A Pregnancy That Gave Meaning To Medicine

May 03, 2017, 5 comments, 10 smiles [Below are some of my comments as the last Healing+T circle.  Prior to holding the mic, I had no idea this is what I was going to share -- but the collective energy of the group was having its effect on me. :)] I work as a pediatric doctor in a large HMO and I've been working there for over 10 years now.  I'm sure some of you will probably identify with this. When you come out of medical school and then residency, you have this vision of saving people.  You're intubating patients and you're giving lifesaving medications and you're doing tracheotomies and whatnot -- to actually save people's lives. After I did my pediatric residency, I wanted to do a fellowship but I was so burned out by my residency that I decided to take a year off.  Then somehow I landed this job and started working as a community pediatric doctor. ... Read Full Story