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You know what bugs me about discussions of physician burnout and resiliency?

They seem to be based on the idea that people who completed four years of medical school and however many years of residency and worked hard and sacrificed and were constantly pushed out of their comfort zone and didn’t see their family or friends as often as they wanted and made new friends and communities wherever they found themselves, and did this their entire young adulthood, aren’t actually resilient and that the issues they’re facing can be fixed by meditating for five minutes a day and taking a walk at lunchtime.

First of all, since when did physicians get lunchtime?

Second of all, since when did becoming a doctor in the first place not take a lot of resiliency, so why do people assume physicians, who have already demonstrated themselves to be resilient, are the ones who need fixing?

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i’m a leftist of course but it has been fucking something to go to beto o’rourke’s twitter and see him actively organizing food drives, informing people of warm shelters, and contacting texas senior citizens to make sure they’re okay

while ted cruz fucking went to cancun

like, republicans are a fucking death cult. they really truly are.

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If you haven’t seen this story, look up his name: Francisco Galicia. 

Expect to see him come 2020, when the debates begin and the political battle heats up. Expect to see him in a suit testifying in court, or before Congress. This young man is a witness and a victim, and the fact that this isn’t a more prominent story on every news station is what truly frightens me.

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I want to mourn her death. I want to honor her. I want to pay tribute to who she was as a woman, as a mother, as a lawyer, as a fighter, as a wife, as a justice, as a patriot. 

I want to mourn her and celebrate her and thank her for everything that she did, all the decisions that she made that helped me grow up in an America where I was safe to pursue all the things I wanted. 

Instead the first emotion I felt wasn’t sadness, or humility, or solemnity. It was fear. Chill down the spine, tears in the eyes, heart racing, muscle clenching fear.  

And I will never forgive them for that. 

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hey y’all it’s been a minute, hope everybody is doing okay. 

Currently finishing up month 2 of being a PGY-2 (!!!)

I started the year off basically with a week of nights at our busy university hospital with brand new interns. Being an upper level is mostly terrifying so far but also exciting. 

Also, if you are able to, adopt an adult dog (or two). Highly recommend, my life is way better now. My husband and I adopted our two sweet girls in January and haven’t looked back. So much more motivating to exercise myself when we take them on a walk or a hike! Also dog doors are great, 10/10 would recommend. 

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ALL 👏🏾 OF 👏🏾 THEM 👏🏾

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If you watch anything today, watch this.

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Me to Me, pumping myself up for every ICU shift:

(Alternatively, what else can we say to the God of Death? DNR/ DNI)

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Prediction for other Americans: In a year or two when COVID-19 is winding down either just due to burnout or a vaccine there will emerge a narrative that it was tragic, and sad, but unavoidable, and people did what they could in the face of overwhelming odds.

This will be false.

The US has been far, far too slow in responding. Contrast our response with South Korea's, with their aggressive testing, containment, and mitigation. Notice how slow we have been in implementing measures that can slow the virus's spread. Notice how lack of insurance, paid time off, and a robust safety bet will speed the virus's spread. Notice the lack of testing, and the spread of misinformation. This was, perhaps, not something that can be prevented, but it is absolutely something that can be mitigated, and our leaders and our country failed and continue to fail to take actions that can mitigate it.

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hello I’m alive intern year has been busy-scary-amazing-exhausting. Worked the ICU for Christmas and am fortunate to have a few days off for New Years. When 2020 starts, I’ll have been an intern/doctor for six months????? Wild.

Also I’ve been using the One Line a Day journal every day since the start of intern year to write small bits about each day and would highly recommend it to help all the days not blur together. It has room for 5 years so you can look back easily. I don’t always remember to do it every day but I manage to go back and fill in the days I miss.

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Came home with the team pagers still on my body after a night shift.

It was only a matter of time.

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I love death