I was running behind schedule. My last patient took me 45 minutes because her insurance required that we check off quality measures. My next patient was a Medicare wellness visits. We’re slotted 30 minutes…
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It wasn’t hard to tell she lived a rough life. She started smoking at age 12. Got into drugs at an early age. But as I sat with Bobbie in my office and prayed…
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I have a friend named Joshua. He inspires me. In fact, the name of my firstborn is going to be Joshua. I didn’t name him after my friend, but Joshua likes to think so.…
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I’m often asked how someone like myself – with family in Florida and Southern California – ended up in Northern Idaho. It’s hard to explain in a few words. But when I have the…
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He came into the office shaky and nervous with what he was about to do. His life was spiraling out of control: he was losing friends, had difficulty holding down a job, now his…
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The following article was initially printed in the Adventist Medical Evangelism Network journal in the summer of 2015 (www.amensda.org) When I first me him, Dale was a hefty 45-year-old, 5’ 11” and 278 pounds—all…