Musings of a Distractible Mind
Thoughts of a moderately strange (yet not harmful) primary care physician.
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Loading ...15% offscrub jackets with code “jackets_save” Moving to the south is an eye-opening experience. First, there’s the friendliness of everyone; I remember the first time a stranger talked to me in the grocery store, it made me nervous. In Philadelphia, where I went to med school, anyone talking to you in the grocery store was [...]
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(+1 rating, 1 votes) Loading ...I have to confess something to you: I like blogging more than I like podcasting. There are a number of reasons for this: my podcast has a deadline, my blog does not; my podcast doesn’t have direct feedback from listeners like my blog does; I have more freedom in topic selection for my blog. But [...]
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(+11 rating, 11 votes) Loading ...I’ve been getting a lot of traffic lately…and a lot of comments. Perhaps you’ve noticed. Overall I see this as a good thing; I write to be read, not to be a voice echoing in the virtual void. I want to share my thoughts and ideas and enjoy my interaction with people, even those who [...]
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(+6 rating, 6 votes) Loading ...A thought struck me when reading an excellent post on Warmsocks’ blog. The vast majority of responses to my recent posts on doctor/patient relations have been positive. Yet a vocal minority of people have read what I wrote in a negative light – that I am somehow projecting my doctor arrogance into those posts and [...]
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(+8 rating, 8 votes) Loading ...I went to a patient’s funeral this past weekend. I generally don’t do that for people whose relationship I’ve built in the exam room. It’s a complex set of emotions, but invariably some family member will start telling others what a nice doctor I am and how much the person had liked me as a [...]
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(+99 rating, 113 votes) Loading ...Dear Patients: You have it very hard, much harder than most people understand. Having sat for 16 years listening to the stories, seeing the tiredness in your eyes, hearing you try to describe the indescribable, I have come to understand that I too can’t understand what your lives are like. How do you answer the [...]
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(+3 rating, 3 votes) Loading ...The post that forever doomed the world to have my writing forced onto them was one called Shame, in which I describe my frustration with how society stigmatizes people who are obese. It was picked up by the NY TImes Health Blog and got a good conversation about the subject going on the blog-o-sphere. A [...]
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(+4 rating, 4 votes) Loading ...“I’m sorry I waited so long to come in to be seen,” she told me after having symptoms for two weeks. She had a truly apologetic expression on her face, looking to me for reassurance that I wasn’t too mad at her. “That’s OK. It’s hard to know when you felt bad enough to come [...]
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(+8 rating, 8 votes) Loading ...Credit He came in for his regular blood pressure and cholesterol check. On the review of systems sheet he circled “depression.” “I see you circled depression,” I said after dealing with his routine problems. ”What’s up?” “I don’t think I am actually clinically depressed, but I’ve just been finding it harder to get going recently,” [...]
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(+1 rating, 3 votes) Loading ...Twenty years ago this day I don’t remember life before A man who thought he knew so much Pushed off from the lonely shore To enter life no longer lone And leave the singular behind A man who thought he knew so much Embarked a future now combined Yet journeys take peculiar turns And distances [...]
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