{"id":2713,"date":"2011-08-17T14:40:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-17T14:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/68.169.38.31\/?p=2713"},"modified":"2014-04-06T23:52:58","modified_gmt":"2014-04-06T23:52:58","slug":"mailbag-will-real-dr-j-please-stand-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormogons.com\/index.php\/2011\/08\/mailbag-will-real-dr-j-please-stand-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Mailbag – Will the real Dr. J. please stand up?"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Dr. J. is back from his biennial hajj-al-inlaaws in New England and New York. Dr. J., Mrs. Dr. J., the lil resident and lil med student took in some of the sights in NYC, but Dr. J. mostly relaxed poolside and caught up with the direct and the extended family and enjoyed family dynamics that have nothing to do with him. <\/p>\n

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For any cousins-in-laws who forgot to ask Dr. J., yes, Dr. J. is a ‘real doctor’ (defined as completed medical school, residency and fellowship) now and has been one for several years including the time overlapping a few of these biennial hajj’s. SIGH.<\/p>\n
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Nevertheless, right before Dr. J. went on vacation, he received a couple of missives that he didn’t have time to answer. <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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First from our illustrious Myrmidon Wrangler, DT:<\/div>\n

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I read a number of medical blogs, just because they’re interesting. Occasionally I see someone comment as \u201cDr. J\u201d. Is that you? If not, should we release the hounds on the imposter?<\/span><\/hey><\/div>\n

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DT<\/span><\/hey><\/div>\n

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Dear DT:<\/hey><\/div>\n

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As best I can tell, there are 3 Dr. Js of consequence roaming teh interwebs.<\/div>\n
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The first Dr. J is the one you speak of. As you can tell, his blogger profile<\/a> is incomplete and also not Dr. J.’s. He is, at present, only a medical blog fan. He seems to know what he’s talking about, albeit without the elegant prose of your Dr. J. (it’s and its aside) thus he is of no consequence and he has done nothing to draw the Eye of Sauron and the hellfire of your Myrmidons upon him. <\/div>\n
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He can be readily discerned from your Dr. J. as he is ‘Dr. J’ without a period. Your Dr. J. has a period after the J which is readily apparent on his blogger profile<\/a>. <\/div>\n
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The third Dr. J. is the one and only Julius Erving<\/a>, the original Dr. J. Your Dr. J. has fond memories of watching Erving play for the 76ers, and Dr. J. actually met Mr. Erving in Barcelona in the Summer of ’92. In addition to scoring 30,026 points (29,997 and 29,998 were scored in more spectacular fashion than 29,999 and 30,000), earning the MVP in the NBA and ABA, and a ring in 1983, his other notable accomplishment, which is THE true benchmark of NBA greatness is that he starred in a crappy movie. Yes, Dr. J. is talking about, ‘The Fish that Saved Pittsburgh.’ See these clips for some cinematic Dr. Jness:<\/div>\n
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