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Mom's Tinfoil Hat (2 unread)

• The past, present and future

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  Howdy, blogland. Long time no see. Oh, and happy Mother’s Day. It’s been a rough string of months. I had personal changes, a 40th birthday, a malignant rotation, a psoriatic arthritis flare, the stinking IRS is holding my refund for … Continue reading → [...]
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• Overheard at work

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  1. Two elevator repairmen in the lobby this morning: “I don’t know how those Seaman systems work.” I snickered, because I am really mature. 2. A medical student: “What’s water boarding?” I overreacted. “Are you SERIOUS? You have never heard … Continue reading → [...]
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• I know what I’m going to be when I grow up

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  I am going to be a family practice physician.   I have mixed feelings about this. I think I will make the best of it, and I can have a rewarding (and hopefully successful) career in family medicine. I can … Continue reading → [...]
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• Should I go to medical school? An advice column.

  Check out my post over at Mothers in Medicine: Should I go to medical school? It is an answer to a series of emails I have received over time asking me advice about the whole single parent medical school doctor … Continue reading → [...]
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• Working during the holidays

  Happy holidays! I have had the dubious honor of being on what our residency calls the “swing shift” during most of December and early January. That’s 4 pm to midnight, Monday through Friday, and one of those nights I stay … Continue reading → [...]
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• I spoke too soon

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  So, right when I convinced myself that I would be better off in family medicine, I got an invitation to interview at my local ob/gyn residency. I think the delighted yelp I let out when I opened the email made … Continue reading → [...]
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• Breaking the silence

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  I am happily coming down off the high of presenting at the Medical Students for Choice annual conference – I was part of a fantastic panel on Protecting Choice in Birth. I felt honored to be sharing the table with … Continue reading → [...]
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• What I’ve been up to

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  Applications in. Lots of them. Interview invites. Not enough of them. Abstracts in. Four of them, to two conferences. Presentation done at one conference, and one pending for another. Rotations down. Three of them. Election pending, with women’s health issues … Continue reading → [...]
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• Match registration

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  The NRMP match registration is this Saturday. Here we go again. [...]
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• Preventing primary cesarean

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  Hi! Internship has been keeping me busy. So has getting together my presentation for this year’s VBAC summit. I had an hour and fifteen minutes to talk. I went over, and I still didn’t cover half of what I wanted … Continue reading → [...]
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