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Freida McFadden

@Freida_McFadden

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Freida McFadden is the author of multiple thrillers and medical fiction, including The Locked Door, The Perfect, Son, The Devil Wears Scrubs and Brain Damage.

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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
6 years
Finished reading book patient recommended to me and now she’s discharged before I can tell her how much I liked it!
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
6 years
How come parents are the only ones who butt dial me?
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
10 years
Writing contest for people in medicine http://t.co/rN4Dvw1UMi @kevinmd
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
7 years
It is impossible to buy bananas without one of them eventually turning up rotting at the bottom of one of my kids' backpacks
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
9 years
Sorry patient, we can't write an order saying that your call bell has to be answered within 60 seconds...
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
8 years
What the election would look like if only women could vote
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
10 years
If a religious company doesn't want to pay for birth control, that's fine as long as they provide one year of paid maternity leave.
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
8 years
I think the mechanism of colchicine is that it gives you so much diarrhea that you forget about your gout pain
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
10 years
Patient with diplopia: "I'm glad you're not ugly because I see two of you."
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
9 years
There is definitely an inverse correlation between the number of drug allergies and how crazy a patient is
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
7 years
Seeing yourself in your children makes you like yourself better
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
8 years
I am torn between desperately wanting to make new friends and not having time for the friends I have
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
10 years
I so love giving patients good news
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
9 years
How come parents are required by law to use a car seat, but not to vaccinate their children? #vaccinate
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
9 years
It's really embarrassing when you argue with your preschooler about something and it turns out they were right
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
10 years
When you page me, give me one freaking minute to answer the page before you leave your desk or make another call
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
9 years
My daughter: "they didn't have phones when my mommy was alive." Insulting on so many levels...
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
8 years
You know you're well-dressed when your 90-year-old patient tells you she's got the same shirt that you're wearing
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
9 years
I am addicted to ordering stuff from Amazon. It's like getting presents two or three times a week.
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
7 years
45 orders placed on Amazon in last 6 months. Do I have a problem?
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
2 years
@KelliJaeBaeli Thank you! I just suddenly remembered my Twitter account existed 😂
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
9 years
I think I have forgotten how to relax. But I'm not sure if I ever knew in the first place.
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
10 years
How do these jury duty people keep finding me???
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
8 years
Sometimes I get really sick of dealing with people
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
8 years
I think it's a sign of motherhood that I don't even close the door anymore when I pee.
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
7 years
Facebook has partially become this depressing thing where I see all my former friends growing old
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
8 years
It's always sort of amazing when I use something I learned in medical school during my actual job
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
10 years
Young adult books are awesome. I'm going to work my way through this list. http://t.co/FHqVL1RI1P
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
10 years
I can't believe the Kindle and paperback version of the book on Amazon cost exact same amount
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
8 years
I didn't think I could possibly hate Ted Cruz any more. Then he made Carly Fiorino his running mate.
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
9 years
As I get older, I keep cutting my hair shorter and shorter. Eventually, I'll just be bald.
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
10 years
I actually said in a dictation: "patient was, you know, pleasant."
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
9 years
Childhood is wasted on children
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
8 years
Can't decide if drawing from my daughter in my office makes me happy or sad
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
7 years
Furious with all the pro-choice and environment-conscious people who didn't vote b/c they "didn't like" either candidate. Vote on issues!
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
8 years
Moving to Canada
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
7 years
Men with muscles and money more attractive to women. In other news, the sky is blue.
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
10 years
Demented patient: "if you expect me to stay in the hospital, you're going to have to pay me $50 an hour."
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Freida McFadden
8 years
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
9 years
My kids were just fighting over who got to eat the last piece of broccoli. Has hell frozen over?
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
9 years
Note to self: in the future, do not drink a large bottle of Gatorade before going to your kid's recital
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
10 years
I suspect a survey of oxygen nasal cannulas would show that at least 60 percent are not actually in nostrils or anywhere close
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
9 years
Raised almost $100 yesterday to fight parasite infection in children in developing countries! Thanks to everyone who bought the book!
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
9 years
Toddler dies of measles in Germany
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
10 years
Some days it just seems like everything is unfair
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
9 years
Thank you transcription service for including "end dictation" in my history and physical
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
8 years
No her preschool graduation is complete without your kid picking her nose on stage
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
8 years
My husband has never heard the song Love Yourself. I want to live on the planet that he lives on.
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
8 years
Rush Limbaugh complains about nonconsensual sex being called rape
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
8 years
I genuinely wonder what would happen if somebody walked into an NRA meeting and shot up 50 people
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Freida McFadden
9 years
Gave my daughter a much-needed lesson about not tattling
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
2 years
@bookouture Thank you! I'm very excited about this one!
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
10 years
Top 8 reasons you should date/marry a female physician or surgeon http://t.co/dPGYjENSxR via @heenalogue
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
10 years
Whenever I see a patient wearing one of those rubber band bracelets, I think to myself, "Some child loves this person."
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
9 years
How can you be afraid of 5-year-old Syrians coming to this country, yet OK with terror suspects buying guns?
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
9 years
Made a $250 donation to the fistula foundation, as a percentage of sales from Baby City
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
10 years
What is the deal with men feel like they have a right to pick on any tiny imperfections in women's bodies?
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Freida McFadden
8 years
I can't believe we live in a society where we have to deal with immature tweets from our presidential candidates
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Freida McFadden
9 years
Sometimes I truly wonder if I will ever get a good nights sleep ever again for the rest of my life
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Freida McFadden
8 years
I'm getting to the point where thinking about this election makes me ill
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
8 years
How come white, brown, black, and green can be last names but not any other colors?
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
10 years
I thought my contribution was lazy, but the woman who brought Burger King chicken nuggets to family night at school is the winner
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
8 years
The most frustrating thing is to be exhausted yet not be able to fall asleep
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Freida McFadden
2 years
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
10 years
My daughters teacher sent home a handwritten note in which she spelled "there" as "thier". I am horrified x2.
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
8 years
I hate when vegetable soup is like 90% potatoes
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
8 years
My mother, in response to my asking for a link: "I don't know how to send a link. I am not even sure what a link is."
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
8 years
The real Clinton email scandal is that a bullshit story has dominated the campaign
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
9 years
Briefly installed the Facebook app on my phone, before sick feeling in my stomach forced me to delete it
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
10 years
I need new cargo pants. The hole in the knee look is so over.
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
10 years
How rare is it to get an unsolicited apology from somebody who you think wronged you? Thanks for that.
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
2 years
@nholten40 Thanks! I hope you enjoy it!
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
9 years
Dear patient, getting drunk more than seven nights a week is not just irresponsible, it's impossible
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
10 years
I don't think 8 GB is too many photos to have of your children… Despite how shocked the guy at the Apple store seemed
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
9 years
A Woman’s Place Is on the $20 - http://t.co/sx9iPzkeXE http://t.co/H3KsU8w2zB
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Freida McFadden
8 years
One piece of wisdom I am imparting to my kids is how to hang toilet paper in the proper overhand fashion.
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
8 years
How can anyone talk about this wall without laughing?
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
10 years
This 90-year-old patient I'm seeing has the same name as my daughter's six-year-old boyfriend (well, crush)
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
10 years
I've gotten really talkative lately. Maybe too much so.
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
10 years
It occurs to me that there were students in my first year med school class older than I am now. The thought exhausts me.
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
10 years
Her majesty refuses to poop in a potty that has a tiny hair in it. It must be cleaned!
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
10 years
When you're at the grocery store and the person ahead of you makes two distinct piles with their groceries, you know you're in trouble
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
9 years
A patient just told me I looked like the governor of Rhode Island
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
10 years
At some point, if I keep plucking out gray hair, I will soon be bald
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
8 years
So annoying when everyone who comes in after me for an appointment gets called in first
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
9 years
10 Sacrifices Every Parent Makes That No One Talks About -- this is so true
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
9 years
Now that lunchmeat is supposedly carcinogenic, I have no idea what to make for lunch
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
9 years
A geneticist says any new parent should 'roll their child on floor of the NYC subway' — here's why
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Freida McFadden
10 years
Yeah, women do apologize a lot. http://t.co/F5Hbqk2KsX
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
10 years
I finally watch the Glee finale. That show has reached new levels of stupidity.
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
7 years
This Is Why #BlackWomenAtWork Has Gone Viral
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Freida McFadden
8 years
I can't believe that I have been a doctor for over a decade
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
9 years
It would be too much to ask for to not have to submit my flexible spending receipts for child care more than once due to an "error"
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
10 years
I guess nobody has this problem but me http://t.co/p6pifJLWa1
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
8 years
Text from husband: "cat OK at vet visit. Did NOT like the rectal thermometer."
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
9 years
@iadam8 @AsapSCIENCE it's more readable in the original post: http://t.co/7V8teh1ejj
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
9 years
Welch’s and Annie's Fruit Snacks Are Basically Candy. Don’t Believe the Marketing. - Slate
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@Freida_McFadden
Freida McFadden
10 years
I loathe taking a family history.
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