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sue malley: Posted on Monday, April 02, 2012 10:32 PM
now that it's behind me, i feel like i can talk (a little) about what these past few months have been like. as some of you know, my middle son, ryan, age 12, was diagnosed with a large brain tumor in eary january. fortunately, it is not cancer, but may have genetic repercussions later. for now, however, we are celebrating his remarkable comeback. his presentation was very subtle for such a large mass. ryan complained occasionally about dizziness with his "spin move" in basketball - thank God he's athletic or it may have presented much later. |
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S. Malley: Posted on Wednesday, October 05, 2011 11:38 PM
This summer my oldest son lost a close friend to depression, the day before he was to begin his junior year in high school. All of the high school felt the loss. I was really affected by the numbers of overwhelmed sixteen year-olds present at the funeral: boys and girls, raw and defenseless against their grief. His close friends knew he was being treated for depression, he didn't hide the medication he took to help control it. They respected him for his candor and took it in stride. |
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Sue Malley, MD: Posted on Saturday, June 18, 2011 6:52 PM
I won't lie, i am a little scared of what to expect when we get to Haiti. I am not afraid of typhoid, rabies, cholera, malaria, dengue fever, etc... despite the shots i have just received. I am, however, really apprehensive about witnessing the extreme poverty and difficulties of the Haitian citizens. I am afraid of the pain and hunger i will see. I have always been too empathetic. To combat my fear i am arming myself with a plan to help. Once I signed on for the trip a few months ago, I started to research where i could be of most use. |
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Susan S. Malley, MD: Posted on Friday, February 18, 2011 12:46 AM
National Women’s Heart Month Hit Home – Hard As gynecologists, we often double as a woman’s primary care practitioner, until she gets sick or we find ourselves needing the depth of our internist colleagues. But in terms of preventive medicine, many of us enjoy the education that goes with primary care and are trained to obtain age-appropriate studies and only refer for abnormalities (like elevated cholesterol, for example. I know she’ll need to cut down on trans-fats, exercise more, but I like the internists or cardiologists to decide when a patient with “borderline” results should be started on cholesterol-reducing medications; it’s very individualized, and she'll need long-term follow-up. |
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Susan S. Malley, MD: Posted on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 11:28 PM
Painful Sex? Vaginal Dryness?  Recently, I have seen several peri-postmenopausal patients with similar complaints. Starting after age 40, either the desire for sex wanes, or the desire is there, but sex is painful. Painful sex ultimately leads to avoidance, and there begins a vicious cycle. These are women in happy relationships, without depression or significant anxiety influencing the situation. (I have excluded the others for our purposes today. |
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