My pain is a 25…

  I need my Dilaudid and turkey sandwich. Working a surgical floor, I have heard this more times than I care to think and usually from a patient who is so snowed, that they are slurring words and barely staying awake.  It is, however, a lot more common than you would think it is. Pain, the fifth …

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Short break…

  This week was my birthday.  Since I am no longer an 8-year-old, birthdays are quite often a few to a lot of happy birthday wishes and maybe a dinner out.  Nothing that isn’t appreciated but it is not also required. Regardless I honestly took an unscheduled and unannounced a few days off from everything …

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Your opinion is yours and not to share…

Lots of patients end up at our doorstep its what keeps us working and pays the bills.  Have you ever stopped to take inventory of personal bias? Yesterday I wrote about “fat shaming” which to a certain degree we need to discuss weight with people who have a BMI over 28. We need to make …

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