Life with Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia (IST)
Ten years ago next month began the most difficult decade of my life by far. What started as a benign, unnamed arrhythmia, wreaked so...
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The Great Comforter
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest: Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and...
Dr. Murphy is Back!
I’m back!!!! It’s been such a long time- I can’t believe it’s been 11 full months that I have been out of the clinic and away from...
Great Expectations
“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.” -Alexander Pope Expectations are a funny thing. You aren’t...
Top 10 Reasons to Travel for Better Healthcare
10. The healthcare resources you need are beyond the scope of the doctors and hospitals in your proximity. If you are in the 20% of the...
The Wait
As a kid, I experienced it all the time. Most of us have. Who among us had the patience as a child to wait for the glue to dry on that...
While I'm Waiting
It happened again. I've heard stories of people who say God speaks audibly to them. I'm not sure about that (other than in Biblical...
A Random Encounter
There are moments in life that happen completely out of the blue that force us to open our eyes wide, stand up straight, and take notice....
A Girl and Her Worth
To state the obvious, I am a girl. A grown-up girl, but still a girl nonetheless. Volumes have been written on a girl’s worth and...
Faith like Cooper
The song that comes on the radio at the perfect time. The text from a friend when you feel disconnected from the human race. The...
Benign
I was alone, driving north on the Chicago I-294 tollway, after a quick trip to Cincinnati ended in the failure to secure a cardiothoracic...
Miracles from Heaven
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle...
The Choice
Six weeks post major robotic heart surgery is a big mark in the timeline of healing. It is halfway there in the orthopedic surgery terms...
Dear Dr. P
Dear Dr. P, Ten months ago, I first met you on a telehealth visit, as I was referred to your care by one of my favorite physicians,...
Thank you, Dr. Jett!
My kids and I were discussing the Year 2020 in all of its infamous glory, when my 12-year old daughter said something fairly astute. “Mom,
Hope Floats
I was sitting on a plastic chair in a doctor’s office in Plano, Texas, waiting anxiously for the doctor to tell me whether he would agree...
Opportunity Lost
Yesterday was pregnancy loss day. I dedicate this story to Murphy baby #2 who I will meet someday and hold in my arms in heaven, and to...
Top 10 Tips to Get the Most out of your Next Doctor's Appointment
According to Reuters, the average physician visit lasts 20 minutes. That’s the average. We know that some visits can be as short as 2...
How to Be Your Own Healthcare Advocate
The numbers are staggering. In the US, between 250,000-440,000 people per year die as a result of medical errors, and they are the third...
I Had a Dream
While it is nearing the 4th of July, with red, white and blue stars and stripes waving in the breeze, my I Had a Dream story is nothing...
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