Today I held a mother in my arms so she could cry her tears of frustration. She stays up all night to care for her crying kid who scratches herself until she bleeds everyday. She’s only 2 years old yet she’s spent most of her life putting creams after creams on her little body.

Over three decades ago, I was misdiagnosed with brain damage at birth and put up for adoption. My mother climbed over the walls of the facility and “stole” me out. My thieving mother’s legend is now a graphic story thanks to Pan cooke ! Check it out! drzedzha.substack.com/p/my-mother-wa…

“It must be the food they cook,” a xenophobic person had the audacity to tell me why she didn’t like the “smell of Mexican people.” Recently, after a teenage patient cancelled his appointment, I had been trying to reach his adult brother — the only family he has in the US — for

Just LOOK AT MY CUTE LITTLE PATIENT!!

Help! My mom is upset I harvested her winter squash because she didn’t think they were ready.😅😅 We are from Beijing, we’ve never farmed anything before, so neither of us knows what we are doing. 🤣🤣

Walking out of the clinic last night I DEFINITELY DIDN’T see a patient dropping off an entire cart of watermelons to gift the clinic staff! 🥶 Serving the migrant workers community is a privilege. 🥰🥰

Today at the dog park a man said “Chinese people are real smart!” Then a woman added “And Indians!” I said the stereotypes were reductionistic. They asked me what it meant. I explained: “Reductionism is like describing the dog park as ‘a place where people and dogs yap.” 👀🥶

At my audiology appointment and they wanted me to repeat some words wearing an ear phone. Then she whispered: “Say the word: stab.” “Say the word: missed.” “Say the word: fail.” “Say the word: dead.” Excuse me! Can I please get a less grim audiologist? 😅🥶

I #AskThePatient and I learned that an overwhelming majority of patients have had to "dance around" the pride/ego of a doctor to get the care they need. Emma Smith-Stevens is one of them. If you are too, leave us a comment & join us for more discussion here: drzedzha.substack.com/p/i-dont-know-…

#AskThePatient taught me that an overwhelming majority of patients have had to "dance around" the pride/ego of a doctor to get the care they need. Emma Smith-Stevens is one of them. If you are too, leave us a comment & join us for more discussion here: drzedzha.substack.com/p/i-dont-know-…