2/14/2022 Even when stuck in a pandemic, human beings find ways to progress.
2/4/2022 If I could send a missive to my 15-year-old self, I'd tell him about the Beatles breaking up, hint at the moon-landing and mention a fair few plagues.
12/31/2021 The page opened up and the first thing I saw was “expired”! I immediately checked my pulse. Once I recovered from the shock of this misleading and preposterous clinical opinion, I realized what this was.
10/24/2021 The familiar ring tone of my cellphone interrupted a visit with friends on our cottage deck on a sun-drenched mid-September afternoon.
10/12/2021 There is an eerie feeling of helplessness that overcomes you when faced with the realization that your personal space, property and security have been violated.
9/30/2021 September 2020 was a month of long goodbyes. It was the consolidation of five decades working as a GP and a lifetime of caring. The final months, although anything but routine, brought a sense of cohesiveness to all those years.
9/14/2021 Closing in on one year retired, I wonder about other retired docs: How do you spend your retirement time? Have you taught the old doc new tricks? Regrets, have you had at least a few?
8/30/2021 Of all the letters written in all my years of practice, there is one that I struggled with the most—the one telling patients of my impending retirement.
8/12/2021 I recently celebrated another pandemic birthday! Sixty-five was a jolt, 70 a thunderbolt and 75, a time for reflection, more realistic aspirations and Advil prn. Now, 76.
7/29/2021 I have never forgotten the cold and insensitive words of my father’s surgeon. I have never forgiven his failure to comfort and counsel when it was most needed.
