by Matthew Rehrl MD | Health
One unexpected benefit of my left hip replacement (done last week) is it forced me to focus completely on my body. I had to think about every step I took, where I was going to sit, how I was going to stand, the food I was eating, drinking enough water, the clothes I...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Philosophy
As I write this post, I am post-op day 8 from my hip surgery, and I finally have the mental energy and sharpness to tackle some serious reading—Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations, by Marie McGinn. This is in preparation to a one-day course at Oxford (via...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Blogging
My top March blog—or at least the most relevant March blog to me—is Stress, Creativity, And Neural Networks. In it, I discussed and referenced an article about how certain types of stress greatly diminish certain types of creativity. Well, this past week I had a hip...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity, Philosophy
If you have a chance, rut around your attic and look through some of your old high school books. If you’re fortunate, you will find an old dog-eared copy of Aristophanes’ play The Clouds. Reread this book and spend some time on considering the why behind...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | CoVid
My direct, personal Covid story is rather dull. I am vaccinated and boosted, and due to my age and weight, I am in a moderately high-risk group. Unfortunately, the night before an important (but non-urgent) hip replacement, I received the results of a pre-op Covid...
