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Physician, Heal Thyself
From ME/CFS (Part 3 of 3) Dear Reader, my apologies. Within the confines of my current prison, I have not yet completed the essays I promised you months ago, neither
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Physician, Heal Thyself
Another metaphor of what my confusing disease feels like— a cold, painful, lonely prison with little hope for escape.
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Theseus Descending
There must be 101 ways to hurt. All of them are rotten. Some of them change us. Even tiny things can pack a wallop. Consider these five: a hornet sting on the hand; a scratch across the eye; a kidney stone on its journey; a gout flare in the toe; and a burned finger on…
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The Promise and the Lawsuit, Part Two
Everybody breaks. Some teenagers might never imagine that the laws of entropy and the facts of mortality apply to them. (See “Too Dumb Things,” by TAT!) Similarly, some newlyweds may not know, especially if they are young, that they, themselves, will break. Physically, mentally, or emotionally, their beloved partner will also break.
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After the Cone
After the Cone The Haunted Doctor TAT – Entry 2 Some marathons, like life, are remarkably simple in design: essentially flat; no major turns; straight
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Medical Humor, from the Desk of TAT
Disclaimer: The names and events below are composites; no personalinformation is included that could point to any one person, living or dead. A Taste of the Office I “badge
