Is There A Secret Handshake? When Your Spouse Is A Patient Where You Work.

Since the pathology on my husband’s tumor was benign (hooray!), I feel okay writing a bit about the experience at the hospital. Specifically, your spouse having a surgery done at the same hospital where you work as a physician.

People can have some odd ideas about doctors. Like, that we don’t get sick, or never have to deal with the same run-around they do when they try to call an office.

I had one patient tell me “well, since you’re a doctor, you don’t have to worry about high blood pressure.” Which, since he didn’t know anything about my family history, salt intake, or blood pressure readings, was clearly not a particularly informed statement.

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Fitness Log #88 And Friday Firsts

I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for over a year, and plan to continue doing so.

During this pandemic, though, things change so rapidly, I want to acknowledge some of the ways we are coping with it. I am keeping track of some of my “firsts” as I deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.

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In The Shadow Of The Big C

The SARS2-CoV pandemic shut down a good portion of our lives this spring, and changed the rest. We were asked (or ordered) to stay at home. We were advised (or ordered) to wear masks when going out. No shopping, no shows, no parties, no travel.

For the most part, this didn’t bother me much. I was pretty upset to cancel a trip in March, but I eventually got over it. I went to work, Mr. PiN made sure there was food on the table; we watched movies and discovered Amazon Prime Video.

However, our household was affected in a very serious way by the shut down.

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Future Me, June 2020

I started this series of posts at the end of October 2018. I had just cut back my hours from full time to 90%, and wanted to use my new free time wisely. Some of that time was to relax, but I also wanted to improve my fitness, make my home a more pleasant place to stay, and work on becoming a more well-rounded human being.

My last update was in March of this year, with a few wins, and a bunch of misses. I set new goals, based on my predictions of what life might look like with a pandemic sweeping through.

I had planned to follow up at the end of May. I’m a little late, but rounding things up after 13 weeks of dealing with COVID-19.

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Interview With PracticeBalance

Today my interview over at PracticeBalance is going up. Feel free to go check it out if you want to know more about me and how I try to maintain some balance in my life.

If you have arrived here after reading my interview with Dr. Dawn Baker, welcome to the blog. Most things related to life balance will probably be found in my Future Me posts or Fitness Logs, but maybe you will find something else that piques your interest. Feel free to poke around and drop a note if you want to say hi.

A serene moment, courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Newburyport Meadows, Martin Johnson Heade.