Ta-Tas
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Katie!
Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc
So I’m on the Breast service as my general surgery assignment. First of all, I would argue that the Breast service should count as general surgery, as I will not ever se ...
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Unmentionables
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Katie!
Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc
Last night, after an evening of chasing Colin around the house while he toddled as fast as his little feet would take him, getting into every drawer, cabinet, and shelf, as to ...
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Fear
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Katie!
Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc
While I was in graduate school, the thing that turned me off the most about music was the competition. It seemed so crass to me to make games and sport out of things as sacred ...
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Sick Day
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Katie!
Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc
Earlier this week, Colin had his very first sick day. On Sunday, we noticed that he was coughing and didn’t have much appetite (which is horribly unusual for him) but we ...
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All Hallow's Eve
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Katie!
Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc
Friday began a ten day break for me from the grueling hours of surgery, taking the form of anesthesia rotation. It is blissful, so wonderful in its 7am – 1pm hours, so e ...
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Surgery, Part One
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Katie!
Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc
Firstly, let me thank you all for your very kind and very helpful responses to my last post. I will let you in on a little secret, one which you may have guessed: I like to ex ...
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Insight
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Katie!
Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc
Things have been rough around here lately. The sheets haven’t been changed in weeks. There is a solid inch of dog hair in the carpet. Colin is growing something of a mul ...
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Brief
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Katie!
Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc
I have not forgotten you, but I do seem to have lost my marbles. Here is the news: Surgery is long. Being in the OR is among the best things ever, but it is constantly ruined ...
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12 Months
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Katie!
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I’m not sure why this update is harder to write than the previous eleven, but it is, somehow. This month was not just Colin’s first time to swim or his first birth ...
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Surgery So Far
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Katie!
Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc
After two and a half days of relatively painful orientation (at least we got to wear scrubs) I finally started my surgery sub-specialty rotation yesterday late morning. The in ...
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Direction
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Katie!
Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc
As of last week, coinciding with the end of Family Med, I finished my first block of third year and am not 1/3rd finished with the year. It is really, really exciting to be mo ...
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A Tooth!
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Katie!
Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc
Hey, guys! Look!I know this is the worst picture ever, but do you know how hard it is to pin down a one year old to photograph his brand new tooth shard? This was the other da ...
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Anew
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Katie!
Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc
For those who have not yet had their morning (or evening, as it were) coffee, allow me to point out the slight change to the template. Slight meaning total. YOU ARE ON THE RIG ...
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One
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Katie!
Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc
The thing I remember most about my wedding day was the incredible feeling of having almost everyone in the world that I loved in the same room with me. It was not something th ...
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My Little Old Lady
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Katie!
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Family Med is winding down, but before I can lay it to rest I have to complete a project. The goal is to learn about community resources that might help patients as well as ho ...
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Change of Subject
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Katie!
Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc
There are some things of relative importance that I have not shared with you because I have been so busy hating my life as a Student Family Medicine Doctor. Instead of focusin ...
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Look Forward From Today
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Katie!
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Today was better, perhaps because of my midnight rant at you. Thanks for listening, really. Because of your gentle and intelligent comments about family med being about creati ...
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Family Med
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Katie!
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Prepare yourself, this is a Rant.Oh, my friends, family medicine is killing me. There have been some really excellent moments, like last week when I helped deliver a baby or t ...
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Enjoy
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Katie!
Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc
I am having one of those days. You know the kind of day I mean, the kind of day when the possibilities seem endless and you can’t make a decision because you can’t ...
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