Giving Bad News Reminds Me of You

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Ad Libitum16 June 2015Giving Bad News Reminds Me of YouDoug HesterDoug HesterFrom Nashville, Tennessee.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/M15-0397 Audio Reading - “Giving Bad News Reminds Me of You” Audio. Michael A. LaCombe, MD, Annals Associate Editor, reads "Giving Bad News Reminds Me of You," by D. Hester. Your browser does not support the audio element. Audio player progress bar Step backward in current audio track Play current audio trackPause current audio track Step forward in current audio track Mute current audio trackUnmute current audio track 00:00/ SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Storms rise, releasing an old memoryof your death. But this time I'm the giverof rites, sitting in my scrubs and white coat.The rusty words sound familiar as theyrain down on his newborn widow. I wantto tell her about you, to tell her Iburied a spouse, but instead I stare atthe plastic roses backlit by lightning.Here with her I hear thunder, lumberingand jagged, fracture and grind as the stormreels outside the Family Room's windows.Dry-eyed, she looks through me before stumblingbeyond sound, clutching each breath in fear hismemories will flee in exhalation.Doug HesterNashville, Tennessee Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From Nashville, Tennessee.Current Author Address: Doug Hester; e-mail, doug.[email protected]edu. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement Audio Reading - “Giving Bad News Reminds Me of You” Audio. Michael A. LaCombe, MD, Annals Associate Editor, reads "Giving Bad News Reminds Me of You," by D. Hester. Your browser does not support the audio element. Audio player progress bar Step backward in current audio track Play current audio trackPause current audio track Step forward in current audio track Mute current audio trackUnmute current audio track 00:00/ FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 16 June 2015Volume 162, Issue 12Page: 859KeywordsFearMemoryStorms ePublished: 16 June 2015 Issue Published: 16 June 2015 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2015 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...