This doctor quit medicine. But she really tried to make it work.

It is exactly 49 steps from my bedroom to my garage.  It is a 23-mile drive to the hospital and 75 steps to the unit.  It takes 10 seconds to walk to the nursing station.  I can measure what it takes to get me to work each morning with absolute certainty.  I know because I have measured it a million times hoping something will prevent me from reaching my destination.  …

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