Nothing is certain, except uncertainty. You really never know when you or someone you love might experience a life-changing event or diagnosis. My guest on the most recent Lean Out Podcast is Dr. Sara Whittingham. Sara is an anesthesiologist, an Air Force veteran who served in Afghanistan, an …
When Do You Disclose a Pregnancy?
I was 5 weeks pregnant and working in the spine room. Just as I finished my intubation and secured the airway, I turned to set the ventilator and administer some important medications. The surgery fellow started to position the fluoroscope near the patient's cervical spine, about a foot away from …
Uncovering Family
Something shifted a few years ago that changed our minds about having children from eh?? to yay!!... and turning 35 in the midst of a stressful residency and irregular, scanty periods lead me to the GYN's office to discuss fertility. That started the slowly rolling snowball that was the diagnosis of …
Disability: Know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em
While I have been feeling healthier and stronger than ever, I was reminded about disabilities recently... about my own and about how we all have them to some degree. I recently underwent an ACTH stimulation test to see if my body is doing any of its own signaling to cortisol, the important stress …
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Lessons Learned from a Patient: Me
“Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity, and change.” – Brene Brown Within a week of my diagnosis, my family had descended upon my home and I was wheeled into the OR for a transphenoidal tumor resection. The tumor would be approached through the nose, but my surgeon warned me …
