Just popping in to share that someone in the universe must have decided that my determination to remain calm was up for a BIG BIG CHALLENGE. (One that I have not really risen to. Ahh well.) Last night Josh fractured his tibia playing basketball.…
Definitely having a busy call week over here, but I’ve also been trying to be very . . . gentle with myself, and I have to say overall it has gone well. I have to say the patients (especially inpatients, who are invariably stressed…
(I feel like Academic Summer should be trademarked or something!)…
Notes: Today’s episode is loosely based on this blog post, which lays out the 5 lessons I discuss in the ep with more specifics. As you all know, I have been into time tracking lately and have been more consistent than in the past.…
We leave for Hawaii (assuming no further calamities) in 30 days which is a wonderful thing to be able to think about and anticipate. And, I think it is helpful to acknowledge that these next 30 days are going to be challenging. There will…
I’m headed to PHL for a super-quick visit tomorrow. Just mostly hoping to provide family support + help. As I wait for my first afternoon patient I am ruminating on everything happening ~1000 miles away. So, as an interlude (for my brain and maybe…
Since April, this year has been a lot and the trend continues. I don’t think he would mind me sharing, so I will: my father sustained a serious hip fracture (no trauma to provoke; just moving around in bed!) a few weeks out from…
Definitely didn’t mean to leave anyone hanging! I am squeezing this post in between patients (someone came very very late and is not in a room yet, so I figure I have time). (Even though my current quest is to stop ‘squeezing things in’,…
This week’s episode is available on audio + video (for those that listen on Spotify, your app should show the video version! Unfortunately the RSS feed through Megaphone doesn’t support video via Apple Podcasts, but you can watch on YouTube here (or above)! I…
(ie, a cozy Florida summer Sunday!) Thank you for the well wishes + understanding yesterday. I am feeling (mentally + physically) better today, thankfully. My next step is to get the device interrogated, and it sounds like in most cases it’s pretty clear one…