Becoming the Doctor You Never Meant To Be

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“Doesn’t diabetes affect the kidneys, Doctor?”, I asked when taking Dad to one of his numerous medical appointments. The Internist stopped and finally looked up from the chart he had been writing in for the last 10 minutes. “Well, yes” he slowly replied, recognition of an idea starting to appear in his eyes. “Yes, it can!” With a renewed enthusiasm, the doctor began reviewing the papers in the folder and he began to hurriedly scribble notes. A decision had been made.