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At the end of my palliative care rotation, I helped the professor clean up after our project presentations.  He looked at me, I looked at him. He makes an awkward allusion to my disability and the story I had just shared about my friend Laura. I tell him I have a genetic ( Read more... )

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When I was in medical school, every day was HELLO…(awkward stare)….yes I am the token med student in a wheelchair.  Can we get past this?  Because every where I went (even peds) we talked about this continuously.

Then I came here i was doctor and no one really ever asked any ( Read more... )

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My feet are funny shaped. At some point in college I participated in my first foot washing in which I found myself keenly aware that my feet were not so beautiful rather then brought the good news or not.  I knew that wasn’t the point but the human inside of me couldn’t ( Read more... )

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I have been in 7-8/10 right hip pain post-call for about a month and half.

Yesterday was Grand Rounds and I was post call. It was on chronic pain in connective tissue disorders….NO REALLY it was.  I slumped in the back, ate my oatmeal and hoped that sleep would overtake me ( Read more... )

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My mentor gave Grand Rounds on Global Health yesterday.  I was post-call and in pain but I stayed the extra hour, set in the middle of the intimidating auditorium. I found myself nodding and smiling even after one of he worst two week periods of my professional life. About ( Read more... )

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Today was my first REAL day of being a second year. Last month I was in the ED, a wonderful place where I thrive in many ways. Now I am on Pulm which of every service in the hospital is the service I most despised as an intern. I despised because I never knew what was going ( Read more... )

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SO I DRIVE on my day off to Clinic Far, Far Away….

I am ushered in by a nurse who asks about a billion history questions even though I handed her my neatly typed medical summary. Finally Dr. PMR  1 comes in. She is nice, young and I think some what impressed by my medical ( Read more... )

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For the past 6 mons or really ever since I have moved here I have been trying to figure out a contingency plan if I get hurt or injured here.  I have been told that no one sees skeletal dysplasia here. except the pediatric orthos and genetics. I went to genetics clinic once ( Read more... )

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My low point of medical school was not my step 1 exam studying, not my surgery rotation or even breaking my arm on the first overnight ED shift (ironic), it was a beautiful September day in my beloved Blue Ridge Mountains.  The next day was the start of my pediatric rotation ( Read more... )

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So the hip is going and I need a steroid shot. Ideally I would like to go to Baltimore and have my surgeon see me and do it. It takes about two minutes and it works for three months. He wipes the site with a etoh pad, shoots a fluro image, shoots me up and then puts a band- ( Read more... )