Tag: medicine
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The First Block of Derm
When I get home after clinic today the house is uncharacteristically quiet. My husband is at work (unusual for him since he usually works from home), and my daughter is in daycare. And I soak into the silence, hearing sounds I don’t usually do: the hum of the air conditioner in the background, some voices…
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A Typical Sunday
It’s Sunday afternoon and the afternoon sun is filtering through the the closed shades of my bedroom. BG is snuggling up against me and craning to look at my laptop screen. She just woke up from a nap. We move to the living room as she’ll want to start moving around soon and my “office”…
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Personal Statement – Dermatology
Watercolor is becoming my favorite medium for painting in its ability to ignite the senses while simultaneously capturing a moment in time. Acrylics are much “safer” paints as they dry quickly, layer easily, and can hide any mistake in a stiff coat of titanium white. Watercolor is unforgiving in that every touch to the canvas is…
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Where Credit Is Due
Just like that, my intern year is over. My replacement came to the workroom to introduce himself today, and I signed out my critical care patients to him. “You’re going to do great- I’m so excited for you,” I said to him, and I meant it. Before leaving, I finished my notes and I placed…
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“I’m Healthy”
On the way home from the hospital I wait for the bus. My day was longer than I would have liked and it’s dark. My fatigue is stacking and somehow this blunts the paranoia that normally would have me avoid public transport after hours. Not ideal, but it can’t be helped tonight. A stranger approaches…
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Growing Pains
Yesterday I got some unexpected, negative feedback at work. A combination of poor delivery, fatigue, and some shouldering burnout caused the 2-minute encounter to subsequently ruin my day. As a resident, receiving constructive criticism is part of the job description, but some days are more palatable than others. What follows is some advice to myself…
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National Doctor’s Day
Instagram is telling me it’s National Doctor’s Day. I scrolled through my photos and tried to find something recent that’s “doctorly” and came up blank. Most likely because I’ve had some more pressing things on my mind… The question of what to do about childcare has been this enormous, frankly stressful project over my maternity…
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Magnesium
My senior texts me that we’re starting rounds at bedside of her patient, who just had a rapid called for SVT. They pushed amiodarone. She responded and converted. Crisis averted… for now. Her magnesium is a little low this morning. Magnesium is commonly low in heart patients. It’s a side effect of one of the…
Med-Derm, MD 