WISH VS. DESIRE
What do you want? I am a fan of semantics. I believe in using the proper words to convey the intended meaning. One word whose true meaning befuddles me is want. The Merriam-Webster definition of the wordwant is – “have a desire to possess or do (something);...
IDENTITY CRISIS
I spent the vast majority of my life wanting to be, training to be, then working as a physician. This made it very difficult to separate who I am from what I do when I stopped practicing medicine. The struggle was especially great since I had no particular new...
LESSONS FROM MY CONVALESCENCE (AKA NEW YEAR NEW UTERUS)
By nature I am not an oversharer. If anything I tend to keep my personal business completely to myself. However, I do not feel I can adequately convey the message I want to share without exposing myself a bit. That is why I am about to put my medical history on...
DEAR STRESS, LET’S BREAK UP
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines stress as a physical, chemical, or emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension and may be a factor in disease causation. Most of us, particularly my fellow healthcare professionals, have an intimate knowledge of stress...
NO MORE TIRED THAN USUAL
Last week I had the privilege of being in Kampala, Uganda with the non-profit organization World Children’s Initiative (WCI). WCI was working with the pediatric cardiology staff of the Uganda Heart Institute to enable them to be self-sufficient in their treatment of...
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