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[tabloidlover]

Anyone watch the new Terrence Wrong medical series? I cannot believe it has been 2 years since Boston Med, but I am completely immersed once again.

[dreamy]

I enjoyed it, tabloidlover, though my stupid DVR cut off the first 10 minutes.

Then again, I'm a sucker for this stuff: BostonMed, Hopkins, etc.

[walnutqueen]

Moi aussi. Just love these kind of shows, and this does not disappoint.

[Kel Varnsen]

I watched it with my wife and thought it was ok. Boston Med was better I thought mostly because I hate Dr. Oz. Plus as far as the first episode goes, how big of a fame whore do you have to be to actually let them film you after you go to a hospital after problems taking Cialis?

[braggtastic]

dreamy, I watched the first 5-10 min. Some guy came in with a 12 hour Cialis erection & they were draining the blood out of his penis (without showing it, of course). They also showed Dr Oz meeting a patient & I don't care for him. This was not my thing, so I deleted it. A friend was working at that hospital while they were filming, so I had recorded it with the hopes of seeing him, but got a message saying he wasn't in this episode. I think they concentrated more on the surgeons in the final edit.

[EndoKE]

I might watch this. I used to work in the same department as Dr. Oz years ago and I have to say that the man practices what he preaches; and he's better looking in person.

[Calvnhobbes]

I loved Boston Med and Hopkins, so I have gigantic hopes for this season. I love seeing regular doctors, nurses, and patients in their everyday work and struggles- what I really do not want to see is over-exposed quasi-celebrity doctors. I hope they leave Oz to his adoring daytime fans after this episode, and return these wonderful Wrong documentaries to the regular Joes. I was kind of annoyed at the "I'm sort of like the mayor- I have to say hello to everyone, they're expecting it" conceit. Combine that with his arrogant resident on the heart surgery, and I'm wondering if he's got way more of an ego than I envisioned. Was he the narrator for this episode?

Blonde nurse needs to leave her damn hair alone and tie that stuff back. I realize she's on tv and is very excited about looking nice, but that's an accident waiting to happen.

I hope the series gives long-term updates for each of the patients- I'm invested and want to know how things turned out. Did liver patient live at least 6 months? Did he take his trip? Did brain tumor mom do okay after a year? How is heart surgery guy doing and did he ever have sex again?!

[Kel Varnsen]

I hope the series gives long-term updates for each of the patients- I'm invested and want to know how things turned out. Did liver patient live at least 6 months? Did he take his trip? Did brain tumor mom do okay after a year? How is heart surgery guy doing and did he ever have sex again?!

I just wanted to know what happened to the guy who got exposed to HIV and Hepatitis. That thing they used for flushing out the eyes looked brutal.

[GridironGoddess]

I was so looking forward to the show. My 13 y/o daughter has a big interest in medicine, watched Boston Med with me, and I was hopeful we could watch this show together. I felt like I had to fast forward through so much ... the Cialis guy, the multiple sex partner guy w/rash, the heart patient guy's wife talking about resuming sex... oy! I'm glad I wasn't the only one who was bugged by that nurse's hair and Dr. Oz's "mayor" comment. Hopeful they'll stick to the real meat of why Boston Med was so successful; the stories, the awesomeness of these surgeons, etc. Stay tuned, I guess.

[kassa]

Oz doesn't bother me -- he's got ACTUAL credentials, unlike certain other celeb doctors. And I took the 'mayor' comment as a sheepish acknowledgement of the fact that he literally can't walk down the corridor without people stopping him. And that had to be pretty aggravating to the film crew.

[Diana Berry]

So did I understand that the doctors could not get All of the tumor out of young mom's brain? was it because if they took anymore it would permantly hinder her motor functions? Also, was it malignant?

She really got to me but I had some interruptions and missed some of her story.

[ikmccall]

I hope the series gives long-term updates for each of the patients- I'm invested and want to know how things turned out. Did liver patient live at least 6 months? Did he take his trip? Did brain tumor mom do okay after a year? How is heart surgery guy doing and did he ever have sex again?!

According the show's website, the liver patient underwent more chemo which shrunk the tumor(s) 80% and he's still alive but still hasn't taken his wife to Ireland.

[bunnyface]

I look forward to this show (or the current version of this show) every summer. I missed the first episode and haven't gone back to watch it yet and really liked last night's episode. I was worried the liver transplant guy last night was going to go wrong and I was going to end up bawling over a patient like I did last year. But he made the wedding and I cried anyway.

The surgical chief resident is certainly nice to look at.

[emma675]

I just found this last night, so I've missed the first couple of episodes, but I really liked it. Does the cast stay the same from episode to episode or do they feature different doctors and nurses each time? I really liked the surgeon from New Orleans but I feel like he'd be much happier leaving NY and going back (and wasn't the reason he was in NY in the first place was because of his ex-wife); he just seemed so much happier and relaxed when he was back in NO.

I also really liked the nurse who got the scrotal sling orders and flipped out a bit but I wasn't too fond of the blond nurse who talked about every patient asking if she was married or not.

I don't know if I was just a complete wimp last night but the young lady with the odd tumor near her colon made me tear up when she got scared and started to cry and I just lost it whenever the liver transplant patient and his family were on. I hope both have recovered well and are living happily.

[Starrla]

I wish they would let us know what happened with each patient. I really wanted to know how the young girl's colon issue turned out. She was so scared! :(

[halo_pub]

I hope the series gives long-term updates for each of the patients- I'm invested and want to know how things turned out.

In addition to the show website, the local ABC station in the New York Tri-state area did a follow up piece with the mom and her brain tumor. Shown waiting with her kids at the school bus stop, she appeared to have recovered fully.

The show hasn't been appointment viewing for me but I have enjoyed how it feels relatively organic - as if the filmmaker decided to just roll the cameras and see what happened instead of using typical reality show techniques to manipulate events into a pre-determined storyline. As for Dr. Oz, I find it refreshing to watch him in his role as a surgeon rather than as a talk show host.

[braggtastic]

I know someone who worked at the same hospital as Dr Oz years ago (way before he was on TV) & he said Oz acted like he was the mayor of the hospital even then.

[dreamy]

Stupid show. I finally saw my DVRd episode after spending a great day with my dad, and everything to do with the gentleman with the liver transplant (especially the wedding and the father/daughter dance) totally did me in. Absolute blubbering on my part.

I know that 68th St. location pretty well; a friend had a tough cancer and subsequent transplant there, and I also ended up in the emergency room at one point until the wee hours. Interesting to see it a bit more removed (and a bit more intimately). On an absolutely shallow note, when I was in the ER that one night, the attending who I finally ended up seeing at about 2 am? Total fox.

I realize I am a big sucker for this type of show. This is kind of what Discovery Health used to be.

Edited by dreamy, Jul 18, 2012 @ 7:21 PM.

[EndoKE]

I know someone who worked at the same hospital as Dr Oz years ago (way before he was on TV) & he said Oz acted like he was the mayor of the hospital even then.

That was probably because everybody knew who he was then. I can remember seeing him walking down the hall and a person telling me, "That's Dr. Oz," and that was years ago, before he started going on Oprah's show.

[braggtastic]

I'm just saying there are a lot of large egos involved in both of his professions - surgeons & television personalities.

[Stella MD]

Oy, this week's Jersey-shore chief resident - I think I actually laughed out loud when she described one trauma victim as having "a lot of damage to the head... like... facial region?" Slow down with the big medical words, Snooki! Also loved that she referred to her husband as a Guido without any seeming recognition of the irony.

I was a little surprised that they showed someone practicing on someone after they were declared dead - not that it doesn't happen (or shouldn't - better to hone your skills before you encounter someone who can actually benefit from them) but it still seemed doubly disrespectful to have cameras around at the time of death to begin with, and then have them capture someone mucking around just for training purposes.

[meisja]

I know someone who worked at the same hospital as Dr Oz years ago (way before he was on TV) & he said Oz acted like he was the mayor of the hospital even then.

Yes, they really should have transplanted Dr. loves-his-nurses-and-sycophants with another surgeon; what always made this series so compelling was its regular people and honest/long-term follow up. I'm not sure their attempt at getting more viewers via the great Oz will work, as this show seems tough to swallow compared to his regular stuff. I will say it might all be worth it to hear the semi-sedated doctor Oz say that he was going to mail his colon polyp to Oprah to see what she thinks! I miss the followup too, it won't work if it's only local news covering the stories imo. I could never figure out how this series was born of the same network as Grey's Anatomy: mind-boggling!

Oy, this week's Jersey-shore chief resident - I think I actually laughed out loud when she described one trauma victim as having "a lot of damage to the head... like... facial region?" Slow down with the big medical words, Snooki! Also loved that she referred to her husband as a Guido without any seeming recognition of the irony.

That was odd--and a bit like an ABC med drama actually--even more so the fact that she looked like she was rolled in Eva Longoria. I would think it would get old to be hit on that often or asked if you're a "hospital escort," but there are certainly worse things.

It was quite something to see the heart for transplant, a beautiful organ.

[bolistoli]

That was odd--and a bit like an ABC med drama actually--even more so the fact that she looked like she was rolled in Eva Longoria. I would think it would get old to be hit on that often or asked if you're a "hospital escort," but there are certainly worse things.

She certainly seemed to love the attention. My biggest problem with her? For God's sake - TIE YOUR FRIGGING HAIR UP. You're working on very ill/banged up people and she's got her hair hanging down in her face and she keeps touching it, pulling it back but never securing it. Wouldn't want her working on me like that!

[bigskygirl]

Was disappointed that the heart donor or family was not mentioned.

Someone died and his or her family made a decision for his or her heart to be donated so someone else had a second chance at life and not even a thank you or being grateful.

I wonder how he is doing with the anti-rejection meds since the meds can cause a weaker immune system and possible diabetes.

Also a virus cause his heart to go into failure-was it cause by being HIV.

My husband received a new kidney in April 2004 at Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle.

Three years ago, his blood sugar levels got dangerously high and he was on insulin for a short period of time. His kidney specialist thought he might have picked up a virus that caused his type 2 diabetes (which was caused by his anti-rejection meds) to kick into overdrive.

[Calvnhobbes]

I would think it would get old to be hit on that often or asked if you're a "hospital escort," but there are certainly worse things.

Who asks someone that? But I'm not sure I'd mention that on national tv- I'm not sure that being mistaken as a hooker shows how "hot" you are.

She certainly seemed to love the attention. My biggest problem with her? For God's sake - TIE YOUR FRIGGING HAIR UP. You're working on very ill/banged up people and she's got her hair hanging down in her face and she keeps touching it, pulling it back but never securing it. Wouldn't want her working on me like that!

She should be more worried that someone's blood, puke, spit, etc., is in her hair and tie it back. But, just like Blonde Nurse from last show, you gotta look a certain way on tv.

I was a little surprised that they showed someone practicing on someone after they were declared dead

I didn't realize they were working on her after she was declared- how did you know? They didn't show any more work being done after she was pronounced dead.

[Stella MD]

It wasn't after the woman died, there was another guy who died earlier in the episode (brought in by the cops, IIRC - there was a big group of people waiting outside the trauma bay). They pretty explicitly said "time of death XX... now let so-and-so get in there to practice his cardiac massage."

[princessesmommy]

I would also love it if they later did an update episode so viewers can see how the patients are doing. I am a bit squemish and was surprised at how amazing it was to see the heart start beating once they transplanted it, truly an amazing thing!

[SunnyBeBe]

I actually like this show quite a bit. I did miss a little last night though. Can someone explain who damaged the heart when they were trying to harvest it? Was it the team from NY Med or doctors from the donating hospital? They seemed to say sorry quite a bit when explaining that they couldn't use the heart after all. Then the guy changed hospitals where he got his actual transplant. Did he think NY Med doctors screwed up the first attempt? I can understand.

[drmka9]

bigskygirl, a few different viruses can damage the heart. HIV is one of them, but things like parvo, rubella, and polio can do the same thing.

SunnyBeBe, the heart wound up tearing of its own accord. They were doing the dissection (cutting it out of the body) when one of the arteries wound up distended and tearing. It's not like any of the medical staff screwed up. He changed to Hartford hospital in order to be closer to home. It was roughly a 2 1/2 hour drive into NYC, and I'm guessing he was going there originally because they'd actually do a transplant on an HIV-positive patient. The doc at HH mentioned that it was the first HIV-positive transplant they'd ever done.


I really wish they'd tone down the Oz-love and the montages of everyone saying he hadn't changed and this and that. It's just jarring compared to the rest of the show. He seems like he'd be a great doctor, but the TV-personality aspect bugs. It was hilarious to see him zonked out on the anesthesia, though.

[oldandbrown]

I was a little surprised that they showed someone practicing on someone after they were declared dead - not that it doesn't happen (or shouldn't - better to hone your skills before you encounter someone who can actually benefit from them) but it still seemed doubly disrespectful to have cameras around at the time of death to begin with, and then have them capture someone mucking around just for training purposes.

I heard it differently; I thought he was saying -the patient is dead, but if you want to keep doing cpr go right ahead.

The resident touching his hair was making me insane! Take a damn glove and tie your hair up!