taking care
As I sit here, on vacation in Acadia national park, I am reminded of the patient recovering from a spinal injury who asked ME how I was doing. It really is a sad commentary when the patient who is recovering from bilateral lower extremity paralysis is concerned with how the resident doing. But the point is that to take good care of our patients, we need to take care of ourselves. This has been a good vacation. Lots of good food (probably >20 pounds of lobster) and lots of good rest. I’m feeling recharged and ready-to-go for Monday morning.
I’m actually surprised by how prevalent the thought is amongst higher-ups in residency that to take good care of patients, we gotta take good care of ourselves. Don’t get me wrong–it’s not that prevalent–but I’ve been reminded of this a few times. So now in my moment if clarity, having consumed mad quantities of lobster, carrot cake and ice cream, I pass this on to anyone else in the game who may have missed the memo. Take care of yourself. It’s good for you, it’ll make you feel better and all of that will transfer to over to patient care.
Now, I’m gonna continue taking care of myself and go to bed…
