Journal - Fall, Clinic Closure

I saw Laura today.  Madigan and I road to Davie street to visit her.  Our cappuccino with pastry at Amoka today.  She loved lovely Madigan was so happy to see her.  She’d just been with her sister and John and Molly.

She told me her sister asks John each morning on the weekend, where do you think Molly would like to go today and off they go on dog friendly adventures

The Royal Columbia clinic is closing. I’m going to miss the staff.  Belinda and Karen have terrific as has everyone else.  Lydia is incredible and I’ve liked the other doctors so much too. Minos Antonnious is going back to Langley

It’s all been rather fast.

I thought to go to Maple or some other purely on line service but talked with Gary Horvath where I’ve still been working one day. He and Mary Lou were glad for me to transfer to them and continue rather seamlessly.

I’m off for a 10 day vacation then am preparing for a trip south for a month in Dec with Laura flying down to meet me. The trouble with that is booking and RV place.  The ones I’ve tried are all full up.

I really enjoyed the Pacific Clinical Psychopharmacology course on line. UBC has the best on line presentation I’ve seen better than courses at other universities. The presentations were excellent, perfect for the clinical questions I had.  A couple confirmed I was already using best practices. Another pointed to the future of novels treatments and the geriatric psychiatry presentation show citalopram worked but escitalopram didn’t. Who would have guessed?  So I learned lots and will change my practice. I’ve been in person in the past and really enjoyed the camaraderie and location. This was great too and I was tired at the end of the day from concentration and learning.

We had our Western Doctors meeting and I expressed my progress by being among doctors here. I’d been quite paranoid about doctors having had no support at different times when I exposed matters that were kept secret. Admittedly I’m anti authority. But it’s like our Government and Epstein Island and other scandals. I’m not just upset by the major participants it’s all those who say nothing and stand by. I had that experience. I was also several times addressing the terrible things which were new at the time but are now quite normal.  I felt badly after for expressing irritability but the message is ‘experienced, strength and hope’ and I felt that I’d exposed myself and others were being FINE and coming as a bit of voyeurs and minimizing their past.  At that same time there are a half dozen I admire and a coupole of people who I really loook up to , Ron and Michael.  It’s overall a great group and I’m surprised I can be comfortable and feel not quite safe like I do in IDAA and Cyberdocs but closer.  I don’t like being judged by junior arrogant people and have a life time of encountering that sort ,beurocrat so often.  There was just recently that emergency I attended to and the girl who knew no medicine but was attention seeking all fussy like the fellows collapse was a movie script thing.  She knew nothing and what she was attempting to do wa dangerous so there i was suggesting she not do it but then raising the issue to insist she stop, that I was a doctor and that wouldn’t help.  She was trying to get him water and I was observing his neck from fracture from the fall. I must be kinder and judge less

We were talking about Victor Frankl and meditation in the group and I mentioned reading Jordan Peterson ‘We who wrestle with God’ and how that Jacob story seemed central to my life.  I do think every encounter is with the anonymous Jacob or Pink Panther’s Cato.  It’’s all Buber too.  I’m always looking for a deeper meaning. It’s the psychiatrist.  

I’m glad that I resolved the clinic changes with least change in the midst of other changes. I’m focused on getting to LA as next endeavor and the first expedition with Thor.  The air conditioning issue concerns me but I have a maintenance meeting with Traveland and I’ve asked them about the TMX valve that Dam’s Ford says they don’t make at Ford.  I expect it will be solved like so many other things that materialize thanks to the Holy Spirit.

Before that Laura and I are off to a TG hunting week in Princeton off grid with Madigan. It’s always a good time in the autumn.  Hopefully the deer will be in rut and I’ll shoot a buck.  I’ve enjoyed the grouse I’ve been eating since the last hunt.  Madigan is such a good companion and hunting dog. He’s’ a biker dog too always so excited when I get out his box and start putting it on either the Harley or the Vespa.  

The rains are in the air and the summer is past. I noticed lots of girls wearing nylons and summer fall clothing already out. I’ll miss bikinis, sun dresses and short skirts for a while.  On Davie there was the vast range of gender and non binary presentations.  Madigan loved it all

Thank you God for Laura and Madigan and my Vespa. Thank you for Vancouver and Davie Street. Thank you for the changing weather. Thank you for people watching and coffee shops. Thank you for Amoka.  

Thank you Jesus