Tag Archives: writing

The Road Not Taken

Posted on June 21, 2017 by deconstructingdoctor

To say that I and the people around me have had the year from hell is an understatement. I have been waging battles and battles have been waged against me. I have sought the counsel of friends, coworkers, partners, therapists, … Continue reading →

Posted in Healthcare Today, My Stories, Poems | Tagged battle, battles, blog, blogger, blogging, Doctor, fear, integrity, introspection, medical, road not taken, roadblocks, Robert Frost, worth, writer, writing | 41 Comments

Pink Flamingoes

Posted on June 11, 2017 by deconstructingdoctor

A funny thing happened when our family returned home from a week long trip to Disney World. We spent the entire week living out of our RV in what I would consider the epitome of RV parks, Disney’s Fort Wilderness. … Continue reading →

Posted in My Stories | Tagged adventurers, blog, blogger, blogging, campsites, crowds, Disney World, Doctor, family, Fort Wilderness, kids, nomads, pink flamingoes, RV, RV park, tacky, writer, writing | 30 Comments

Not for Human Consumption

Posted on May 17, 2017 by deconstructingdoctor

Blogging. Writing. The great need to share the inner works of one’s brain is a double edged sword. On one hand, there is this insatiable need to get the words and ideas out, to share them with someone, everyone, to … Continue reading →

Posted in Medical Musings, My Stories | Tagged blog, blogger, blogging, consume, consumer, consumption, Disney World, Doctor, medical, tuberculosis, writer, writing | 25 Comments

My Favorite Writer

Posted on April 28, 2017 by deconstructingdoctor

If you were to ask me who my favorite writer is, I might be inclined to say something that would impress you with my great literary insight like Hemingway, Keats, Austen, Joyce, or Fitzgerald. I love them all, but if … Continue reading →

Posted in Medical Musings, My Stories | Tagged blog, blogger, blogging, books, Doctor, Favorite writer, fear, inspiration, medical, Medicine, reading, Stephen King, writer, writing | 16 Comments

On Writing

Posted on April 14, 2017 by deconstructingdoctor

I think if one considers themselves a writer, they have a deep desire to peck out the great novel on an old fashioned typewriter. Now this does not mean you are not a writer if you don’t have this desire. … Continue reading →

Posted in My Stories | Tagged abscess, blog, blogger, blogging, fart, infection, typewriter, writer, writing | 16 Comments

Runner’s Guilt

Posted on April 2, 2017 by deconstructingdoctor

There is something inherently selfish about running. It really serves no purpose to mankind. At least not overtly. I still haven’t gotten back into the running groove like I had intended. There are reasons, so, so many reasons. It’s cold. … Continue reading →

Posted in Healthcare Today, My Stories | Tagged blog, blogger, blogging, Doctor, Doctor story, family, Grief, guilt, lost, Mom, mother, motherhood, Run, runner, Running, sacrifice, writing | 18 Comments

Feed Me

Posted on March 17, 2017 by deconstructingdoctor

The worst part about motherhood is not the lack of sleep. It’s not the complete and unending exhaustion. It isn’t the relentless breastfeeding, sore nipples, sore back, that deep and unfulfilled desire to move except you are tethered to another … Continue reading →

Posted in My Stories | Tagged blog, blogger, blogging, children, Doctor, food choices, healthy choices, healthy diet, Humor, hungry, Mom, mom story, motherhood, stories, writing | 23 Comments

Changing Times

Posted on March 7, 2017 by deconstructingdoctor

You know that the times they are a-changing when you have lunch with your dad and he wants to talk about Malcolm X. I tried to get out of the lunch date, not because I’m some kind of horrible daughter, … Continue reading →

Posted in My Stories | Tagged Black Lives Matter, blog, blogger, blogging, Change, Cracker Barrel, Dad, daughter, Doctor, fishing, hope, Malcolm X, NRA, womens march, writing | 19 Comments

Profit or Prophet

Posted on March 2, 2017 by deconstructingdoctor

There is a financial pressure to see a lot of patients in a day. Seeing patients equals revenue. Revenue equals a paycheck for me and everyone else that I employ. It also feeds the giant corporate machine to which I … Continue reading →

Posted in Healthcare Today, Medical Musings | Tagged blog, blogger, blogging, computer, corporate medicine, debt, Doctor, financial, love, medical, money, overwhelmed, patients, profit, writing | 18 Comments

Head of the Class

Posted on February 15, 2017 by deconstructingdoctor

It was hard to know if I belonged. I wasn’t like the typical medical student. I had never set out to become a doctor, it was never expected of me, and believe it or not, I kind of fell into … Continue reading →

Posted in Medical Musings, My Stories | Tagged art, blog, blogger, blogging, Caravaggio, Doctor, medical, Medical School, Medical Student, stories, writing | 25 Comments