The Finish Line
We set off together then, her as the supplicant and me as her guide, beginning our journey down into the darkness. Only one of us walked, though.Posted on December 14, 2006 6:33 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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Allegory:
The Road Not Taken
"If you choose to drive on, you will enter uncharted lands where no doctor can predict what adversity lies ahead. The decision is ultimately yours."Posted on October 9, 2006 3:54 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The Waiting Game
We doctors sometimes forget that part of healing is to give the spirit a chance to stand up and breathe again, to let the storm pass before ordering the journey to resume.Posted on September 28, 2006 3:39 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
On Your Mark...Get Set...Get Set...Get Set (Repeat Ad Infinitum)
"When the final runner reaches the gates of the nucleus he gives the baton to the keepers within, who use it to awaken a murdering army of invaders."Posted on September 21, 2006 4:05 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The Flight Plan
While visiting one of my patients in the hospital we reflected together on how he has been able to fight off his metastatic cancer for over two years, much longer than anyone would have ever predicted given how sick he...Posted on July 16, 2006 7:57 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
