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Little Of Me

Posted on January 30, 2012 by stephenarcher

I have gained weight in the last year. I work with peo­ple all day every day on this issue and here I am hav­ing gained enough weight that I know that other peo­ple notice, won­der, ques­tion. Enough that it is … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Enough

Posted on January 16, 2012 by stephenarcher

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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Eddy

Posted on January 8, 2012 by stephenarcher

What is a truth and a lie? A phở­to­graph is the lie sit­ting, like a spi­der in the web of the truth. What stays and what moves? A river does both and stops doing both at the same time. What is valu­able … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Dog’s View

Posted on January 5, 2012 by stephenarcher

Decem­ber was super busy. I took my national boards (passed..!), the kiddo had a minor oper­a­tion (wait­ing in wait­ing rooms is exhaust­ing – I’ll remem­ber that), and my patients, for one month, finally had real insur­ance. Deductibles take 11 months to pay … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Hard at Work

Posted on January 2, 2012 by stephenarcher

Ever feel like you are watch­ing over things that don’t mat­ter? Who is it that does that watch­ing? The thin line between per­sonal may­hem, utter apa­thy or extreme vio­lence is that we don’t know the time of our dying. If … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Three

Posted on December 22, 2011 by stephenarcher

6/100 Strangers Project Today, my three, my son, my wife and me, were sit­ting in a preop hold­ing room in Port­land at the uni­ver­sity hos­pi­tal. We walked in to the Mult­nomah pavil­lion– the word evokes pres­ence and his­tory at the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Some Thing, This Thing, Better

Posted on December 14, 2011 by stephenarcher

May I ask you a ques­tion? Will a $200,000 car make you 10x hap­pier than a $20,000 car? Doubt it. Will some­thing well made, some­what more expen­sive than what you can get from China mean more to you? Maybe. For … Con­tinue read­ing →

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The Waking

Posted on December 11, 2011 by stephenarcher

My son is wak­ing up. He is know­ing that the world inter­acts with him and that he has pref­er­ences. I have the feel­ing that he is com­ing, arriv­ing. I have been with him for seven months, but now I see … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Jeep

Posted on December 3, 2011 by stephenarcher

Hand over hand straight to left A thou­sand hands, wheel too hot to touch, an noon, on Wake or Saipan. A thou­sand might be mil­lions, The miles from home or to the next shore; or lost friends or ene­mies. Com­fort … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Graffiti

Posted on October 11, 2011 by stephenarcher

Doing an oper­a­tion a thou­sand times makes a dif­fer­ence. Like Steve Austin, the bionic man, my oper­a­tions these days are “bet­ter, stronger, faster.” No mat­ter what I thought when I fin­ished “train­ing” and how I thought I was teflon and … Con­tinue read­ing →

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