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Dr. Fat D., MD

Specialty: Internal Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts
40-year-old, famine-resistant mom, pastor's wife, blogaholic, frustrated writer, reality tv addict, beader, stroke survivor, reader, pronoun cop and jazz hater who happens to be a hospitalist physi... Full Bio
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Learning Lessons and Lessons Learned by Dr. Fat D. Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Son, born eight weeks early, spent the first four weeks of his life in the NICU. When he came home, I had to consider his prematurity when looking at his motor development. ... Read on »
The Applicant by Dr. Fat D. Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Need y'all to help me with a sticky problem. A respiratory therapist close to my heart, partially because she claims my dad was the best teacher she ever had in RT school and ... Read on »
Reality Shock by Dr. Fat D. Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I've been looking forward to this, my first day of maternity leave, for what seems like eons. Like most working moms, I look at the stay at home moms (SAHMs) with jealousy an ... Read on »
Code Blue by Dr. Fat D. Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I've been thinking a lot about code status and whose right it is to determine it. Moreover, who can decide to go whole hog in an exhaustive workup and treatment when every me ... Read on »
The Runs by Dr. Fat D. Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine In four years, four months and 23 days and Son has never had diarrhea. Until now. Lord help me. I'm almost glad I'm going back to work tomorrow. Read on »
Overheard 47 by Dr. Fat D. Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine "I found out your were fat on your blog."-Brother, chiming in on Sister's complaint that she learns about my life on this blog, not by phone or in person. Read on »
Stuff White People Like by Dr. Fat D. Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine OK, so Rachel Ray Junior, oherwise known as my brother's wife, sent us this book. And I can't stop thinking about it. You know those highly educated white people who like to ... Read on »
Spoiled Holiday by Dr. Fat D. Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine One of my patients, whose PCP happened to be my sister, died on Christmas Day. It was not an altogether unexpected death, but the timing was horrible. With her long term ch ... Read on »
Overheard 46 by Dr. Fat D. Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine "I didn't get a belly button."Son, when asked if Santa brought him everything he'd asked for.MerryChristmas! Read on »
Perfect Evening by Dr. Fat D. Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Yesterday I did 8 workups, 5 discharges and 15 followup visits. Today I worked just a regular day, but I'm so very tired and ready for a few days off. Luckily, tonight was j ... Read on »
Just Plain Odd by Dr. Fat D. Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine PaniniFreak walked her dog down to visit us. I asked her if she had a suggested blog topic. She said, "What about that story on CNN about the doctor who found a foot in ... Read on »
Give the Gift of Fresh Air by Dr. Fat D. Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Looking for a charity this holiday season? If your family is like mine, the adults are always looking for a charity to accept our meager collected donations (about $25 per adu ... Read on »
Quickie Update by Dr. Fat D. Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine On Thursday we were cleared to leave Mississippi but still couldn't enter our home state. We stayed with my wonderful mother-in-law (who lives just across the state border) t ... Read on »
Memory Boxes by Dr. Fat D. Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine What is this? A raisin? A piece of poopy? No....it's daughter's umbilical stump! It fell off today. I'm saving it for her "memory box." For Son's memory box, I ... Read on »
Fat by Dr. Fat D. Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I'm struggling with this blog these days. Still stuck in Biloxi, I don't have much to say. Daughter eats, sleeps, poops and pees. Son is coping very well despite some expec ... Read on »
Not a Ninny by Dr. Fat D. Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Last night at about 9pm, the fire alarm went off in our condo building. My major fear is fire. I keep "fire clothes" laid out beside our bed at night. I'm also aw ... Read on »
Astute Analysis by Dr. Fat D. Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine "Mama...Mama..." (no response from distracted mother)"MAMA!" "What, honey?""I'm glad I have skin." "What made you think of that?&q ... Read on »
Stinky Sunshine by Dr. Fat D. Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine With "spot cleans" since leaving the hospital, Daughter got kinda stinky. She did not enjoy her bath under my direction...at all. While Husband managed the camera, ... Read on »
A Keepsake by Dr. Fat D. Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine When Daughter is older, I think she'll enjoy looking at this onesie we ordered when we thought she'd be a boy. We found it at this eBay store. You can pick the complexion an ... Read on »
The Bathtub by Dr. Fat D. Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I haven't taken a real bath for years. I'm simply too big for a normal tub. The tub in this condo, however, seemed ginormous...until I got in it. Turns out I'm bigger than ... Read on »