Top 6 ER Holiday Visits, and How to Prevent Them

Top 6 ER Holiday Visits, and How to Prevent Them Ho, ho, ho.  I’m working Christmas eve and Christmas day this year (shout out to all the holiday workers out there, thank you for your service, my brothers and sisters), and predictably, I will see the 6 things I’m going to tell you about–so read up, and with a little …

Holidays Suck!

Written by Dr. Larry As Ellie and I take off from SFO to Kansas City to come home for Thanksgiving, I think about the holidays—and I’m going to be honest—sometimes they suck. Leaving aside crazy travel days and family drama (which could be blogs on their own, let’s be real—tis the season), I want to talk about loss and loneliness—a …

Can You Gain 5 Lbs. on Thanksgiving?

Written by Dr. Larry “Oh man. I put on 5 pounds on Thanksgiving. That turkey and stuffing sure fattens me up.” But is that really true? If you pig out on 1 day (I’m not talking letting it go for a week or a month, but just a day) can you really put on not 5 pounds of fat? Or …

Finding Your ‘Big Why’

Dr. Larry shares the three things that are most important to people that come close to dying in his E.R. and how you can use those priorities to find your ‘Big Why.’