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Edward T. Creagan, M.D.
Edward T. Creagan, M.D.
"The magic of the electronic village is transforming health information. The mouse and keyboard have extended the stethoscope to the 500 million people now online." - Dr. Edward Creagan
The power of the medium inspires Dr. Edward Creagan as he searches for ways to share Mayo Clinic's vast resources with the general public.
Dr. Creagan, a Newark, N.J., native, is board certified in internal medicine, medical oncology, and hospice medicine and palliative care. He has been with Mayo Clinic since 1973 and in 1999 was president of the staff of Mayo Clinic. Dr. Creagan, a professor of medical oncology at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, was honored in 1995 with the John and Roma Rouse Professor of Humanism in Medicine Award and in 1992 with the Distinguished Mayo Clinician Award, Mayo's highest recognition. He has been recognized with the American Cancer Society Professorship of Clinical Oncology.
He describes his areas of special interest as "wellness as a bio-psycho-social-spiritual-financial model" and fitness, mind-body connection, aging and burnout.
Dr. Creagan has been an associate medical editor with Mayo Clinic's Web sites and has edited publications and CD-ROMs and reviewed articles.
"We the team of (the Web site) provide reliable, easy-to-understand health and wellness information so that each of us can have productive, meaningful lives," he says.
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Nov. 9, 2007
You have to know your limits
By Edward T. Creagan, M.D.
My colleague and friend said, "Ed, I never saw it coming."
Here's the rest of the story. High octane power broker, age 52, on umpteen corporate boards, Master of the Universe, with multiple irons in the fire, uber-multi-tasker, with nonstop commitments on a global scale. His belt sagged from 4 techno-gadgets keeping him connected to the rest of the world. Get the picture? No, I am not kidding.
He gave 3 black tie presentations in 1 week in 3 different cities, 3 different hotels, and 3 different time zones. Got off his exercise and food routine, was sleeping poorly and drinking too much. Knew what to do but admitted that he got swept away in the energy of these events. It was a very seductive week and " ... how could I say no to so many worthy causes?"
Guess what? Arrived home after this Grand Tour of Corporate America with drenching sweats, diffuse joint and muscle pain, overwhelming fatigue, depression, and just felt lousy. Oh, by the way, 2 canceled flights on the way home.
One positive thing he did was to see his local physician, who diagnosed a viral/flu-type syndrome, at least in some part provoked by a very stressful timetable. Eventually, there is a limit and most of us do not know when the tank has run dry until something bad happens ... as in my friend's case. He was clueless about what could happen when there is no margin for recovery, no time to recoup and heal.
So a lesson for each of us is to recognize there are limits, and without keen attention to our physical and emotional needs we are at risk for a stress-related event, burnout, exhaustion ... if not now, then at some time. From our blog community we have learned that we have choices and options.
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