In My Humble Opinion

A primary care physician's thoughts on medicine and life.

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Back To Life

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I usually think of it as a positive the sign.  A patient is depressed, mourning, or just doing poorly.  Then they show up on my schedule for...
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Are You Trying Hard Enough?

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I have had many mentors over the years.  I learned from countless teachers: family, friends, and colleagues.  But there has been one influen...
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Sunday, August 26, 2012

The O.K. Corral

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I had already decided that I wasn't going to be a pediatrician .  So my third year rotation ended on a high note.  I was working in the ...
Saturday, August 25, 2012

A Slippery Slope

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Dr. Sisk shifted uncomfortably in his chair.  He stared at the computer screen in front of him as he once again tried to plead with the elde...
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Friday, August 24, 2012

Trial By Fire

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I could feel her holding her breath as I continued the phone conversation with the oncologist. She sat in the floral upholstered chair next ...
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

The Rise And Fall Of Consequence

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She hobbled into my exam room, pausing half way to lean on the walker and take a deep breath.  A year to the day, we had placed her husband ...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Skin In The Game

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Ricky and I were the same age.  We both were struggling with the ins and outs of new parenthood.  I had a boy , he a girl.  Yet my gray coat...
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Jordan Grumet
Jordan is an Internal Medicine physician practicing in Northbrook, Illinois.
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