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ChiarablueMD

5 years

I have little choice but to bend to to your will because you have the power and I don't. However... You. Will. Never. Break. Me. And I will never forget. It will come back to you at some point. #dailymantra

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@KeriCrewsonMD

4 years

"When death is inevitable, the way of dying is important."

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@KeriCrewsonMD

4 years

Honey, this is 2020, we all feel a little dead inside.

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4 years

An oldie but a goodie.

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6 years

Well, I guess it's official now. Things work out given time.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

5 years

Walking back into clinic. See young couple in mid 90s looking confused. Nursing home driver took them to the wrong facility. Worried they would be late for Dr appmt. Got my car, drove them across town. When your own life is kinda crappy, best thing is to make someone happy.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

5 years

Finally. Keri Crewson, MD Doctor of Internal Medicine. Board eligible. What a relief.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

6 years

A nephrologist who had cared for a long-term pt came in late at night to have an end of life discussion with pt and family in that person's mother tongue. Life not even shortened by any issue related to kidney. Now that is class.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

5 years

Friend who is a Sex Ed speaker gets to hand out these Canadian condoms. I am jealous. @DrJenGunter

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@KeriCrewsonMD

2 years

@AvrahamCooperMD Go for lunch because that clubbing has been there for quite awhile and the patient is currently stable. ;)

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@KeriCrewsonMD

4 years

Friend sent me pictures of their nursing home site from FB. They brought the thrill of the hunt to the Elders.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

5 years

Yes, I just reported 81 people who are targeting a physician who is already depressed. My hand is numb. I was glad to hear that he reached out for support. We all need help at times and it is not a weakness.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

3 years

The chemistry teacher in me is still laughing.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

6 months

The hospital put me up at a loft they own across from the hospital. Definitely beats a hotel room. Grateful to get off the roads. It's starting to get nasty out there.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

2 years

I think I have finally lost enough weight that I can get rid of the pants that I am wearing today. Looking forward to finding other pairs that should be donated as well. Mounjaro. 27 lbs down. It works.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

6 years

The LP I did today was unsuccessful. I guess you might say I am not much of a back stabber.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

1 year

Taking a moment to be grateful for losing 43 lbs so far. Gave away 3 more pairs of pants today. I have others that I am just wearing loose and will wait until I really look ridiculous in them. 35 lbs more to my goal. It’s slowly coming off. #mounjaro

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@KeriCrewsonMD

6 years

One of my interns kept saying COPD exasperation. We decided as the ICU team that we like it better, so forthwith, it shall ever be known as such.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

3 years

A cousin who lives in Cairns, Australia shared this. I think it's beautiful.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

2 years

I hope that the longer brighter days make me feel more alive. This winter has been really tough. Slowly putting away things sitting out for weeks/months. Putting away bins with fewer things in them, but no better organized. Here is the bright spot in the pile of mail.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

7 years

If you didn't match, I am sorry, from personal experience with two unsuccessful attempts prior to this residency, I get it. If you want, you can DM me. If you matched, great news, but please don't abandon your friend who didn't (saw this plenty, it's heartless).

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@KeriCrewsonMD

4 years

The world has got a bit of shine again. Thanks Moderna. #GotTheVaccine

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@KeriCrewsonMD

5 years

For those who liked that crocheted Baby Yoda, you can buy the pattern on this site and send me one.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

6 years

@TimeraDrake @AmosJennette @CriminelleLaw Same. Teacher for over a decade, now I am a doctor. The right one thinks, wow, she is incredible and I am so proud of her.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

6 years

End of ICU rotation. I treated septic shock in my dreams. I hear vent beeps when there are none and I am awake. Worst of all, my bowels have reset to 4:30 AM and body thinks 4 hrs sleep is enough to exist on. I need intensive R&R... for 6 months. #PGYend

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@KeriCrewsonMD

6 years

I wish we could have a clinic where those who have lost hope could receive a shelter dog or cat, then return biweekly with their pet where they both get healthcare, medication and the human gets SW and psych connect then sent home with pet food and squeaky toy. #Utopia #Petopia

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@KeriCrewsonMD

2 years

Well, there we go. The last student loan payment that I will ever make. Debt free.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

5 years

Sending strength to all the ER docs/Hospitalists/Clinic docs/Surgeons who have to suggest to someone that they need to be hospitalized over the holidays. I know, it feels like you are the Grinch that Stole Christmas and it sucks. Hang in there. You are doing right by people.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

3 years

My friend Tom is a veterinarian in Calgary. He definitely chose the right profession.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

4 years

I don’t know these two men, but I still got misty watching the video. Love is love. I wish them great happiness together.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

6 years

Doing a poster with a surgical Resident. Me trying to relate and speak their language: "So, do you live proximal or distal to the hospital?" 😉

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@KeriCrewsonMD

4 years

Someday, you need to come to Alberta and witness the Northern Lights.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

6 years

One of my rituals, when I am doing the intern’s role is to call at about 4pm to ask the nurses if they need anything and to give an update of any changes. N1:? N2: ?? N3: 🤗 N4: 😁 N5: 😇 N6: ✌️ N7: 👌🏾 N8: 👍 Etc. It may take me an hour to get through 16, but worth it.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

5 years

@stephenablack Glasses help me do my job as a doctor. You look cute in your new glasses.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

6 years

It felt a bit Christmas~y today being able to send some people home. My dad called while on rounds and I asked if anyone would mind if I answered. I started to cry a bit in the hallway. I miss my family so much. I have been away pretty much for 9 years.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

7 years

A small amount of praise can go a long way. When working with students or Residents, please remember this. People tend to want to work harder for those who treat them like they're valuable/capable/worthy.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

5 years

Resident Christmas Tree

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@KeriCrewsonMD

8 months

Today is my last day at this hospital. The nurses bought me a cake. Very nice of them. Systems can treat a person like trash, don’t ever think for a minute that the system cares, but there are people that do.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

4 years

Corgi or husky?

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@KeriCrewsonMD

4 years

If home is where you automatically log in to wifi, I guess I am home now.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

4 years

My former student has a PhD in Geology and is also an expert knitter. I am so proud.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

6 years

Attending: I ordered NS, who dc'd it and ordered LR? 😠 me: ME!! 🖐👄 A: Why??😒 me: (insert scientific explanation here, AKI, acidosis, 1+1=2) A: ok, that's fine. PGY-3. Still a ton to learn, but I know some things & I am no longer sheepish about explaining & stand up.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

5 years

Have you cleaned the screen of your phone 📲 today? Your hands are not the only thing that needs to be washed.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

5 years

Friend is experiencing other worker's racism. Makes me want to get on a plane and go verbally cut them down to size. Ie. Handing out masks or gloves, then skip her and say your kind brought this here. You don't deserve these. Please check in with your Asian friends.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

6 years

I am sad tonight, so I will share a story. There was a young policeman who lived in an isolated RCMP station in Northern Alberta where he was more likely to have an interaction with a grizzly bear than another human. 1day, a beautiful red head drove past & he was just curious.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

5 years

This. Recently attending told me that my way to improve was to not voice any opinion b/c some people interpret that as being argumentative. I am a fairly reserved person, so it has taken me years to learn to step up and voice an opinion. There is no winning in residency.

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5 years

We hope there will be a day when women are judged by our actions rather than our tone. #TIMESUP #TIMESUPHC

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@KeriCrewsonMD

6 years

I couldn't do much for someone who is really angry about their severe health problems. So, I just pulled up a chair and sat myself down to listen. There is no magic wand. No magic cure.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

6 years

I was checking for stroke symptoms. Thought I saw lip droop. Pt: I am 80-something. What doesn't droop on me? #honestanswers

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@KeriCrewsonMD

2 years

@nilikm @OttawaPolice we want to know that you have @nilikm ‘s 6. Do you have a plan? Are you sending officers to that meeting? Threats should be taken seriously.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

4 years

Went out for my first walk in this neighborhood. Found this. I really should walk more often.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

4 years

Asian Canadian friend got spat on while walking to work this morning. Once again another white woman in late 50s. #Arizona you suck.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

6 years

Residency: Too slow, speed up- you're rushing too much Not enough detail - be concise. You work harder - you don't do enough. You are not giving enough differential dx - you're too confident in your dx. Residency- the game you can never win. You can only ever lose at.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

3 years

I told a nervous nurse that she could contact me about anything throughout the night. I am slightly regretting that statement now. 👀🤭🤫😵‍💫 📳📳📳📳📳📳📳📳📳 📳📳📳📳📳📳📳📳📳📳📳📳

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@KeriCrewsonMD

6 years

So, I am alive today because a car got pulled over by a cop. When Dad pulled over my Mom, it was definitely the best car he ever stopped. For this I am grateful. I may never experience real love like that, but I know what it looks like.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

4 years

One of the nurses insisted.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

6 years

Order coffee.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

5 months

Find yourself a friend who would help you bury a dead body. OMG, this photo session by Jennifer Lentz is priceless. No real body was involved.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

6 years

I think that I have been paid the highest compliment a resident can get. Nurses called me because they trusted my judgement and said “we appreciate you Dr. Crewson.” So nice of them to say. There is not much praise along the way.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

6 years

If you didn't #Match2019 this is not even close to the end of your journey. It took me 3 tries. Life meanders, but with time you can arrive at your destination. Those that #Matched2019 don't forget your friends and colleagues that didn't. Stand by them.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

2 years

Board Certified. Thanks to all of you that supported me during this journey. A box of dog poo and a middle finger to those that did not.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

3 years

Doing nights this week. Dragon just changed the word exacerbation to masturbation. Good thing I was awake enough to notice.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

4 years

Once Americans are vaccinated, could you please donate your unused vaccine to that third world country called 🇨🇦 Canada? We can give you a pass to enter Banff in return. You can enjoy getting drunk on less beer. I am disgusted at how slow the process is there. Really risky.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

6 years

On my way into work today, I dropped my ID badge in the parking lot. It was run over by several cars. It still works. Looks like crap. I think this is a rather metaphorical reflection. #Residency

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@KeriCrewsonMD

6 years

Prerenal AKI Primary Insomnia Deconditioned state Weight gain due to increased calorie intake Neck pain Constipation Adjustment disorder or depression Anxiety Migraine or stress headache Upper respiratory infection GERD Laundry list of common probs amongst residents. Be kind.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

7 years

How can you touch him with your bare hands? He had come in a most undesirable state of being. Me: He is a human and I can wash my hands. Remember that sometimes the only time people receive human touch/interaction is when they get admitted to the hospital.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

3 years

This is totally the kind of thing I would do.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

4 years

There should be a refund on calories that do not taste as good as you expected them to taste.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

6 years

I chose the wrong profession. I am much more suited for something that would allow me to work after I’m ready to get out of bed say like about 10 or 11 AM. Not a morning person. The real world sucks. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee. Coffee.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

6 years

Anyone else here used to pour over the book order magazine leaflet that got sent home with you from school? I used to save and roll my pennies, nickels and dimes to buy books. I don’t imagine that my method of payment was all that appreciated by my teachers.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

9 months

I’m an Albertan Canadian, I speak F*ck as a first language.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

6 years

I helped someone get assistance w/planning their own funeral b/c it was weighing on them feeling like this would burden family. I told them I would help b/c if it was done they could get back to living each day. Sometimes healing doesn't take the form of a pill or surgery.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

3 years

Who just PAID OFF the first of 3 student loans??? THIS WOMAN!

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@KeriCrewsonMD

6 years

There is a blizzard tonight. Is it ever hitting hard. I should have gone for groceries today. The good news: I have a bottle of wine & a box of brownie mix. The bad news: I will be stuck in my apartment with a Costco sized bottle of wine and an entire pan of brownies for one.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

6 years

Someone ahead of me in line in Starbucks paid for my coffee this morning. Thank you from a tired medical resident. #Fargo . People are just genuinely nice here. #northofnormal

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@KeriCrewsonMD

4 years

I just took the word RESIDENT out of my profile header and does that ever FEEL GOOD!

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@KeriCrewsonMD

11 months

Is it time for bed yet?

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@KeriCrewsonMD

5 years

Lesson from living on the farm: If everywhere you go smells like poo, you should look under your own shoes. (If you are constantly in conflict w/people, you might want to consider that you are the problem. If your life sucks all the time, it’s probably your attitude that sucks).

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@KeriCrewsonMD

4 years

Today, I have regressed into my 6 yr old self. Watching Disney movies and eating Kraft Dinner. I think it is a comfort thing.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

4 years

Trying to resist, but I am struggling.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

3 years

When you are just trying to “fit in”.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

5 years

Internal Medicine Doctor. Kind of looks like a librarian, but the library is located between the ears.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

5 years

Will give reading for pleasure another try. Used to love reading, but medicine kind of killed that. Anyone of you read this?

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@KeriCrewsonMD

1 year

@bbbrazil__ Are you going to go get some Narcan and start carrying it with you? Good job flagging down some help.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

5 years

Due to circumstances that are beyond my control, I have had to set aside doing fellowship in July. It stinks. I am stuck in limbo. For me, it is a personal purgatory/embarrassing. Not certain when will end, but trying to adjust & carry forward. Details I can't provide. #sadness

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@KeriCrewsonMD

5 years

Y'all said I needed to celebrate somehow, so I bought 3 mini bundt cakes. One for each year of suffering through residency. Right now, headed for a massage, Chinese food and Bundt cake later.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

6 years

Something has changed. Intern year: barely able to present & struggling to get details. PGY-3: stuck at last min replacing intern d/t illness. Attends long code b4 rounds. Introduces all pts to new attending hardly looking at chart, analyzing labs on fly as well as plan. Weird

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@KeriCrewsonMD

4 years

Someone posted that they just baked some synonym buns. I replied “Just like Grammar used to bake?” Now I am blocked.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

6 years

It’s a good thing that I have no time to date. I would have to admit in a dating profile that my current favorite hobby is sleeping and when I am not, I am thinking about having a nap on my day off. #lifeinthefastlane In bed while writing this tweet w/a dimmed night screen.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

6 years

I went into Costco for 1 prescription and came out with over $100 of groceries... And had to pay for my membership renewal. Well played Costco, well played.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

7 years

Arm teachers. Sure. Arm them with class sizes under 30, with books and supplies, with support staff, aids and councillors, a living wage so they stay teachers, with your support as parents to help build character/desire to learn/resilience/social responsibility.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

2 years

@olsonplanner I started this late in life. It has cost me more than finances. Sometimes the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence because it's Astroturf. Rest easy in your decision.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

3 years

How is your morning going? When your friend from high school is still clearly stupid. I used to take them as they are, but I think this is the final straw.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

7 years

Please take care of yourself 1st. If u died today, your job position wld b advertised b4 someone had a chance to write your obituary & there wld still b work sitting in your in-box. You matter most to your family, friends - why can we not stand up for self care? #HealthyinHC

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@KeriCrewsonMD

7 years

I saw something today that I have never seen before. Drum roll. An opthalmologist in the ED. I thought it was a mirage. @DGlaucomflecken

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@KeriCrewsonMD

6 years

Someone at work complained about 1 of the residents trying to use an area for pumping breast milk behind a closed door b/c the sound might disgust others. It was a woman who complained. Just set us back 50 years. I can't believe the struggles our mothers at work are having.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

6 years

Pts always tell me my hands are very cold. I tell them that's because I am rerouting blood to my brain and I have a warm heart too.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

6 years

My mother w/brain cancer had to use hosp public washroom. Dad bein worried, asked a woman if could go check to make sure got in safely. She informed that she was Dr., not a nurse. Will never forget that as long as I live. I will only hesitate if I need to get help to do task.

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I was walking down the hallway, and overheard a MD in a patients room. The patient said "I'm cold could you pull up my blanket". The doctors response was "I can't help you with that but let me get your nurse" ..... 🤔🤔🤔🤔

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5 years

My friends, the Ali family, made me a special birthday meal and got me a cake. Really special.

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@KeriCrewsonMD

6 years

I was trying out the new hand held ultrasound on myself so I could figure it out. Apparently, I am a volume depleted alien with no definitive organs.

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6 months

74 lbs down. 4.5 lbs above original goal weight which is just above the range of normal for my height. I chose that because the last time I was less than that, I thought I looked skeleton-esque.

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