The Myth of Medical Perfection (and the Reality That Follows)

Before everything today I just want to say rest in peace to Loretta Swit. You were  adored as Hot Lips Houlihan in M*A*S*H. You willingly became a champion for women in the military as well as nursing without doing anything more than playing an honest role as a nurse in a mobile Army surgical hospital …

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When the Experts Stop Being the Experts

The last entry talked about the aftermath—how the music never swells, and hugs don't always come. There's no curtain call when the truth comes out. Just more fallout.     I want to take a moment to circle back to why this blog started in the first place. Originally, this space was meant to be …

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When the Music Doesn’t Swell

As soon as I published the last entry, I could swear I heard a collective gasp—or maybe it was just both dogs laying next to me having gas. Either way, it felt like a strange moment. A shift. A reckoning. To address the obvious: yes, my misdeeds are known. They’re a matter of public record. …

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Back to the Future… Sort Of

          No, this isn’t as good as the movie — but it’s just as odd. Like I warned you, I jump around. Yesterday, I mentioned that I was the “good kid,” and in a lot of ways, that just made me more naive. Why? Because my view of the world was …

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