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Incidental Illness

It took several weeks after residency had ended for my body to recover. And it took even longer for my mind. I couldn’t quite believe that I would never again spend another night in a hospital. Never again find myself wandering deserted hallways at 3 a.m. Never sweat over another IV in a veinless drug user. Never have to sleep in used sheets, shivering for lack of a blanket. And I would never again have to introduce myself as a doctor-in-training. I was finally a real doctor, whatever that meant.

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Unnecessary Testing

 

Being Wrong

 

Delivering Bad News

 

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