DoctorMama

I got an email today that almost brought a tear to my jaundiced eye: Subject: Thanks, Sarge! This running thing, it is addictive. This is t...

I have to round in the hospital and take calls this weekend. The prospect is making me intensely crabby, so I'm laying low. HellBoy, how...

Good news: the FDA has approved an HPV vaccine . This means there now exists a vaccine that prevents cancer (not to mention abnormal Paps a...

Some time ago a friend of mine discovered my blog, and said that she hoped I wouldn't feel like I had to censor myself if I ever wanted ...

HellBoy/AngelBaby is turning two soon. I know I complain about him a lot, so in honor of his birthday (and in case he ever learns to read an...

I went to an overpriced, overrated, and patriarchal university that was a spectacularly poor fit for me. (I happily got credit for AP tests ...

I'm gonna make runners out of all you sorry recruits. (At the request of thumbscre.ws .) This is all you need: Comfortable running s...

I like the smell of B.O. Both that of others and my own. Unfortunately I have never gone out with anyone who agrees with me on this matte...

On the final leg of our epic journey home, I was forced to answer the dreaded call for A Doctor On The Plane. And I do mean forced, because ...

1. If you were planning a vacation on honor of your own 60th birthday and taking along your extended family, including two toddlers, woul...

I would love to be able to take a drug that would prevent me from ever being smug. A Smug Drug. I loathe it when I catch myself feeling that...

All is cool in the DM household, including AngelBaby. And even in the throes of fever, he was cool enough to insist on trying on his new sun...

AngelBaby reached a new record last night: 106 degrees. We were expecting seizures or something, but he just sat quietly and ate tomatoes. T...

I had my shoulder injected today, to treat biceps tendonitis brought on by hauling around the World’s Clingiest Toddler. I was a little nerv...

4 Jobs I've Had I've had so many jobs in my life that I can think of twenty while hardly trying. I guess I'll list 4 Jobs for Wh...