Maria Rattray
1 min readMar 8, 2023

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Yay, Toya! Thanks for highlighting this. I think we women are so much better at advocating for ourselves. I ask question after question. Men, on the other hand, tend to more readily accept of their diagnosis.

Medicine is a bolting horse, these days.

Yesterday I popped in to see my doctor and I asked how she was doing.

"What do you mean?" she asked.

"You're on a veritable hamster wheel," I answered.

"Funny you should ask. I said much the same to my husband last night.I'm perpetually exhausted. "

Perpetually exhausted and still a young doctor. I wonder what percentage of them regrets their decision.

This reminded me of a lawyer here on Medium who has already hung her wig out to unfurl. She's decided there's more to life than excruciatingly long and taxing days. Behind the counter of a vet clinic suits her better.

We are always so much wiser after we have spent many years not being wise.

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Maria Rattray
Maria Rattray

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