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Community
Difficult times. Cancer patients are fighting two wars, not one anymore. A battle that is personal, and one they fight with us. Cancer and COVID-19. Different times. I walked into the room looking at her from behind a face-shield and covering my face with a filter. I felt like myself but she was scared. My…
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Paradox
Death. I would be lying if I claimed I did not think about this daily. When I walk into my clinic, my pace is slow, deliberate and meditative. I remember once walking at my usual pace, preparing for my clinic in my mind, sinking with each step into the depth of the struggles that I…
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Mute
There is a button on everyone’s remote control that can at any time mute any electrical device that makes a sound. It’s there and we can use it. We don’t always mute things. We have all grown accustomed to the noises around us. Being around a device emitting any sound keeps us distracted, engaged, and…
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Understand
Death does not put an end to everything. It inspires feelings, questions, and gives perspective. People ask me how I feel when I lose patients. Do I feel sad, angry and defeated? I have walked with my patients down this path and returned alone. It does not end there. Death does not end things. Death…
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Dialogue
Person: Can you help me? Me: I believe that is why I am here, ready with a new treatment, a loaded gun and many tricks up my sleeve. P: Is it always this hard? M: Yes. P: Is there hope? M: Without it, we will not survive. Imagine this dialogue that starts in the pit…
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