It hurts…a bunch. Nothing punches the heart harder than grief can. And few things in life cause more grief than suicide. In my professional life, I have seen suicide cause the ‘broken heart syndrome,’ and unfortunately, in my personal life I have felt the awfulness of grief’s tug on my own heart, at the funeral […]
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A good day to work…
The sun has long since set in the January dreariness that barely is visible through the rare window in the lead walls of the Cath Lab. The masses are home, the “squishers” are long since done, but two of the five rooms still toil. The rhythm doctors are still rolling -as it is frequently. Heart […]
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Sad mystery of the youthful mind…
An electrophysiologist studies the science of electricity in the heart. Although much is to be known, there seems little mystery when compared to the science of the youthful mind. With much grief this weekend we learned suicide is the third leading cause of death in adolescents. Of a runner, a cyclist, a friend, but mostly a […]