I remember distinctly the first time I heard of placenta consumption, it was during a med-surg rotation and I was observing a c-section birth while an Indian woman was giving birth across the way, squatting over a special blanket. Her birth preferences were being met in every way, until the staff wouldn't let her…

I see that, yet again, you are attempting to gloss over the facts. You told this woman, this abuse victim, to not say that her ordeal was in any way normal, even though it is. It was stated in the piece that her therapist had given her that descriptor, and she was comforted by that. Which is where everyone decided to…

I respect the hell out of this comment.

You are brilliant.

I don't eat meat, but not for any special soapbox reason, like a compassion for animals or anything like that, and I never announce it like it's a thing that makes me a superior human. I have said on here before that I don't trust meat, and coincidentally I am only in the greys on Kitchenette. Or maybe Colin just…

Twat or not, that woman's voice makes me want to slit my throat. I hope I never have to hear her talk again.

Perhaps you should shut the fuck up and read your own original comment. Ignorant, condescending and unbelievably rude.

It's not my fault that you don't have the ability to grasp very simple concepts. You have absolutely no business insulting a victim the way you did. You could have just asked for clarification, instead you attacked the person telling the story and used her own words against her..... and you're calling me tactless? You…

Thank you. And you're right, my home life was excellent, despite the dark shadow I remember from being little. I don't want to make you sad but... the shadow never left completely. A week before my grandma died, I was talking to her in the hospice room she was in, and she seemed happy. But then I went out to get her…

Yeah, you're right. My bachelor and master's degrees have her name on them, and I'm proud of that. That way all of my relatives who knew her could have a copy. (Of course they all do, framed and probably hung on the mantle, underneath an antique shotgun, or something). But not my PhD, which sucks. When I finish Med…

Aha! I absolutely remember the 'bottomiest bottom that ever bottomed' line, I thought it was hilarious and very clever. I totally get the blowjob country only thing now, something I have experienced myself. And I do not think you are over sharing at all. :)

Alissa sounds like.... an astounding person. I wish nothing but the best for her. I'm heartbroken for her, not being able to continue going to school and study psychology. That was my dream, and I was able to achieve it, but it makes me miserably sad that forces beyond her control took that away from her. If she ever…

Blowjob country only? Please, elucidate. Please.

I think it's very nice that you talk to them.

Are the rabies shots still as painful as they used to be?

Thank you for that. My parents managed to scrape together a normal life, but my grandparents on my dad's side never got over it. They were the first people on the scene, ahead of the police because they knew my mom and dad were there, and had been planning on dropping off a graduation present for Lucy. I know that he…

It's not a weird question, I know it has been featured more than once on tv. For that reason, I practice with a different first name, and Lucy as my middle. I would be uncomfortable with any of my patients identifying me in that context, so I have tried to distance myself a little bit. This was the first time I've…

This is making me think of a story that I have heard about repeatedly for my entire life. In a way, it has shaped my life, because it certainly shaped my mother's life and made her into the person she is. She had a life long best friend that was 'courted' frequently by a young man throughout high school. Her name was…

My office is inside of a hospital, and I sent a patient of mine down to the ER last week when they started having palpitations. This patient now has MRSA from an unwashed and presumably not sterilized blood pressure cuff. I think I am about to lose my damn mind.

You're a thousand times cooler than all of us. Without slangs.