Tag: Sarcoma
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What have they got that I ain’t got?
Courage. You can say that again. It has been playing like the movie in my mind, with the cowardly lion staring at Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz. Courage. I have had an eventful weekend amongst my heroes, my heart is heavy. My tongue is tied. I’ll try to share why. I saw so many.…
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Nonsense.
“That is what the protocol says.” I was annoyed. “So you want me to have the patient drive back 2 and a half hours because the protocol says…” “I know it does not make sense and it is not logical but that is what the protocol says, Mo”. This was going nowhere. Frustrated, I hung…
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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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I do not know.
“Why me?” she asked me today in clinic. I’m home and thinking and this question just will not leave me. Really, why? I honestly do not know why. It is a plaguing question. Many have asked me and I search hard for the answer. I am not about to answer this sitting here on my…
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Connections.
What an interesting two days I have had. Has me thinking about the matrix of talent that I live amongst. I was chatting yesterday with Ben Miller, our orthopedic surgeon who handles all the limb surgeries that sarcoma patients need. We talked about a sarcoma symposium and how to bring more talented researchers to understand…
