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Check Mate
CHECK MATE I sit in front of my fireplace while the bitter, cold wind blusters outside and find myself in a state of melancholic reflection. Over the past year, I have spent every spare moment of my...
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Interview with Sherry Gorman
An afternoon with Author Kate O’Reilley My name is Liz Parker, and it is my pleasure to be sitting here on a chilly, overcast afternoon interviewing up-and-coming author Sherry Gorman, MD. As we sit...
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Purchase Kate’s Medical Thriller –“It’s Nothing Personal”
Please click here to purchase paperback and eBook copies of Kate O’Reilley’s medical thriller, “It’s Nothing Personal.” Please visit kateoreilley.com for more information of Kate’s books.
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Have Faith
I just got off the phone with my father. He told me a story – a story about a pivotal point in his life. A moment of do or die, eat or be eaten. He had to risk everything in order to win...
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The Next Big Thing – Blog Hop
I am honored to be included in “The Next Big Thing — Blog Hop.” My thanks to my great author friend Suzy Duffy, author of the Wellesly Wives series. The Blog Hop is a virtual blog version of a chain...
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My Redemption
Several weeks ago, I put on a nicely pressed shirt, new slacks, spent extra time on my makeup and hair, and headed out the door to embark on the gutsiest move of my life. It was a Friday. I took my...
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Thick Skin
As a physician, I should be accustomed to ridicule and judgment. Sadly, it’s one of the things many physicians do best. The ABCs of medicine – Accuse, Blame, and Criticize. From the very beginning...
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Killing Kate
Goodbye Kate, Hello Sherry Kate O’Reilley, your days are numbered. It’s sad, I know. I’m sad too. But just like a widowmaker’s husband, your time has come. Would you like to be cremated or laid to...
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Medical Malpractice – Fact or Fiction?
I’ve recently run up against a wall. A mountain of naysayers who claim that physicians’ assertions of high malpractice premiums coupled with their perceived threat of litigation is a fairy tale. The...
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Can We Ever Keep Patients Safe?
In 2010, a surgical scrub technician named Kristen Parker was sentenced to thirty years in federal prison after allegedly diverting fentanyl from operating rooms, injecting herself with the powerful...
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Dr. Tits
Medical Mayhem Monday: I have decided to post one vignette every Monday about “the dark side” of medicine. And believe me, there definitely is a dark side. Every story is true, although identities...
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A Ray of Sunshine
Two years ago, fate dealt one of my dearest friends a lethal blow. Her mother became very ill and died, right before Christmas. At her mother’s funeral, her father experienced chest pains and ended...
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Showtime
It’s showtime. No need to worry. This is just another routine performance. I can do this. All I need to do is get on stage, do my dance, and wait for the curtain to fall. Then move on to the next...
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10 Reasons I Might Become an Agoraphobic
It’s so scary out there! 1. Bubble Invaders. Is it too much to ask that I have a minimum circumference of 12 inches around my body that constitutes my “no fly zone?” I don’t like to be touched by...
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Who Am I?
Forty-four years ago, I was a newborn baby in the hands of very young parents. My dad was fresh out of Viet Nam, and my mother was fresh into the arms of a GI. I bet I was cute. There were probably...
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Review of Julia’s Chocolates by Cathy Lamb
Paperback version: 400 pages Published: 2007 by Kensington Genre: Women’s Fiction, Romance Rating: ★★★★★ Available at Amazon “I left my wedding dress hanging on a tree somewhere in North Dakota.”...
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Interview with Author Cathy Lamb
The Incredibly Talented Cathy Lamb I must preface this interview by saying that my conversation with Cathy Lamb was an absolute honor and a complete delight. From the moment we each said hello, I felt...
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Hello Blogosphere!
I have struggled for over three weeks to create both a blog and a website. I’ve Googled more questions than I ever thought possible. “How do you make an avatar?” “What is an avatar?” “What is a...
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The Apple and the Tree
Content Warning: This is a true RANT. If you don’t like rants, best to skip this one. If you have an obnoxious kid who you think is perfect, you, too, may want to go do something else. I’m angry....
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Dear Daughter . . .
Things I would tell my adolescent daughter . . . if I thought there was a chance in hell that she would listen: Steer clear of anyone with a penis! 1. Boys suck. Stay away from them. They are little...
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