This is my friend Jack.  Dr Jack Song.  We went to residency together many moons ago, I've known him for almost 14 years.  To me, he's one of the people who have always believed in me, which has meant a lot in the ups and downs of this old life.  

This week's episode is titled "When A Doctor Becomes a Patient," and it inspired me.  Jack talks about his experience with Ulcerative Colitis, his diagnosis, the complications, the ups and downs.  And ultimately, how it has affected how he practices medicine, and how he lives his life.  Gets me a little emotional now to write about this one, about my good friend.  

In the episode, we discuss:
-What is Ulcerative Colitis, and how is it different from IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome)
-How Jack's symptoms went undiagnosed for years, and how he finally got the diagnosis.
-How becoming a patient changed Jack as a doctor
-The moment Jack learned he may have a terminal condition.
-How that changed the way he lives his life, and what he values
-Why Jack says I am a terrible patient
-Dealing with dismissive doctors
-Suffering, the practice of empathy,
-Living life according to what's important, the meaning of life
-How me and Jack are going to run the Amazing Race
-How Jack did an Ironman Triathlon with food poisoning


Bio below:

I’m a father of but one son; a husband of but one wife. I work as a doctor in the largest private medical group in the world, living in one of the wealthiest parts of the US. And I dream of one day moving to a place where I’m the only doctor for 100 miles and the people there pay me for my services with a roasted chicken, a necklace made out of shells or a kind word of gratitude.

I have no social media presence that needs disclosing and I have nothing to promote.

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