SubTalkZone

If you enjoyed Talk Zone back in the day, you may enjoy my writing about the good old days of medicine, mixed with occasional neuroscience.

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If you liked the Talk Zone, join me at my Substack for free, writing reflections about medicine, addiction, and neuroscience. https://t.co/McURY8WrFP

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20,000 years ago, the Persian Gulf wasn’t water.
It was land—rivers, wetlands, a place people lived.
Then the ocean came. Slowly.
It’s hard not to wonder if some of our oldest stories are memories of places like that.
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The ash trees on our street died the same year I couldn’t finish my evening walk.

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At some point, recommendations end.

No one tells you that in medical school.

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Patients tell me their doctor never touched them.

Their chart shows a complete physical exam — every system normal.

That gap isn’t about bad doctors.
It’s about what electronic records have quietly become.
🧵 / Essay here: https://t.co/PwLEr3mQFg

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I don’t really understand why some people don’t enjoy shooting at gourds and watching them explode.

That thought turned into a short essay about family, fear, gifts, and why objects never mean the same thing to everyone.

Gourds: https://t.co/YYglsQBhV0

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We live inside bodies we don’t understand.

I’ve had a sore shoulder for weeks and realized how strange it is that most of us don’t know what’s rubbing against what — even as medicine knows more than ever.

Full essay here:

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I didn’t change politically after addiction.
I changed neurologically.

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Nurses documented zero withdrawal. Patient said, it was horrible! Read more here: https://t.co/u4lyYgdKXq

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On day 6, she couldn't feel the baby moving. Nurses spent hours looking for heart tones before sending her to a hospital to deliver a dead baby.

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At nine months pregnancy, she was jailed for a positive UA for cocaine.

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She was dosing 150 mg methadone per day at a clinic. In jail, she did not receive methadone. Days passed.

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A pregnant woman on 150mg of methadone was jailed at 9 months gestation.

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I once testified in a case surrounded by 50 police officers in dress uniform.
And I flinched when I shouldn’t have.
It’s the case I regret the most in my entire career.
I finally wrote the story.

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I never expected an AI to remind me of my old therapist.
But one night, it did — and something deep stirred.

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One line from Animal Kingdom hit me hard:

“What people think about me is none of my business.”

That’s freedom in a sentence.