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Published in Human Parts

·Jan 3, 2020

The Art of Balancing Medicine and Mortality

The story of a life-threatening illness, a miraculous recovery, and the fragility of the human body — For privacy purposes, any potentially identifying details in this story have been altered. Consent was given by the patient to share their story. It starts with a subtle unease. A college student in her early twenties can’t describe what’s wrong with her because she isn’t sure anything is wrong. She’s…

Medicine

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The Art of Balancing Medicine and Mortality
The Art of Balancing Medicine and Mortality

Published in Human Parts

·Oct 24, 2019

The Art of Healing Broken Hearts

In my off-hours, I bonded with a patient over video games. It was fine until it wasn’t. — For privacy purposes, any potentially identifying details in this story have been altered. He suffers from a rare cardiomyopathy and has been hospitalized for weeks. He awaits a transplant. His heart is failing. He’s just 23 years old. I’m a resident physician on the heart failure service. It’s known as…

Gaming

4 min read

The Art of Healing Broken Hearts
The Art of Healing Broken Hearts
Sayed A Tabatabai

Sayed A Tabatabai

Sayed Tabatabai, MD, is a nephrologist in private practice, and a part-time writer primarily on Twitter @therealdoctort.

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