by Jeremy | Apr 24, 2020 | Change, Medical, Medicine
I’ve developed a formula to facilitate running after having surgery on my tongue: two-thirds medicinal, one-third mechanical. First, fifteen minutes prior to any run, take 3 tsp. of hydrocodone (definitely key to taking the edge off). Second, apply a generous amount...
by Jeremy | Apr 2, 2020 | Change, Medical, Transformation
I’m an ICU doctor in the middle of a global pandemic. I am trained to manage ventilators and care for the critically ill. My city, along with others, is preparing for a surge of patients requiring hospitalization and intensive care. And I’m nowhere near a hospital....
by Jeremy Topin | Dec 11, 2018 | Burnout, Change, Family, Parenting, Teenager
I miss when you both were little. The three of us with room to spare in the big chair. That precious time before you would sleep, wearing soft PJ’s dotted in animal shapes. I preferred the ones without “footsies”, so I could feel those small, cold feet brush against...
by Jeremy Topin | Oct 26, 2018 | Balance, Change, Transformation
I am excited to bring another guest post to Balance, written by Doctor Monisha Vasa! Monisha is a psychiatrist, mother and writer, currently living in Orange County, California, but has strong ties to Chicago growing up in the southwest suburbs. I have had the...
by Jeremy Topin | Oct 17, 2018 | Balance, Burnout, Change, Medical Education, Mental Health, Parenting, Transformation
I wanted to share a sincere thank you to Elizabeth Metraux at Primary Care Progress, for the opportunity to be interviewed on her Podcast, Relational Rounds. Becky and I were able to share our story from medical school and residency training to fellowship and private...
by Jeremy Topin | Aug 22, 2018 | Balance, Change, Parenting, Transformation
I am sitting in the parking lot, waiting for the local bookstore, The Book Bin, to open. I am here because of a flower. And a pear tree turned maple. And a sense of time and space. And the writer Dostoyevsky. Sipping my morning coffee, with the Jeep’s soft top down, I...
