Way to go, Gene! I am glad you decided to stick it out. Solo practice is indeed very, very difficult. But it beats the H*^^ out of group. Every day I whine and complain and think about how badly I wish I could retire. Then I have a patient like I did yesterday (in whom I diagnosed a head and neck cancer which even the ENT missed) come in for a cold and, before leaving, thank me again for saving his life. I do love medicine and (most of) my patients. I just wish the government would go away and let us do what we do best.

Indy, you also are one of the most sincere and kind people I know. And I love your dogs! Tahoe was a fantastic experience.


Leslie
Hospital Employed Physician Who Misses The Old AC

"It's a good thing for a doctor to have prematurely grey hair and itching piles. It makes him appear to know more than he does and gives him an expression of concern which the patient interprets as being on his behalf. "