Notes on life, philosophy, and medicine

with little to no connection to its (our own) history and its roots  floating somewhere between present and this effervescent world created (social media)  pulled by the forces of those who have governed with limited foresight  who failed to recognize the forces of human nature  when left without accountability to the very land and people they are surrounded by  believing that some bureaucratic polity could right the wrongs  the ongoing taxation without representation  a policy too detached from one another  that the only winners are those who do the taking  prized is every individual  yet deprived of the dignity to work for his own fellow man  in the only way in which man feels purpose  for one another  these distant products  global forces  one surely must appreciate  but how to reign in  in the end only some idealistic geographic boundary  but a land always of many  voices to be heard and heeded  easy enough to only think of ONE  despite the many  when we live in a world without acc

This is it, the day and night I usually get to reflect on the year that has come and gone, and to look toward what lies just ahead. A set word to guide me, a quiet night just me, the dark of night and the twinkle of Christmas lights on our 3 foot Christmas tree… This one, is just a bit different. I’m under a knitted blanket in my sister’s entry room living space on her couch and Luna, our now 7 almost 8 month old puppy is at my feet. Our flight home 2 days ago from San Diego to Seattle was cancelled. And my mother’s flight from Raleigh to San Diego was cancelled.  While most of the country is under snow and ice in a historic winter storm, I’ve gotten to enjoy the warmth of Southern California’s sun.  But beyond all of that and the hub hub of commercialized Christmas - aka I’ve spent way too much - I got to see my son watch a Christmas movie and bake cookies for Santa with his cousins! And in less than 24 hours, I’ll get to spend this very special day with all of my siblings, which is s

I'm a physician; a family physician...I spend my days talking to patients about healthy lifestyle and healthy food choices. The food we choose is either helping our bodies or it is not BUT this is my blood sugar right now and it's climbing... And you know what I did when I saw this, I reached for the bag of cheesy puffs that my son left on the kitchen counter. FOREHEAD SLAP EMOJI. I've been having headaches, I feel tingles in my body, I'm bloated, uncomfortable, but I haven't stopped. We the one solitary human has been battling the machine of food industry - science of chemical combinations - and it's supposed to be on us to win?  Meh. Can I readjust my recent binge eating habits I call "holiday hibernation"? It's cold here. But seriously, I'm not too keen on feeling this way for too much longer. I did grab a piece of thanksgiving turkey leftover to try to slow the rise in my blood sugars. My point is with sugars going up as high as they do, I