr. Ron Brown wears both his Doctor and Technology hats and will look at common medical problems in the elderly that can be helped by wearable devices. Internet of Things (IoT) can also play a big role in helping seniors with isolation and communication.
We’ll be meeting at:
Lulu’s Restaurant
16900 Roscoe Blvd
Van Nuys, CA 91406
Back room
Come at 6:00 and have a bite to eat and chat – Meeting at 7:00
Big menu of good and reasonably-priced food
GUIDE TO MEDICAL TERMS
Artery: The study of fine paintings
Bacteria: Back door to cafeteria
Barium: What doctors do when patients die
Catscan: Searching for kitty
Cauterize: Made eye contact with her
Coma: A punctuation mark.
D&C: Where Washington is
Enema: Not a friend
ER: The things on your head that you hear with
Fester: Quicker than someone else
Genes: Blue denim slacks
G.I. Series: World Series of military baseball
Hemorrhoid: A male from outer space
Impotent: Distinguished, well-known
Medical Staff: A doctor’s cane
Morbid: A higher offer than I bid
Nitrates: Cheaper than day rates
Organ Transplant: What you do to your piano when you move
Outpatient: A person who has fainted
Pap Smear: Making fun of Dad
Pathalogical: A reasonable way to go
Pharmacist: Person who makes a living dealing in agriculture
Pelvis: Second cousin to Elvis
Post Operative: A letter carrier
Recovery Room: Place to do upholstery
Rectum: Almost killed him
Red Blood Count: Dracula
Secretion: Hiding something
Seizure: Roman Emperor
Terminal Illness: Getting sick at the airport.
Thorax: A Dr. Seuss character
Triple Bypass: Better than a quarterback sneak
Tumor: More than one, an extra pair
Varicose: Near by/close by
Vein : Conceited