The first day of Fall is almost here. I'm still like a kid when it comes to the seasons. Fall is the beginning- the excitement of new beginnings, the first day of school (well, yeah, the first day is exciting and then it gets old pretty quickly, but still)... out with the heat and humidity and in with the cool, crisp air. The leaves will turn all those pretty colors and start twirling to the ground. My birthday and our anniversary come up soon...Yes, I think Autumn is my

I’ve been out of medicine a little over a month now. The first couple of weeks were crazy- I ran right to Boston to my MFA residency, and was too busy to really process much. When I got home, there were a lot of people and things to catch up with, and I had to figure out how to manage my days. I made sure I was getting my work for my MFA done but also taking care of myself. I was still having a lot of headaches, and clenching my teeth in my sleep at first. It was as though

As I was saying in my last post, I left Primary Care Medicine for a host of reasons. That post will be back up soon. You can read it in MedPage Today next week; that's why it's down right now. I am going to really miss my patients. And I'm going to really miss patient care. The reasons for leaving medicine were all about the crazy, overwhelming administrative burdens and inadequate support, and not because I didn't like patient care. I took care of patients for over 30 y