I first saw her that afternoon after she had been in labor for close to eight hours. It was Christmas Eve, and I was on call for another doctor and therefore had not met her before, so between contractions, I introduced myself. She was about halfway there, and it was obvious from her countenance ...
I have learned a great deal from a great number of people in the last few years, often by what they say, do, or think. Almost all of the books I have read, podcasts I have listened to and cool places I have traveled have come from other’s recommendations, examples or writings. Many times the initiator ...
Change Sucks
I’ve been thinking a lot about change lately. I don’t know if that is a symptom of aging neurons, brain cells drowning in a sea of Metamucil and Tums, or simply where my wine-fertilized brain is gravitating, but nevertheless, that is what I am musing over. Change ...
She wasn’t supposed to have a heart attack. I mean, she was only 42, but the EKG didn’t leave anything to the imagination. There it was, clear as day, an elevation in the ST segment, a STEMI in doctor jargon, a classic sign of a heart attack. She didn’t need this right now, with the new job ...
The older I get, the more I qualify as an “athlete.” One of the great things about running in races is that some bright soul years ago decided that footraces needed age categories to properly handicap the event. Indeed it seems a bit queer to equate a long lean 20-year-old with a frumpy, hair growing out of their ears, middle-aged, middle-of-the-packer, ...
CBD Oil
Whenever I start seeing amazing medical claims for “natural” substances, especially if it reaches viral stars on social media, my “too good to be true” BS meter starts clanging. The most recent clang is from the hype surrounding CBD oil. Just as a spoiler alert, I do think there ...
We used to think, fat is fat is fat. Fat on your arms is arm fat, fat on your thighs is thigh fat and never the twain shall meet. That’s not the case. It turns out that fat migrates like Ponce De Leon looking for the Fountain of Youth. Body fat is in a perpetual cycle of build up and breakdown, ...