Tag Archives: Bariatric Surgery

Forgetting

Miller sat across from me in the exam room. The cres­cent scar on his scalp was healed. A month ago there was a six inch divot scooped out from the right side of his head as from a reck­less eight … Con­tinue read­ing

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Burnout

My patient had lit­er­ally burned a hole in his tiny, new stom­ach with a com­bi­na­tion of cig­a­rettes and alco­hol. I don’t have a moral posi­tion on this except that life is prob­a­bly worth pre­serv­ing until one can make an informed … Con­tinue read­ing

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Enough

I work with peo­ple who are chang­ing their rela­tion­ship to food. Mostly they are obese and don’t want to be. Most have had surgery under my hand to give them a tool to help them relearn two sen­sa­tions that their … Con­tinue read­ing

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