Comments on: First Clinic Day! http://blog.une.edu/ghana/2009/08/11/first-clinic-day/ Just another University of New England Blogs weblog Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:25:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Karen Pardue http://blog.une.edu/ghana/2009/08/11/first-clinic-day/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Karen Pardue Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:45:44 +0000 http://uneghana09.wordpress.com/?p=36#comment-86 I am reading each day with interest of the important work that you are doing! The teamwork described is impressive, and the lessons learned are those that last a lifetime. I appreciate your rich descriptions of the people, the culture, the health care problems and of the region itself. As a public health nurse, I am enamoured by your creativity. I look forward to your future blogs!! Karen Pardue I am reading each day with interest of the important work that you are doing! The teamwork described is impressive, and the lessons learned are those that last a lifetime. I appreciate your rich descriptions of the people, the culture, the health care problems and of the region itself. As a public health nurse, I am enamoured by your creativity. I look forward to your future blogs!! Karen Pardue

]]> By: Mike Sheldon http://blog.une.edu/ghana/2009/08/11/first-clinic-day/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Mike Sheldon Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:52:51 +0000 http://uneghana09.wordpress.com/?p=36#comment-85 Hi all: This is my first experience with a blog....a far less adventurous experience than you are all having but a strecth for me:) I am reading your updates with amazement at how all of this is coming together....an experience of a lifetime! Your description of the first day of clinic work spans what many will never experience in an entire pratice career here in the states. I am truly amazed at the compassion and resourcefulness exhibited by the entire team. I look forward to the next postings. On a side note, I noticed descriptions of the ocean that sound quite beautiful....did anyone bring a fly or ssurf casting rod? Some would consider this essential equipment:) Mike Hi all:

This is my first experience with a blog….a far less adventurous experience than you are all having but a strecth for me:) I am reading your updates with amazement at how all of this is coming together….an experience of a lifetime! Your description of the first day of clinic work spans what many will never experience in an entire pratice career here in the states. I am truly amazed at the compassion and resourcefulness exhibited by the entire team. I look forward to the next postings.

On a side note, I noticed descriptions of the ocean that sound quite beautiful….did anyone bring a fly or ssurf casting rod? Some would consider this essential equipment:) Mike

]]> By: uneghana09 http://blog.une.edu/ghana/2009/08/11/first-clinic-day/comment-page-1/#comment-84 uneghana09 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:23:12 +0000 http://uneghana09.wordpress.com/?p=36#comment-84 Hi Kathy, the three men are staying upstairs...i honestly haven't even seen their sleeping quarters. And they are not doing without coffee! We are blessed with small packets of instant coffee most mornings and black tea is also available. I'll try to find out the answers about the coffee for you, a very interesting question! Thanks! Hi Kathy, the three men are staying upstairs…i honestly haven’t even seen their sleeping quarters. And they are not doing without coffee! We are blessed with small packets of instant coffee most mornings and black tea is also available. I’ll try to find out the answers about the coffee for you, a very interesting question! Thanks!

]]> By: Regi Robnett http://blog.une.edu/ghana/2009/08/11/first-clinic-day/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Regi Robnett Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:22:06 +0000 http://uneghana09.wordpress.com/?p=36#comment-83 I can almost imagine being there with you and of course, i wish i were. Sounds like you are off to a smooth start--one well-deserved, after last year's fiasco of just getting to where we were going! I will anxiously watch the blog and keep all of you in my thoughts! Love hearing about day-to-day life. Keep up the truly awesome work. I can almost imagine being there with you and of course, i wish i were. Sounds like you are off to a smooth start–one well-deserved, after last year’s fiasco of just getting to where we were going! I will anxiously watch the blog and keep all of you in my thoughts!
Love hearing about day-to-day life. Keep up the truly awesome work.

]]> By: Sally McCormack http://blog.une.edu/ghana/2009/08/11/first-clinic-day/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Sally McCormack Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:15:14 +0000 http://uneghana09.wordpress.com/?p=36#comment-82 Wow gang, it sounds like you had a great start and definitely demonstrated the community's need for you all so far. I am anxious to continue to hear how things go! Wow gang, it sounds like you had a great start and definitely demonstrated the community’s need for you all so far. I am anxious to continue to hear how things go!

]]> By: Kathy Cavanaugh http://blog.une.edu/ghana/2009/08/11/first-clinic-day/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Kathy Cavanaugh Wed, 12 Aug 2009 05:44:29 +0000 http://uneghana09.wordpress.com/?p=36#comment-81 So where ARE the 3 men staying, eh?! (Hi, Jim!) And how are you all coping without real coffee? (WHY are you coping without real coffee? Isn't coffee grown in Africa? Or if it's a situation like with the cashews, then wasn't there room for a couple pounds of Starbucks stuffed into a few pairs of donated crocs in a suitcase?) Oh well. At least someone did manage to bring the peanut butter. All is not lost. Anyway. I must say, with all the nastiness currently surrounding the health care debate here at home, it's good to be reminded how lucky we Americans are, in general, and how much we take for granted in a country where reading glasses (with or without rhinestones!) can be had for a song pretty much anywhere, and illnesses like malaria, worms, and elephantiasis are barely a blip on the radar screen, and cancer needn't go undiagnosed or untreated ... Kudos to the entire team for your dedication and hard work, which already sounds very gratifying, as do the "off-duty" encounters with the Ghanaian people. Special props to the blog writer(s) bringing your adventures to vivid life - keep those sights, sounds, smells, textures, and tastes coming! So where ARE the 3 men staying, eh?! (Hi, Jim!)

And how are you all coping without real coffee? (WHY are you coping without real coffee? Isn’t coffee grown in Africa? Or if it’s a situation like with the cashews, then wasn’t there room for a couple pounds of Starbucks stuffed into a few pairs of donated crocs in a suitcase?) Oh well. At least someone did manage to bring the peanut butter. All is not lost.

Anyway. I must say, with all the nastiness currently surrounding the health care debate here at home, it’s good to be reminded how lucky we Americans are, in general, and how much we take for granted in a country where reading glasses (with or without rhinestones!) can be had for a song pretty much anywhere, and illnesses like malaria, worms, and elephantiasis are barely a blip on the radar screen, and cancer needn’t go undiagnosed or untreated …

Kudos to the entire team for your dedication and hard work, which already sounds very gratifying, as do the “off-duty” encounters with the Ghanaian people. Special props to the blog writer(s) bringing your adventures to vivid life – keep those sights, sounds, smells, textures, and tastes coming!

]]> By: Deb Cavanaugh http://blog.une.edu/ghana/2009/08/11/first-clinic-day/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Deb Cavanaugh Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:25:24 +0000 http://uneghana09.wordpress.com/?p=36#comment-80 I love your detailed descriptions of the landscape and the wonderful work you are doing! But I had to laugh when you used the word "exuded" to describe your experiences after your description of elephantiasis! Thanks so much for keeping us posted in such a coloful fashion! Love to Jim and everybody... Deb I love your detailed descriptions of the landscape and the wonderful work you are doing! But I had to laugh when you used the word “exuded” to describe your experiences after your description of elephantiasis! Thanks so much for keeping us posted in such a coloful fashion! Love to Jim and everybody… Deb

]]> By: David Ward http://blog.une.edu/ghana/2009/08/11/first-clinic-day/comment-page-1/#comment-79 David Ward Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:02:58 +0000 http://uneghana09.wordpress.com/?p=36#comment-79 The work and level of inter-professionalism that you are doing makes me very proud to be part of UNE. I am glad that things have gotten off to a good start and wish you all the best for the remainder of your mission. Keep up the writing as many here at UNE are busy reading and discussing what you have been accomplishing. David Ward The work and level of inter-professionalism that you are doing makes me very proud to be part of UNE. I am glad that things have gotten off to a good start and wish you all the best for the remainder of your mission.

Keep up the writing as many here at UNE are busy reading and discussing what you have been accomplishing.

David Ward

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