Latest MiM Post: How Much Do You Share With Your Patients?
Some nice commentary generated by my post on the Mothers In Medicine Blog: How Much Do You Share With Your Patients?
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To Kindergarten, Or Not To Kindergarten? That Is The Question…
I have photos of my kids on proud display in my exam room and workspace, and my patients often kindly inquire about them. When people ask me how old Babyboy is, I tell them, He’ll be five years old at the beginning of the summer. …
I Love That Dirty Water….
Today was my Thursday “off”: me trying to cram a week’s worth of errands, exercise, and housework into one day. Not even one whole day, actually. Everything has to fit into the hours before two-thirty p.m., when I pick the kids up at their schools… since …
Medical Mysteries and Migraines
The past two weeks, I’ve ended my workdays feeling rather…. depleted. I’ve had an unusual number of mystery medical cases, but not fun ones like in the New York Times Sunday Magazine. I haven’t solved many of these, and I’ve got some frustrated patients. I …
Goonies and Nonnies and Hope
I worry that I’m too negative when I write about Babyboy. Lately, I’ve focused too much on disability, and not enough on ability. Honestly, we often marvel at his creations. He’s a whiz with mechanical contraptions in general. Last week, he built a pulley system …
“You’re a raspberry!” – On defiance and other difficult kid behaviors
I never know how to respond to my kids’ difficult behaviors. Or, rather, how to correctly respond. Despite the myriad parenting books, websites and blogs I’ve turned to, plus our pediatrician, a child psychologist, and friends, I don’t ever know what’s the right thing to do. …
How To Study For Your Boards: Go On A Play Date
I took the medical board recertification exam this week. This is a day-long, standardized multiple-choice test that practicing internists need to take (and pass) every ten years. It’s becoming more difficult to pass: ten years ago, the pass rate was 90%. Last year, it was …
Trust That They’ll Grow
Yes, there are still piles of dirty snow in parking lots and the shadiest corners of yards. And it did snow again this week, a wintry mix that was more wintry than mix. But it’s as clear as the antihistamines flying off the pharmacy shelves: …
A Teaching Moment (Latest MiM Post)
My most recent post at Mothers In Medicine: An essay on the current underrepresentation of women doctors in medical education, myself included… and few words about Doc McStuffins. A Teaching Moment
“Cherish Every Moment” of Parenting? (Sharing a wonderful essay)
A beautiful post from Lara Friedenfelds, that I’ll likely read over several times: “Cherish Every Moment” of Parenting?