Having seen you over the years, I would say your record keeping of meetings is thorough to the point where it would exhaust even the hardiest of physicians. While typing almost verbatim what a patient is saying may not seem like much of an exertion of energy, it really is exhausting to take notes that way. I hope you are not offended. But I am curious, where did you learn to take notes like you do? Was this instilled in you as a child or a med student? None of my other specialists take notes so carefully. You almost would be better off taping the sessions, that way you can ask meaningful follow-ups without missing a thing your patients tell you, if it important to you to capture every word.
Honestly, I would be exhausted if I was physician seeing 5-10 patients per day and typed so frantically. (I say this as a former secretary). If I did the same as you, I seriously would collapse from exhaustion. As for the fevers, possible hay fever? If it is not the season for it, then make sure you are not washing your blankets at a laundromat. I know you probably don't.
Anyway, substack is better than twitter. And having a few subscribers that care for you is better than having 10,000 who are superficial. And don't ever feel obligated to us... you are a joy to read but take care of yourself. And take what I said about hay fever seriously. Someone in your home may like to watch you sneeze. Hay fever does cause achiness and low grade fever. It is common in Mass. in the spring and early fall.
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Emily,
Having seen you over the years, I would say your record keeping of meetings is thorough to the point where it would exhaust even the hardiest of physicians. While typing almost verbatim what a patient is saying may not seem like much of an exertion of energy, it really is exhausting to take notes that way. I hope you are not offended. But I am curious, where did you learn to take notes like you do? Was this instilled in you as a child or a med student? None of my other specialists take notes so carefully. You almost would be better off taping the sessions, that way you can ask meaningful follow-ups without missing a thing your patients tell you, if it important to you to capture every word.
Honestly, I would be exhausted if I was physician seeing 5-10 patients per day and typed so frantically. (I say this as a former secretary). If I did the same as you, I seriously would collapse from exhaustion. As for the fevers, possible hay fever? If it is not the season for it, then make sure you are not washing your blankets at a laundromat. I know you probably don't.
Anyway, substack is better than twitter. And having a few subscribers that care for you is better than having 10,000 who are superficial. And don't ever feel obligated to us... you are a joy to read but take care of yourself. And take what I said about hay fever seriously. Someone in your home may like to watch you sneeze. Hay fever does cause achiness and low grade fever. It is common in Mass. in the spring and early fall.