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Pressure
The patient had a 5:30 appointment, later than I usually like to book, but was brought in at 1:30 by a colleague who used to work with me...
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Christina
Mar 15, 20222 min read
Gule Wamkulu
A few days ago, a Presbyterian pastor received threats from members of Malawi’s Gule Wamkulu secret society and complaints from the head...
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Christina
Mar 15, 20223 min read
"We Treat, God Heals"
I was discussing last week about how tempting it is as a doctor to feel like it is the physicians who have the responsibility to bring...
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Christina
Mar 7, 20222 min read
Family Medicine Doctor
Just over ten years ago, I was writing personal statements for residency programs. Sometimes I go back through those statements and...
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Christina
Feb 17, 20227 min read
Another Day in my Life
I wake up around 7 to the pouring rain. That’s great because I needed extra sleep after staying up late. And there’s power this morning,...
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Christina
Feb 15, 20224 min read
Fatigue and Renewal
Today, I am tired. I am tired from planning trainings and travel and programs with so many pieces that something is sure to fall through....
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Christina
Jan 27, 20224 min read
A Day in My Life: January 2022
A day in my life January 2022 I stayed up late on conference calls last night, hearing from experts in California about ways to improve...
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Christina
Jan 22, 20226 min read
Learning the Dance
Ten months ago, we adopted a little village dog and took over the contract for a night guard. Together, those two had been protecting for...
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Christina Metzler
Oct 3, 20213 min read
Roots, Branches, and Pruning
Pruning is my least favorite part of gardening. It’s probably my least favorite part of life, too. I love watching the growth of new...
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Christina Metzler
Sep 26, 20213 min read
Lifestyle Medicine and Patients who Inspire
My patients inspire me. I have patients who really take lifestyle interventions seriously and have prevented or reversed chronic disease...
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Christina
Sep 8, 20213 min read
Getting Away
Christian Health Service Corps has a policy that missionaries should physically get away from their place of work every quarter. These...
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Christina Metzler
Aug 23, 20215 min read
A Day in our Life: I'm Glad there's Two of Us
6:30 I get up, brew tea, read my Bible, eat breakfast, and get ready. Greg’s awake by 7:00 and I ask him to help with the printer. I...
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Christina
Aug 10, 20215 min read
Just Another Day in Paradise
I wake up just after 6:00. I had dreams about people singing, influenced no doubt by the roosters crowing at all hours of the night and...
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Christina
Aug 10, 20214 min read
Pregnancy
She came into my office alone, without a family member as a guardian, and she didn’t want a student to sit in on our meeting; her issue...
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Christina
Aug 10, 20213 min read
Focusing on Assets
The settings couldn’t have been more different. A couple years ago in rural Malawi I sat down with a team of two clinicians who provided...
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Christina
Jul 12, 20212 min read
Tea
I admit that my reflections talk about tea more than most other things, but to be fair, tea helps me connect and reflect more than most....
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Christina
Jul 12, 20217 min read
Planning Meeting
We expected Thoko and Nixon sometime this afternoon, but we were working on our computers as we waited. After a bit, I looked outside,...
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Christina
Jun 20, 20214 min read
Closed Doors and Closed Borders
I munched mindlessly on banana chips and a marshmallow. I should eat dinner. I knew better than to eat this junk food at all. But this...
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Christina
Jun 20, 20217 min read
Health Talk
I’ve never spoken to 1000 people before. I might have thought it would have been more intimidating, that I might have prepared for days...
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