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 10, 2020 | Medical, Medicine, Transformation, Uncategorized
Artwork by https://lindsaymound.com/ The volume of COVID related news and information is overwhelming. There is 24/7 coverage on TV, Twitter and social media. Important medical information is being shared in real-time across the globe on lessons learned caring for...
by Jeremy Topin | Nov 20, 2018 | Balance, Burnout, Medicine, Parenting, Transformation
This piece recently was published at Doximity’s Op-(m)ed. I worked on this essay for quite a while for publication elsewhere. It does touch on many of the same themes I have already written about on this blog. In that sense, it is not particularly revealing of...
by Jeremy Topin | Sep 26, 2018 | Balance, Medicine, Mental Health
Something was not right, and that something was the first-year resident in front of me. He had come down to the emergency department (ED) to admit a patient to the intensive care unit, full of a frenetic energy that was out of place for the midnight hour. I was the...
by Jeremy Topin | May 30, 2018 | Medicine, Transformation
A few years ago, I stumbled upon the Moth Stories. Originally based out of New York, but now in cities around the country, people would come together at a venue to share and listen to personal stories based on a theme for the evening. Ten people, randomly selected...
by Jeremy Topin | May 18, 2018 | Balance, Change, Medicine, Transformation
Fast I eat. Fast. Often, I consume the food I place on my plate before I even make it to the kitchen table. It’s as if I grew up during times of famine, desperate for each and every morsel. On the rare night my family has dinner together, I am usually finishing just...
