WELCOME TO

THE DISTRACTIBLE ZONE

Welcome back. Dr. Rob blogged for many years, entertaining multitudes and educating a few. This is a serious but not serious view into the life of a free-thinking primary care doctor who has a silly thing about llamas. Don’t ask about that; just accept it.

WELCOME TO

THE DISTRACTIBLE ZONE

Welcome back. Dr. Rob blogged for many years, entertaining multitudes and educating a few. This is a serious but not serious view into the life of a free-thinking primary care doctor who has a silly thing about llamas. Don’t ask about that; just accept it.

RECENT POSTS

Health Care - How it's Broken

FU, FFS

A poem about the painful absurdities of practicing in a fee-for-service model. Published on Doctors’ Day 2023, in celebration of my impending freedom from this …

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American Medicine

Ask Your Doctor if this Blog is Right for You

You’ve seen the commercials: the ones with the attractive, happy and healthy looking people whose lives have been changed by the latest and greatest new drug. The commercial always ends with the laundry list of warnings about what the wonder drug can do to you, like:

– Don’t take this drug if you are allergic to this drug (duh!).

Please tell your doctor if you have any of the following symptoms
– Severe abdominal pain
– Blood pressure elevation
– Excessive bleeding
– Erections lasting more than 5 hours
– Pregnancy resulting from prolonged erections
– Stool or urine glowing in the dark
– Head explosions
– Unusual obsessive thoughts about llamas
– Corrosive flatulence
Death.

I promise! I won’t.

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Direct Primary Care

Cookie Doctor

I think I reached my pinnacle:  I got my face on a cookie!

This was part of the 10-year anniversary party we held with a few of my patients who have been with me the longest.  February 5, 2013 was the first day of my new, crazy, risky, selfish, brilliant practice.

One of the best decisions of my life.

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RECENT POSTS

General Thingies

I’m Back

My Promise I made myself a promise. I’ve made several false starts at getting back into blogging, and was sincere about the desire to do …

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Health Care - How it's Broken

FU, FFS

A poem about the painful absurdities of practicing in a fee-for-service model. Published on Doctors’ Day 2023, in celebration of my impending freedom from this …

Read More →
American Medicine

Ask Your Doctor if this Blog is Right for You

You’ve seen the commercials: the ones with the attractive, happy and healthy looking people whose lives have been changed by the latest and greatest new drug. The commercial always ends with the laundry list of warnings about what the wonder drug can do to you, like:

– Don’t take this drug if you are allergic to this drug (duh!).

Please tell your doctor if you have any of the following symptoms
– Severe abdominal pain
– Blood pressure elevation
– Excessive bleeding
– Erections lasting more than 5 hours
– Pregnancy resulting from prolonged erections
– Stool or urine glowing in the dark
– Head explosions
– Unusual obsessive thoughts about llamas
– Corrosive flatulence
Death.

I promise! I won’t.

Read More →
Direct Primary Care

Cookie Doctor

I think I reached my pinnacle:  I got my face on a cookie!

This was part of the 10-year anniversary party we held with a few of my patients who have been with me the longest.  February 5, 2013 was the first day of my new, crazy, risky, selfish, brilliant practice.

One of the best decisions of my life.

Read More →
Being a Doctor

An Uncloudy Day

Oh, they tell me of a home far beyond the skies
Oh, they tell me of a home far away
Oh, they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise
Oh, they tell me of an unclouded day

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General Thingies

Introducing: Dr. Jacqui! Like Toot but human

***Note from Dr. Rob: Welcome to a new addition to the blog. A HUMAN guest writer! My hope is to give a space for especially …

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Toot

Boxes

Hey. It’s me again. Dad finally let me do this again. I think he’s jealous that people liked my writing better than his. He’s kind …

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