Category Archives: My Stories

The Results are in!

Posted on July 8, 2020 by deconstructingdoctor

The tension was something akin to a gender reveal party or maybe more like a walk to the gallows. I kept checking my patient portal for my test results. I was becoming obsessive with temperature checks. My temperature never rose … Continue reading →

Posted in Medical Musings, My Stories | Tagged coronavirus, COVID symptoms, COVID-19, Doctor, fever, mask, pandemic, paranoid, positive, results, shrondingers cat, symptoms, test results | 22 Comments

Schrodinger’s COVID

Posted on July 6, 2020 by deconstructingdoctor

Tomorrow is the 4 year anniversary of my mother’s passing and today I sit here awaiting the results of my COVID 19 test. I’m not sure that the two things have anything in common, probably just mere coincidence. It is … Continue reading →

Posted in Medical Musings, My Stories | Tagged coronavirus, COVID-19, Doctor, Healthcare, infected, negative, positive, results, Shrodingers cat, sick, waiting | 14 Comments

Protest Poster Ideas for BLM

Posted on June 3, 2020 by deconstructingdoctor

Don’t you hate when bloggers give this long diatribe before you get to the part you really want to read, like, when I was a kid I had this friend, blah blah blah. Let’s just get to it. If you … Continue reading →

Posted in My Stories | Tagged Black Lives Matter, democracy, George Floyd, police brutality, protest, protest poster, protest poster ideas | 2 Comments

My Pleasure

Posted on April 18, 2020 by deconstructingdoctor

Am I the only one that is disturbed when the shiny-overly-smiling-faced purveyor of my chicken sandwich at the Chick Fil A drive thru responds to a simple “thank you for my chicken sandwich,” with “my pleasure”? I think it’s overkill … Continue reading →

Posted in My Stories | Tagged aqua man, Chick Fil A, chicken, chicken sandwich, chocolate chip cookies, Doctor, key lime pie, key west, my pleasure, popeyes, Stephen King, the witcher | 16 Comments

From the Skulls of My Enemies

Posted on November 23, 2018 by deconstructingdoctor

I have recently taken to the habit of drinking a glass of red wine from a clear glass shaped like a skull. Not everyday, mind you. It started after Halloween. I decided to make a Halloween feast for my family. … Continue reading →

Posted in My Stories | Tagged Anger, blog, blogger, blogging, cat litter cake, Doctor, enemies, forgiveness, glass, Halloween, skulls, wine, writer | 7 Comments

The War of Christmas

Posted on November 13, 2018 by deconstructingdoctor

It was a typical Monday morning, I got the kids up and ready for school, dropped them off before the bell, and headed off to work. Halloween was still fresh in our minds, the candy piled high on the kitchen … Continue reading →

Posted in My Stories | Tagged assault, blog, blogger, blogging, child, christ, Christmas, Doctor, Halloween, Hate, holidays, immigrants, Jesus, merry christmas, small town, war on christmas, welfare, writer, wwjd | 12 Comments

Endlessly Forever

Posted on November 10, 2018 by deconstructingdoctor

There are times when silence is necessary. Quiet reflection, stillness, exhalation. I found myself in a state of mind consistent with floating on the stillness of the ocean, buoyed by the salinity, the sun peaking in and out behind the … Continue reading →

Posted in Medical Musings, My Stories | Tagged blogger, blogging, Doctor, endlessly, floating, forever, jumped, ocean, Patient, Run, Running, smile, songs, students, Teaching, tears, writer, writing | 6 Comments

Unmade in America

Posted on June 20, 2018 by deconstructingdoctor

My 10th great grandfather and his family boarded a ship in Mannheim, Germany in 1663 bound for America. They came to Germany by way of Amsterdam and before that France, seeking refuge from religious persecution. Each new home offered only … Continue reading →

Posted in My Stories | Tagged America, American Dream, American Revolution, asylum, blog, blogger, blogging, Doctor, freedom, French Huguenots, God, Journey, persecution, refugee, Religion, sacrifice, writer | 4 Comments

For the love of nurses

Posted on May 2, 2018 by deconstructingdoctor

I passed the boards, in case you were wondering. It’s a relief. I don’t have to think about that again for 10 years. Who knows, by then I may be retired. Or a famous writer. Or still doing the same … Continue reading →

Posted in Healthcare Today, Medical Musings, My Stories | Tagged blog, blogger, blogging, burnout, Doctor, medical board, nurse, nurses, Patient, retired, writer, writing | 4 Comments

Be Kind, Unwind

Posted on April 3, 2018 by deconstructingdoctor

The unwind. That’s where I find myself right now. It’s this strange process, like a colon cleanse or some such shit, whereby I untangle myself from the trappings of my job, just briefly, while on vacation. This unwind doesn’t last. … Continue reading →

Posted in Medical Musings, My Stories | Tagged blackbeard, blog, blogger, blogging, cats, Doctor, house cat museum, North Carolina, south carolina, spring break, sylva, the fugitive, train museum, trains, Unwind, work | 1 Comment