They Cut Me Off In Med School—Until They Saw My Name On The ER Badge

thought… we thought we were doing the right thing,” she said, her voice strained. “We thought you needed tough love, that you’d fallen apart and were… were trying to take advantage of us. We didn’t want to watch you self-destruct.”

“You didn’t watch at all,” I said quietly. “That’s the point.”

She flinched as if I’d slapped her, hand flying to her chest.continue reading …