The best advice I can give you has nothing to do with your degree, your career, or how successful you become. Live a congruent life. Know who you want to be. Know what you stand for. And have the courage to live accordingly — especially when doing so comes at a cost. And to my future healthcare professionals: decide where your ethical boundaries are before someone asks you to compromise them. Because what is easy and what is right are not always the same thing. ❤️ #MedicalStudent #HealthcareProfessionals #WomenInMedicine #LifeAdvice #PhysicianLife

Obviously I start low, go slow, use lowest effective dose & multimodal approach to pain, but if a patient says their pain is severe and Tylenol/lidocaine patches aren’t working with a contraindication to NSAIDs, they can have opiate pain meds, IDGAF. I am not going to psychoanalyze truthfulness in the hospital, ain’t nobody working bedside got time for dat!! #Pain #chronicillness #patientcare #hospital

Replying to @bla bla So, do I ever send people home from a hospitalization with opioid script? Sometimes, yes—when that’s appropriate for their diagnosis and their individual situation. We discuss how to use them, how to reduce and stop them as the acute pain improves, and what follow-up they need. Other times, I explain why it’s not indicated, but there still needs to be an actual pain-management plan. In my experience, having these conversations early makes a huge difference. People understand what we’re treating, what we’re working toward, and why the plan is changing & I just don’t have many problems at all in my practice when expectations are set upfront. Next video I’m discussing acute on chronic pain patients (people on suboxone going to surgery, etc) and how that has to be approached differently

The best advice I can give you has nothing to do with your degree, your career, or how successful you become. Live a congruent life. Know who you want to be. Know what you stand for. And have the courage to live accordingly — especially when doing so comes at a cost. And to my future healthcare professionals: decide where your ethical boundaries are before someone asks you to compromise them. Because what is easy and what is right are not always the same thing. ❤️ #MedicalStudent #HealthcareProfessionals #WomenInMedicine #LifeAdvice #PhysicianLife

Obviously I start low, go slow, use lowest effective dose & multimodal approach to pain, but if a patient says their pain is severe and Tylenol/lidocaine patches aren’t working with a contraindication to NSAIDs, they can have opiate pain meds, IDGAF. I am not going to psychoanalyze truthfulness in the hospital, ain’t nobody working bedside got time for dat!! #Pain #chronicillness #patientcare #hospital

Replying to @bla bla So, do I ever send people home from a hospitalization with opioid script? Sometimes, yes—when that’s appropriate for their diagnosis and their individual situation. We discuss how to use them, how to reduce and stop them as the acute pain improves, and what follow-up they need. Other times, I explain why it’s not indicated, but there still needs to be an actual pain-management plan. In my experience, having these conversations early makes a huge difference. People understand what we’re treating, what we’re working toward, and why the plan is changing & I just don’t have many problems at all in my practice when expectations are set upfront. Next video I’m discussing acute on chronic pain patients (people on suboxone going to surgery, etc) and how that has to be approached differently

The best advice I can give you has nothing to do with your degree, your career, or how successful you become. Live a congruent life. Know who you want to be. Know what you stand for. And have the courage to live accordingly — especially when doing so comes at a cost. And to my future healthcare professionals: decide where your ethical boundaries are before someone asks you to compromise them. Because what is easy and what is right are not always the same thing. ❤️ #MedicalStudent #HealthcareProfessionals #WomenInMedicine #LifeAdvice #PhysicianLife

Obviously I start low, go slow, use lowest effective dose & multimodal approach to pain, but if a patient says their pain is severe and Tylenol/lidocaine patches aren’t working with a contraindication to NSAIDs, they can have opiate pain meds, IDGAF. I am not going to psychoanalyze truthfulness in the hospital, ain’t nobody working bedside got time for dat!! #Pain #chronicillness #patientcare #hospital

Replying to @bla bla So, do I ever send people home from a hospitalization with opioid script? Sometimes, yes—when that’s appropriate for their diagnosis and their individual situation. We discuss how to use them, how to reduce and stop them as the acute pain improves, and what follow-up they need. Other times, I explain why it’s not indicated, but there still needs to be an actual pain-management plan. In my experience, having these conversations early makes a huge difference. People understand what we’re treating, what we’re working toward, and why the plan is changing & I just don’t have many problems at all in my practice when expectations are set upfront. Next video I’m discussing acute on chronic pain patients (people on suboxone going to surgery, etc) and how that has to be approached differently

The best advice I can give you has nothing to do with your degree, your career, or how successful you become. Live a congruent life. Know who you want to be. Know what you stand for. And have the courage to live accordingly — especially when doing so comes at a cost. And to my future healthcare professionals: decide where your ethical boundaries are before someone asks you to compromise them. Because what is easy and what is right are not always the same thing. ❤️ #MedicalStudent #HealthcareProfessionals #WomenInMedicine #LifeAdvice #PhysicianLife

Obviously I start low, go slow, use lowest effective dose & multimodal approach to pain, but if a patient says their pain is severe and Tylenol/lidocaine patches aren’t working with a contraindication to NSAIDs, they can have opiate pain meds, IDGAF. I am not going to psychoanalyze truthfulness in the hospital, ain’t nobody working bedside got time for dat!! #Pain #chronicillness #patientcare #hospital

Replying to @bla bla So, do I ever send people home from a hospitalization with opioid script? Sometimes, yes—when that’s appropriate for their diagnosis and their individual situation. We discuss how to use them, how to reduce and stop them as the acute pain improves, and what follow-up they need. Other times, I explain why it’s not indicated, but there still needs to be an actual pain-management plan. In my experience, having these conversations early makes a huge difference. People understand what we’re treating, what we’re working toward, and why the plan is changing & I just don’t have many problems at all in my practice when expectations are set upfront. Next video I’m discussing acute on chronic pain patients (people on suboxone going to surgery, etc) and how that has to be approached differently

The best advice I can give you has nothing to do with your degree, your career, or how successful you become. Live a congruent life. Know who you want to be. Know what you stand for. And have the courage to live accordingly — especially when doing so comes at a cost. And to my future healthcare professionals: decide where your ethical boundaries are before someone asks you to compromise them. Because what is easy and what is right are not always the same thing. ❤️ #MedicalStudent #HealthcareProfessionals #WomenInMedicine #LifeAdvice #PhysicianLife

Obviously I start low, go slow, use lowest effective dose & multimodal approach to pain, but if a patient says their pain is severe and Tylenol/lidocaine patches aren’t working with a contraindication to NSAIDs, they can have opiate pain meds, IDGAF. I am not going to psychoanalyze truthfulness in the hospital, ain’t nobody working bedside got time for dat!! #Pain #chronicillness #patientcare #hospital

Replying to @bla bla So, do I ever send people home from a hospitalization with opioid script? Sometimes, yes—when that’s appropriate for their diagnosis and their individual situation. We discuss how to use them, how to reduce and stop them as the acute pain improves, and what follow-up they need. Other times, I explain why it’s not indicated, but there still needs to be an actual pain-management plan. In my experience, having these conversations early makes a huge difference. People understand what we’re treating, what we’re working toward, and why the plan is changing & I just don’t have many problems at all in my practice when expectations are set upfront. Next video I’m discussing acute on chronic pain patients (people on suboxone going to surgery, etc) and how that has to be approached differently

The best advice I can give you has nothing to do with your degree, your career, or how successful you become. Live a congruent life. Know who you want to be. Know what you stand for. And have the courage to live accordingly — especially when doing so comes at a cost. And to my future healthcare professionals: decide where your ethical boundaries are before someone asks you to compromise them. Because what is easy and what is right are not always the same thing. ❤️ #MedicalStudent #HealthcareProfessionals #WomenInMedicine #LifeAdvice #PhysicianLife

Obviously I start low, go slow, use lowest effective dose & multimodal approach to pain, but if a patient says their pain is severe and Tylenol/lidocaine patches aren’t working with a contraindication to NSAIDs, they can have opiate pain meds, IDGAF. I am not going to psychoanalyze truthfulness in the hospital, ain’t nobody working bedside got time for dat!! #Pain #chronicillness #patientcare #hospital

Replying to @bla bla So, do I ever send people home from a hospitalization with opioid script? Sometimes, yes—when that’s appropriate for their diagnosis and their individual situation. We discuss how to use them, how to reduce and stop them as the acute pain improves, and what follow-up they need. Other times, I explain why it’s not indicated, but there still needs to be an actual pain-management plan. In my experience, having these conversations early makes a huge difference. People understand what we’re treating, what we’re working toward, and why the plan is changing & I just don’t have many problems at all in my practice when expectations are set upfront. Next video I’m discussing acute on chronic pain patients (people on suboxone going to surgery, etc) and how that has to be approached differently

The best advice I can give you has nothing to do with your degree, your career, or how successful you become. Live a congruent life. Know who you want to be. Know what you stand for. And have the courage to live accordingly — especially when doing so comes at a cost. And to my future healthcare professionals: decide where your ethical boundaries are before someone asks you to compromise them. Because what is easy and what is right are not always the same thing. ❤️ #MedicalStudent #HealthcareProfessionals #WomenInMedicine #LifeAdvice #PhysicianLife

Obviously I start low, go slow, use lowest effective dose & multimodal approach to pain, but if a patient says their pain is severe and Tylenol/lidocaine patches aren’t working with a contraindication to NSAIDs, they can have opiate pain meds, IDGAF. I am not going to psychoanalyze truthfulness in the hospital, ain’t nobody working bedside got time for dat!! #Pain #chronicillness #patientcare #hospital

Replying to @bla bla So, do I ever send people home from a hospitalization with opioid script? Sometimes, yes—when that’s appropriate for their diagnosis and their individual situation. We discuss how to use them, how to reduce and stop them as the acute pain improves, and what follow-up they need. Other times, I explain why it’s not indicated, but there still needs to be an actual pain-management plan. In my experience, having these conversations early makes a huge difference. People understand what we’re treating, what we’re working toward, and why the plan is changing & I just don’t have many problems at all in my practice when expectations are set upfront. Next video I’m discussing acute on chronic pain patients (people on suboxone going to surgery, etc) and how that has to be approached differently

The best advice I can give you has nothing to do with your degree, your career, or how successful you become. Live a congruent life. Know who you want to be. Know what you stand for. And have the courage to live accordingly — especially when doing so comes at a cost. And to my future healthcare professionals: decide where your ethical boundaries are before someone asks you to compromise them. Because what is easy and what is right are not always the same thing. ❤️ #MedicalStudent #HealthcareProfessionals #WomenInMedicine #LifeAdvice #PhysicianLife

Obviously I start low, go slow, use lowest effective dose & multimodal approach to pain, but if a patient says their pain is severe and Tylenol/lidocaine patches aren’t working with a contraindication to NSAIDs, they can have opiate pain meds, IDGAF. I am not going to psychoanalyze truthfulness in the hospital, ain’t nobody working bedside got time for dat!! #Pain #chronicillness #patientcare #hospital

Replying to @bla bla So, do I ever send people home from a hospitalization with opioid script? Sometimes, yes—when that’s appropriate for their diagnosis and their individual situation. We discuss how to use them, how to reduce and stop them as the acute pain improves, and what follow-up they need. Other times, I explain why it’s not indicated, but there still needs to be an actual pain-management plan. In my experience, having these conversations early makes a huge difference. People understand what we’re treating, what we’re working toward, and why the plan is changing & I just don’t have many problems at all in my practice when expectations are set upfront. Next video I’m discussing acute on chronic pain patients (people on suboxone going to surgery, etc) and how that has to be approached differently

The best advice I can give you has nothing to do with your degree, your career, or how successful you become. Live a congruent life. Know who you want to be. Know what you stand for. And have the courage to live accordingly — especially when doing so comes at a cost. And to my future healthcare professionals: decide where your ethical boundaries are before someone asks you to compromise them. Because what is easy and what is right are not always the same thing. ❤️ #MedicalStudent #HealthcareProfessionals #WomenInMedicine #LifeAdvice #PhysicianLife

Obviously I start low, go slow, use lowest effective dose & multimodal approach to pain, but if a patient says their pain is severe and Tylenol/lidocaine patches aren’t working with a contraindication to NSAIDs, they can have opiate pain meds, IDGAF. I am not going to psychoanalyze truthfulness in the hospital, ain’t nobody working bedside got time for dat!! #Pain #chronicillness #patientcare #hospital

Replying to @bla bla So, do I ever send people home from a hospitalization with opioid script? Sometimes, yes—when that’s appropriate for their diagnosis and their individual situation. We discuss how to use them, how to reduce and stop them as the acute pain improves, and what follow-up they need. Other times, I explain why it’s not indicated, but there still needs to be an actual pain-management plan. In my experience, having these conversations early makes a huge difference. People understand what we’re treating, what we’re working toward, and why the plan is changing & I just don’t have many problems at all in my practice when expectations are set upfront. Next video I’m discussing acute on chronic pain patients (people on suboxone going to surgery, etc) and how that has to be approached differently

The best advice I can give you has nothing to do with your degree, your career, or how successful you become. Live a congruent life. Know who you want to be. Know what you stand for. And have the courage to live accordingly — especially when doing so comes at a cost. And to my future healthcare professionals: decide where your ethical boundaries are before someone asks you to compromise them. Because what is easy and what is right are not always the same thing. ❤️ #MedicalStudent #HealthcareProfessionals #WomenInMedicine #LifeAdvice #PhysicianLife

Obviously I start low, go slow, use lowest effective dose & multimodal approach to pain, but if a patient says their pain is severe and Tylenol/lidocaine patches aren’t working with a contraindication to NSAIDs, they can have opiate pain meds, IDGAF. I am not going to psychoanalyze truthfulness in the hospital, ain’t nobody working bedside got time for dat!! #Pain #chronicillness #patientcare #hospital

Replying to @bla bla So, do I ever send people home from a hospitalization with opioid script? Sometimes, yes—when that’s appropriate for their diagnosis and their individual situation. We discuss how to use them, how to reduce and stop them as the acute pain improves, and what follow-up they need. Other times, I explain why it’s not indicated, but there still needs to be an actual pain-management plan. In my experience, having these conversations early makes a huge difference. People understand what we’re treating, what we’re working toward, and why the plan is changing & I just don’t have many problems at all in my practice when expectations are set upfront. Next video I’m discussing acute on chronic pain patients (people on suboxone going to surgery, etc) and how that has to be approached differently

The best advice I can give you has nothing to do with your degree, your career, or how successful you become. Live a congruent life. Know who you want to be. Know what you stand for. And have the courage to live accordingly — especially when doing so comes at a cost. And to my future healthcare professionals: decide where your ethical boundaries are before someone asks you to compromise them. Because what is easy and what is right are not always the same thing. ❤️ #MedicalStudent #HealthcareProfessionals #WomenInMedicine #LifeAdvice #PhysicianLife

Obviously I start low, go slow, use lowest effective dose & multimodal approach to pain, but if a patient says their pain is severe and Tylenol/lidocaine patches aren’t working with a contraindication to NSAIDs, they can have opiate pain meds, IDGAF. I am not going to psychoanalyze truthfulness in the hospital, ain’t nobody working bedside got time for dat!! #Pain #chronicillness #patientcare #hospital

Replying to @bla bla So, do I ever send people home from a hospitalization with opioid script? Sometimes, yes—when that’s appropriate for their diagnosis and their individual situation. We discuss how to use them, how to reduce and stop them as the acute pain improves, and what follow-up they need. Other times, I explain why it’s not indicated, but there still needs to be an actual pain-management plan. In my experience, having these conversations early makes a huge difference. People understand what we’re treating, what we’re working toward, and why the plan is changing & I just don’t have many problems at all in my practice when expectations are set upfront. Next video I’m discussing acute on chronic pain patients (people on suboxone going to surgery, etc) and how that has to be approached differently

The best advice I can give you has nothing to do with your degree, your career, or how successful you become. Live a congruent life. Know who you want to be. Know what you stand for. And have the courage to live accordingly — especially when doing so comes at a cost. And to my future healthcare professionals: decide where your ethical boundaries are before someone asks you to compromise them. Because what is easy and what is right are not always the same thing. ❤️ #MedicalStudent #HealthcareProfessionals #WomenInMedicine #LifeAdvice #PhysicianLife

Obviously I start low, go slow, use lowest effective dose & multimodal approach to pain, but if a patient says their pain is severe and Tylenol/lidocaine patches aren’t working with a contraindication to NSAIDs, they can have opiate pain meds, IDGAF. I am not going to psychoanalyze truthfulness in the hospital, ain’t nobody working bedside got time for dat!! #Pain #chronicillness #patientcare #hospital

Replying to @bla bla So, do I ever send people home from a hospitalization with opioid script? Sometimes, yes—when that’s appropriate for their diagnosis and their individual situation. We discuss how to use them, how to reduce and stop them as the acute pain improves, and what follow-up they need. Other times, I explain why it’s not indicated, but there still needs to be an actual pain-management plan. In my experience, having these conversations early makes a huge difference. People understand what we’re treating, what we’re working toward, and why the plan is changing & I just don’t have many problems at all in my practice when expectations are set upfront. Next video I’m discussing acute on chronic pain patients (people on suboxone going to surgery, etc) and how that has to be approached differently

The best advice I can give you has nothing to do with your degree, your career, or how successful you become. Live a congruent life. Know who you want to be. Know what you stand for. And have the courage to live accordingly — especially when doing so comes at a cost. And to my future healthcare professionals: decide where your ethical boundaries are before someone asks you to compromise them. Because what is easy and what is right are not always the same thing. ❤️ #MedicalStudent #HealthcareProfessionals #WomenInMedicine #LifeAdvice #PhysicianLife

Obviously I start low, go slow, use lowest effective dose & multimodal approach to pain, but if a patient says their pain is severe and Tylenol/lidocaine patches aren’t working with a contraindication to NSAIDs, they can have opiate pain meds, IDGAF. I am not going to psychoanalyze truthfulness in the hospital, ain’t nobody working bedside got time for dat!! #Pain #chronicillness #patientcare #hospital

Replying to @bla bla So, do I ever send people home from a hospitalization with opioid script? Sometimes, yes—when that’s appropriate for their diagnosis and their individual situation. We discuss how to use them, how to reduce and stop them as the acute pain improves, and what follow-up they need. Other times, I explain why it’s not indicated, but there still needs to be an actual pain-management plan. In my experience, having these conversations early makes a huge difference. People understand what we’re treating, what we’re working toward, and why the plan is changing & I just don’t have many problems at all in my practice when expectations are set upfront. Next video I’m discussing acute on chronic pain patients (people on suboxone going to surgery, etc) and how that has to be approached differently

The best advice I can give you has nothing to do with your degree, your career, or how successful you become. Live a congruent life. Know who you want to be. Know what you stand for. And have the courage to live accordingly — especially when doing so comes at a cost. And to my future healthcare professionals: decide where your ethical boundaries are before someone asks you to compromise them. Because what is easy and what is right are not always the same thing. ❤️ #MedicalStudent #HealthcareProfessionals #WomenInMedicine #LifeAdvice #PhysicianLife

Obviously I start low, go slow, use lowest effective dose & multimodal approach to pain, but if a patient says their pain is severe and Tylenol/lidocaine patches aren’t working with a contraindication to NSAIDs, they can have opiate pain meds, IDGAF. I am not going to psychoanalyze truthfulness in the hospital, ain’t nobody working bedside got time for dat!! #Pain #chronicillness #patientcare #hospital

Replying to @bla bla So, do I ever send people home from a hospitalization with opioid script? Sometimes, yes—when that’s appropriate for their diagnosis and their individual situation. We discuss how to use them, how to reduce and stop them as the acute pain improves, and what follow-up they need. Other times, I explain why it’s not indicated, but there still needs to be an actual pain-management plan. In my experience, having these conversations early makes a huge difference. People understand what we’re treating, what we’re working toward, and why the plan is changing & I just don’t have many problems at all in my practice when expectations are set upfront. Next video I’m discussing acute on chronic pain patients (people on suboxone going to surgery, etc) and how that has to be approached differently

The best advice I can give you has nothing to do with your degree, your career, or how successful you become. Live a congruent life. Know who you want to be. Know what you stand for. And have the courage to live accordingly — especially when doing so comes at a cost. And to my future healthcare professionals: decide where your ethical boundaries are before someone asks you to compromise them. Because what is easy and what is right are not always the same thing. ❤️ #MedicalStudent #HealthcareProfessionals #WomenInMedicine #LifeAdvice #PhysicianLife

Obviously I start low, go slow, use lowest effective dose & multimodal approach to pain, but if a patient says their pain is severe and Tylenol/lidocaine patches aren’t working with a contraindication to NSAIDs, they can have opiate pain meds, IDGAF. I am not going to psychoanalyze truthfulness in the hospital, ain’t nobody working bedside got time for dat!! #Pain #chronicillness #patientcare #hospital

Replying to @bla bla So, do I ever send people home from a hospitalization with opioid script? Sometimes, yes—when that’s appropriate for their diagnosis and their individual situation. We discuss how to use them, how to reduce and stop them as the acute pain improves, and what follow-up they need. Other times, I explain why it’s not indicated, but there still needs to be an actual pain-management plan. In my experience, having these conversations early makes a huge difference. People understand what we’re treating, what we’re working toward, and why the plan is changing & I just don’t have many problems at all in my practice when expectations are set upfront. Next video I’m discussing acute on chronic pain patients (people on suboxone going to surgery, etc) and how that has to be approached differently

The best advice I can give you has nothing to do with your degree, your career, or how successful you become. Live a congruent life. Know who you want to be. Know what you stand for. And have the courage to live accordingly — especially when doing so comes at a cost. And to my future healthcare professionals: decide where your ethical boundaries are before someone asks you to compromise them. Because what is easy and what is right are not always the same thing. ❤️ #MedicalStudent #HealthcareProfessionals #WomenInMedicine #LifeAdvice #PhysicianLife

Obviously I start low, go slow, use lowest effective dose & multimodal approach to pain, but if a patient says their pain is severe and Tylenol/lidocaine patches aren’t working with a contraindication to NSAIDs, they can have opiate pain meds, IDGAF. I am not going to psychoanalyze truthfulness in the hospital, ain’t nobody working bedside got time for dat!! #Pain #chronicillness #patientcare #hospital

Replying to @bla bla So, do I ever send people home from a hospitalization with opioid script? Sometimes, yes—when that’s appropriate for their diagnosis and their individual situation. We discuss how to use them, how to reduce and stop them as the acute pain improves, and what follow-up they need. Other times, I explain why it’s not indicated, but there still needs to be an actual pain-management plan. In my experience, having these conversations early makes a huge difference. People understand what we’re treating, what we’re working toward, and why the plan is changing & I just don’t have many problems at all in my practice when expectations are set upfront. Next video I’m discussing acute on chronic pain patients (people on suboxone going to surgery, etc) and how that has to be approached differently

The best advice I can give you has nothing to do with your degree, your career, or how successful you become. Live a congruent life. Know who you want to be. Know what you stand for. And have the courage to live accordingly — especially when doing so comes at a cost. And to my future healthcare professionals: decide where your ethical boundaries are before someone asks you to compromise them. Because what is easy and what is right are not always the same thing. ❤️ #MedicalStudent #HealthcareProfessionals #WomenInMedicine #LifeAdvice #PhysicianLife

Obviously I start low, go slow, use lowest effective dose & multimodal approach to pain, but if a patient says their pain is severe and Tylenol/lidocaine patches aren’t working with a contraindication to NSAIDs, they can have opiate pain meds, IDGAF. I am not going to psychoanalyze truthfulness in the hospital, ain’t nobody working bedside got time for dat!! #Pain #chronicillness #patientcare #hospital

Replying to @bla bla So, do I ever send people home from a hospitalization with opioid script? Sometimes, yes—when that’s appropriate for their diagnosis and their individual situation. We discuss how to use them, how to reduce and stop them as the acute pain improves, and what follow-up they need. Other times, I explain why it’s not indicated, but there still needs to be an actual pain-management plan. In my experience, having these conversations early makes a huge difference. People understand what we’re treating, what we’re working toward, and why the plan is changing & I just don’t have many problems at all in my practice when expectations are set upfront. Next video I’m discussing acute on chronic pain patients (people on suboxone going to surgery, etc) and how that has to be approached differently