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Doctor Only Me Time.
Day 12 – National Blog Posting Month. Later today I am leaving the city for a big conference. Getting on a jet plane, folks. Don’t know when I’ll be back again. Just kidding… I feel a bit weird...
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Back to Reality.
Day 15. National Blog Posting Month. Back to life, back to reality. There really is a song for every occasion, isn’t there? I’m at the airport. Just went through security where I had to take off...
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Mixed Messages.
Day 26. National Blog Posting Month. My professional trust has been shaken. There was an incident at my office last week. A patient was given a test result over the phone by one of our front desk staff...
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No Breaks.
Day 28. National Blog Posting Month I am actually looking forward to the weekend. It has been a hellish week at work (see my earlier posts). I’ve been insanely busy with appointments and double...
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92.5%
I saw twenty-seven patients today. It was busy. There were several add-ons to an already packed schedule. I book 15-minute appointment slots. I have colleagues that book 10-minute appointments but I...
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A Welcome Reprieve
Family medicine is great. Earlier in the week I was completely slammed, double booked almost every hour. This morning two people no-showed and I have cleared my inbox in record time. I’ve paid the...
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On Strength.
I know it’s been a while that I’ve written when I can’t remember what my last post was about. There’s been a lot going on, all of it good for the most part. Daughter got her cast off and is on the...
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Three More Hours
I am sitting in a salon chair finally getting my hair done. It desperately needs some help and this was the only time I could fit it in. I work this afternoon and then I am off for almost three weeks....
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A Pain in the Eye
Day 6 – National Blog Posting Month. All day my eye was bothering me. Between patients I’d go to the bathroom with a saline spray and remove my contact lens to clean it. My eye would feel better after...
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The Corridor at Night.
Day 9 – National Blog Posting Month. Last night I took my elderly father to his MRI appointment at a downtown hospital. As the machines in my city run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week it wasn’t...
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Physician Heal Thy Parent
I was up at the crack of dawn this morning (what else is new?) but this time to take my dad to a specialist appointment. We are the first ones here, even before the receptionist! Since I have taken...
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Just A Daughter
I’m really trying very hard not to feel like a complete idiot right now. I attended another appointment with my parents today. It was a follow up with the physician that made a diagnosis last year of...
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The Grim Reaper
December is not a good month to be a family doctor, or any doctor for that matter. I have lost count the number of bad diagnoses I have had to give before Christmas. What an incredibly shitty way to...
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Waiting.
Waiting in the ER as a family member is boring and nerve-wracking. Waiting as a family member and a physician, watching your parent wince in pain is excruciating. When I arrived he was seated in a...
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I’ll be Damned.
I have a decision to make. Do I vote yes and be complicit in accepting a 4 year agreement that knowingly under funds health care and continues to reduce my income; or do I say no and be subject to...
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Countdown.
5 signs it’s time for a vacation. You’d rather sleep in than go for a run. You have no idea what day of the week it is and don’t care to find out. Listening to your patient with a laundry list of...
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