Cleared for Departure
Next Trip: Singapore & Australia, Fall 2026
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Series 21: Right Foot Pain Since Sunday
If primary care sits at one end of a spectrum, internal medicine would sit somewhere near the other. Primary care often deals with disease near the beginning, hopefully long before the process gets out of control. On internal medicine, the struggle was often figuring out which disease to treat first. Continue …
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Series 22: Emergency Medicine
The speciality of “emergency medicine” is a lie. Continue …
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Series 22: Stuck in Time
Spend enough time in a psych ward, and you eventually wonder: How are these people here while others, considerably less functional, freely roam the Earth? Continue …
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Series 22: In the Beginning
As this is a trip through time, it’s fitting that our first stop involves children. Continue …
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Series 22: The Road to Graduation
In 10 days, I will graduate from PA school. At least … I think so. Continue …
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Series 21: All Aboard the Megatrip
Lance has been fascinated by trains since before he could talk—apparently a residual passion from a past life. As a result, I’ve visited train museums all over the world: Riga, Madrid, and Spencer, North Carolina, among others. Continue …
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Series 21: Sydney, Where Even Costco Is An Adventure
We had a week in Sydney, which is not the capital of Australia. (Lance didn’t know this.) Continue …
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Series 21: A Long Way From Anywhere
From Singapore we flew almost southeast to Darwin, a good-sized port city on the northern coast of Australia. It’s not much of a tourist destination itself, but Darwin is the jumping-off point for visiting Kakadu and other national parks. Continue …
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Series 21: At One Degree North, The “Megatrip” Begins
Greetings from Singapore! I know you are expecting Lance’s careful research and pithy insights, but he needs to study. Instead, it is I, his mom Dianne, who will be Guest Author in his stead Continue …
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Series 21: Twenty Days With Mom: An 80th Birthday Expedition
Mom turns 80 in November, and the trip is a celebration of this major milestone. Her age is shocking to both her and me. Continue …
