Conversations on El Camino

6.5 of 13 weeks. ✅ There are things about this job I don't like. There are things that I do. I've had some patients who like me. I've had some I never saw again. Each new job is a test of my adaptability and flexibility, yes, but more so a test of my confidence. Am…

Hard to believe that 2 weeks ago, I was taking stock of Day #3 of Job #4. I had to count, recount, and consult the calendar to confirm that this is, in fact, a truth hardly believed. In new environments and unfamiliar places, time moves in slowest motion. That may be the only explanation that…

Scores of new faces. New documentation systems on old computers. Old computers and systems that crash and force you to see the afternoon's patients "blind" (what was your name again?) and revert to paper documentation. New billing style. New parking lots. New traffic patterns. New January weather (no jacket? A/C??). New grocery stores. New bed, new…