About

Dear Readers,

By 2020, I had spent over 11 years working and training in health care, obtained a bachelor’s degree, completed medical school and residency, and worked in four major North American cities. I then went back to school to complete a fellowship in palliative care. Still, I was getting rocked by the global pandemic. I started this blog to make sense of the chaos. 

I wanted to answer patient’s common questions about death and dealing with all that comes with it. I also wanted to share what I learned from patients with serious illnesses with a wider audience. Because even if you or those you know have nothing to do with dying (yet), I hope that you hang around enough to learn from those that do. There is so much about death and dying that is directly applicable to productive daily life, parenting, motivation, and habits.  This site is your bridge. 

So, while you may stop by initially to have your healthcare questions relating to symptom management or end-of-life answered, my hope is that you stick around to learn, share and grow. 

About you 

This is a blog about solving your problems. It is practical. Although I work as a physician that deals with dying patients daily, my goal is to act as a tour guide so that we can learn together. You won’t find any “reflections of …” or poetry here. No deep signs when we say the word, “death.” You will learn about the insights from dying patients in a practical way that will make you happier and more productive. 

I believe that the flip side to a good death is having lived a good life. We will take some fun detours down the alleyways of death culture and lifestyle, but this blog is actually about living, and what a good death can teach us about living a great life. It will also provide some practical advice if you or a loved one is further along the treadmill of life, if that’s what you’re after. 

About me

While I have experience as a physician working in healthcare, I am not a world expert on any of this. And I am heavily biased. My bias comes from working in healthcare for almost twenty years as a volunteer first, and doctor later. I have worked in long-term care homes, acute care hospitals, and in outpatient clinics. I also worked as a family physician.