Day 0

Today is day 500 of sobriety. History of IVDU. Today presents with smoldering abscess and Legitimate Pain. Opioids indicated. Opioids given. What if this induces another relapse, asks the med student. The patient needs to take responsibility for his own sobriety, replies the attending. Today we got a sober addict high. Today is day 0.

MAGA

Speak up. Make your case. Don’t vacillate or defer. Construct your best guess then proclaim it confidently. It’s less important to be right and more important to be sure. Physicians value assertiveness over indecisiveness in their peers (#patriarchy). Patients value confidence over competence in their providers (#fear). Would you want Donald Trump as your doctor?

To die whole

The estrogen will help her body become the one she sees in her dreams, fill out her hips and her breasts, soften her features. The estrogen has already made her blood thick, caused a clot in her leg, given her a stroke.  She knows the estrogen will likely kill her; she wants to die whole.