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Why I cried with a colleague I did not even like

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By Damane Zehra, Chris Apfel, Sarah Alnaher
| KevinMD.com
It has been almost 1.5 months since Dr. A. was assigned to me as one of the two junior doctors working with me. Both of them are first-year residents. Dr. S. is very sweet, hardworking, and eager to learn. Most of the time, she is the one doing all the work. Dr. A. is a first-year resident too, but S., being a fresh graduate, is more junior, and maybe that is why she wants to learn so eagerly. Fresh graduates are usually more ambitious and energetic. Dr. A. graduated in the same year as me.
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The tragic reality of pregnancy-associated breast cancer

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By Damane Zehra, Susan Levenstein, David Auerbach
| KevinMD.com
This photo shows one of my patients’ children. (I am sharing the photo with the family’s consent.) Can you guess the secret behind this photo? Let me tell you about the background. The difficult diagnosis of pregnancy-associated breast cancer Mrs. U was in her first trimester of pregnancy when she discovered a lump in her right breast. Work-up revealed that it was a highly aggressive form of breast cancer known as triple-negative breast cancer.
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A touching story of patient gratitude and a dozen eggs

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By Damane Zehra, Leonard Wang, Jim Sholler
| KevinMD.com
I was in a deep sleep when my phone rang. I looked around; it was still dark. For a moment, I thought it was my alarm, but it was only 5 a.m. It was not the alarm after all. Instead, it was a phone call from an unknown number. I answered it, and to my surprise, it was a patient I had seen in the clinic the previous week. She had never called before, even though she had my number for emergencies. She asked if I would be in the hospital that morning. Though sleepy, I said yes and asked if she was unwell.
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