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The Bitter Pill
Today I stopped being a doctor. I. Just. Quit. The past 25 years of my life (more than half my existence) has been dedicated toward the goal of being an MD. I have given so much of myself along...
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My Redemption
Several weeks ago, I put on a nicely pressed shirt, new slacks, spent extra time on my makeup and hair, and headed out the door to embark on the gutsiest move of my life. It was a Friday. I took my...
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Dear Starbucks
I really, really want to be a barista! Dear Starbucks, My name is Sherry, and I really want to become a barista. I know there is a lot of competition out there and jobs are scarce, but I think I am...
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Ride ‘Em Cowboy
Hopeful, yet cautious, I walk into the preop holding area to see my next patient. The night prior, I spoke with her on the phone. She told me that in the past, she suffered a severe, disfiguring...
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Poor Bastard
Time to travel back to some of my less fortunate moments in medicine. Today, our trip will be relatively short — a quick jaunt back to about five years ago. ******************** The patient is a...
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Who Am I?
Forty-four years ago, I was a newborn baby in the hands of very young parents. My dad was fresh out of Viet Nam, and my mother was fresh into the arms of a GI. I bet I was cute. There were probably...
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“I hope the patient dies before I get there.”
A full moon blazes amongst a sky of twinkling stars. Crickets chirp. Children snore softly, cocooned by blankets. Against this backdrop, a pager screeches. The blinding light of a lamp kills the...
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It’s Only Kinky the First Time
Just another hoop. Time travel day – we are floating back to the fall of 2004. I passed my written anesthesiology boards two years prior (no thanks to my crappy residency program that worked me like a...
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The State of Medicine – An Insider’s Perspective
Only a few months ago, I was a practicing physician, specializing in anesthesiology. Thirteen years prior, when I initially graduated from residency and entered the big, bright world of private...
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10 Reminders That I Once Practiced Medicine:
1. Full moons still scare me. Brings out the crazies . . .every time. 2. I can’t eat at Chipotle without feeling like I’m on call. Burritos are the all-time best make-it-through-a-night-of-hell...
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