HeyJaredDoctoring Unpacked
Common medical conditions, regular people, and a doctor who has all the time it takes.
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“Are you thinking about hurting yourself?” (opens the original)
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As my patient, Leora, gets up to leave, I log out of the computer and follow her out of the exam room. Leora was quick. By the time I get out of the room, she’s a long way down the hallway.Our visit had been disturbing to us both. I suspect that’s the reason Leora wanted out fast. As for me, I just stand there, lost in thought.I glance over to the exam room where my next patient should be cued up for me. I see that the door is open; the room is empty. Had there been another patient to see, I wou
Leora On Track in a Scary Way (opens the original)
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“Doctor Mary, I didn’t think I’d be in so soon, but I scared myself. Katie, my therapist, thought I should come in, too, so here I am.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1941" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SEH-!,w
Colonoscopy fiasco or merely an inconvenience? (opens the original)
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“Doctor Mary, I felt like I* was a car getting an oil change rather than a human being getting a colonoscopy. Except it was worse! When I’m at the oil change place, at least if I tell them to check the air filter, too, if they forget, they go back and do it right away. I went through the prep and had the anesthesia and they were looking for the wrong thing!”Sadly, Connie was right. The only good part of this was that I didn’t have to tell her the bad news. She’d figured it out for herself.As I t
Hormones for Happiness? (opens the original)
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I see that Leora is my next patient. Three months have passed in a flash. I click into the first note her therapist, Katie, has entered into Leora’s chart.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1941" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s
I Just Can’t Get Out of My Own Way (opens the original)
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“I just don’t feel great, Doctor Mary. I’m always tired. I know I do a lot, but the kids are older and more on their own and I think I should be less tired, not more. Work is the same as always and Joel, he never changes. I’m still going to the gym once a week. I know I should go more often, but it’s so hard to get motivated, especially when I’m so tired. And I haven’t changed my diet or how much coffee I drink, so I really think something has changed in my body. My periods are just the same, st
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