I spent years telling patients to disclose every medication, supplement, symptom, and substance to their healthcare provider. Then I became the patient who didn't follow his own advice.
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What Disabled Looks Like
I spent years understanding disability as a healthcare provider. Then multiple strokes put me on the other side of the exam room and taught me how different understanding disability is from living with it.
One Mistake Doesn’t Have to Be Your Whole Story
Eight years after a rookie mistake, I still think about forgiveness, trust, and whether people should be forever judged by the worst decision they ever made.
Diagnosing Through a Screen
Healthcare professionals earn public trust by practicing evidence-based medicine, not by diagnosing strangers from social media clips. Observation is one thing. Diagnosis is another.