November 14, 2007 – Off-White Coat

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Perspective

Posted on November 14, 2007 by The Scrivener

I was going to complain about my day-long fast (too busy to grab anything to eat between 8 and 6), but then I checked my email and learned that someone I know — the most upbeat guy I’ve ever met — has cancer. We knew he was sick because he had been away for a few weeks, but then he returned, bald and as jovial as ever, so I assumed that whatever was wrong had been fixed.

I guess you can’t fix all the people, all the time.

I am a doctor, but I am not your doctor. This blog is not a forum for medical advice (for all you know, my real job is folding jeans at the Gap). Rather, it's a way for me to reflect on my gradual education as a physician, to poke some fun at the absurdities of medical care, and maybe to provide some insight for those to come.

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