I am finally catching my breath and attempting to recover from December, which is known in medicine as “lets see how many procedures we can do in one month” month. Every patient has met their deductible and has suddenly decided that they desperately need that surgery they have been procrastinating for years.
Thinking about this coming year, I am going to try to make more of an effort to keep up this blog and also link from this blog to my other writing. This will be an easy way for anyone who wants to follow my writing to have access in one place, since I write for several sites. Although, I think the only people who follow my writing are actually related to me, so its probably unnecessary, but a girl can dream.
Catching up, here are some of my favorite posts from last year:
I have no sex drive. Could it be my hormones? Was the first (and only) post that I’ve done for WebMD that actually got featured on their home page.
I enjoy writing, but one thing I don’t enjoy is writing headlines. However this post for MIM is my favorite headline EVER: My Life as a Call Girl.
My personal favorite post of the year was this one that was originally posted at Grace for Moms, but also got featured by Kevin, M.D.: What an Emergency C-section is Really Like. I had a fellow OB tell me that this post gave her chills, which was also my favorite compliment of the year.
I described traveling to Paris for my 40th on this site: Learning to Breath Again: Turning 40 in Paris.
I attempted to impart a little wisdom over at MIM: 10 Lessons Learned in 10 Years of Private Practice.
There was the post that made everyone throw up in their mouth a little bit: Is Seeding after C-section Safe?
Any my latest post for WebMD is Do I have an Ovarian Cyst? , which I find to be a mega boring topic. Considering the material, I felt like this post went pretty well. My editor did nix my favorite line that I wrote: “Sometimes your ovaries are awesome and help you make another human, but other times they get pissy and try to kill you. ” I have no idea why.
I’m hoping to both run and write more this year, but life sometimes has a way of putting hiccups in those plans.
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