Tag: doctor

• Bounce.

  “It’s a fine line between optimism and pessimism” he said to me, and I looked at him staring blankly. We talked about how it’s so easy to see things with a half empty glass and how the pressures around us sometimes dictate how we view life as it pertains to our practices and the decisions…

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  August 14, 2013

  Melanoma and Sarcoma

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• Closure.

  “I didn’t know I could talk to you” he said to me in the clinic today. We hugged and he sat down, “It happened so fast.” We were both fighting back some tears. “She was an amazing woman” I chimed, trying to find the right footing as we talked. It was the end of my…

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  August 7, 2013

  Melanoma, Melanoma and Sarcoma

  cancer, Clinic, Closure, death, doctor, Doctor Mo, Health, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, Inspiration, Iowa, Iowa City, melanoma, Milhem, Mo, Mo Milhem, Patient, Sarcoma, skin cancer, University of Iowa, University of Iowa Health Care