Hypocrites in our own house: Maternity leave and American Healthcare
A surgeon fights for every second of her maternity leave: Source: Hypocrites in our own house: Maternity leave and American Healthcare
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Attitude Is Everything
We can learn a lot from animals. Here is Salter, my current favorite resident of our local animal shelter. This friendly feline was surrendered by a family after suffering for days, if not weeks, with an open infected leg fracture. When I first met him, …
Why Am I So Beat?
I’ve started writing several posts this week, only to get pulled away by one thing or the other. By the time I’ve been able to get back to the draft, my thought and attention has already turned to another topic. I’ve now got very brief …
Sympathy vs Empathy With The Devil
What’s the difference between sympathy and empathy? Example in action*: I was on call. I got that page, that very typical page: Patient running out of pain meds needs immediate refill please call. Ugh. More often than not, the phone call that follows this page …
Link to: I Need A New Stethoscope by Jenni Levy, MD
Not ashamed to say that I am in tears, even while sitting here at work. Got to share, a most wonderfully moving piece: I Need A New Stethoscope by Jenni Levy, MD
An Open Letter To My Fellow Commuters
I have promised my patients, colleagues, friends, family, neighbors, and everyone that I will never personally attack anyone on this site. But I reserve the right to shame anonymous members of the general public for their bad behavior. I’ve been taking the train (the Boston subway line is affectionately …
I Saved My Kid’s Life…
But my poor choices put him at risk in the first place. It was a gorgeous summer Saturday morning. I had originally planned to leave Babyboy with Hubby and take Babygirl with me to visit a friend and her new babies. But, Hubby had a …
I Studied For The Internal Medicine Boards On The StairMaster- Blog post at NEJM Knowledge+
I’m very excited to have my first blog post up on the New England Journal of Medicine’s Knowledge+ Blog, titled I Studied For The Internal Medicine Boards On The StairMaster. True story!
365 Days Of Potty Training
It was July 29, 2014 that I wrote about our first weekend attempt to get Babyboy out of diapers. We used an excellent book on toilet training for autistic children called Ready, Set, Potty by Brenda Batts that was quite helpful. Babyboy did very well, and …
Challenging Cases And Self-Doubt
It’s only Tuesday, and I’ve already seen several challenging cases this week. So much so, that I can’t sleep. I keep reviewing salient details and email communications in my head, worrying over what I may have missed, or how I may have come across. Did …