“First do no harm.” Probably most people don’t realize that this isn’t even actually part of the oath that you may or may not have taken when you became a doctor. I think most people don’t know a lot about what it’s like to be a doctor, or what being a doctor meant to you… Read more

In the picture at the left, I am around 80 lbs smaller. I am still close to 300 lbs, still unambiguously fat, but I am much closer to the thin ideal. I can shop in brick and mortar stores. I can fly on an airplane without a seatbelt extender. I can sit in the exit… Read more