DoctorMama

The light box thing came. It’s pretty funky. I got the desk lamp version, partly because it was listed on the sheet my doctor gave me and p...

I went in for my quarterly tune-up with my psychiatrist recently. I think he’s a little bored of me; he hasn’t had to tweak anything for age...

Medical school is full of “ That’s how that works?!!” moments. One I remember especially clearly was when I learned about scurvy: Scurvy ...

I got a call from the Medical Examiner's office that one of my patients was found dead. It was the woman I saw the other week, the one w...

Yes, I backdated my post to October. Suzan-Lori Parks may have been able to write a play a day for a year, but I know I’m not up to writing...

In response to my prior post , some people have requested specifics about the medications . My first was sertraline (Z*l*ft), an SSRI. Sta...

A student recently asked me, “When did you get to the point where you weren’t scared about seeing patients?” That’s an easy one. By the ...

A quick word on water. In my earlier post on the subject, I may not have made it clear that I love water. When I want a non-caffeinated, no...

Looking, looking for the sign that my running partner was thinking the same things about me that I was thinking about him ... He asked me ou...

First, a side note: my new running partner (let’s call him RP) had, in general, quite good taste in clothes … for a doctor. He did like to t...

When I Certainly Didn’t Deserve One and Didn’t Know Where to Look I arrived at my residency program finally unencumbered by the messy relati...

More medical myths I wish I could put down forever: Drinking lots of water is good for you. NOT TRUE. (Yes, this is a repeat from my last ...

Culled from the maggot files: Q: I heard that you have to get expensive shoes fitted by a running professional or else you’ll end up with...

A weekend on call—64 straight hours of being at the mercy of any Nervous Nellie, Suspicious Sam, or Crotchety Carrie who insists on speaking...

This is a combination stupid patient story/stupid doctor story. It’s a good thing I don’t believe in divine retribution for selfishness, b...