I'm Dr. Joshua Schwimmer, a nephrologist and internal medicine physician in New York City. • Kidney Notes was the first active nephrology blog. (Trivia: Kidney Notes is so old that the National Library of Medicine still uses it as an example of how to formally cite blogs.) • Professionally, you can find me at Kidney.nyc. • Kidney Notes is for educational purposes only, not medical advice. Consult qualified health care professionals. See disclaimer.

Thursday, May 26, 2005

A Patient's Experience

In Fearful Symmetry, a composer writes about her experience with an infected intravenous dialysis catheter:
Dear Bacteria That Actually Belong In My Body,

The antibiotic wasn't meant for *you*.

Please come back; I really, really, REALLY miss you.

Hopefully,
Stephanie

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