is some school of thought that dictates that we are the sum total of all of our experiences. both good, bad, win, lose, or draw. you know, like that. so i don t think i would trade any of it. because i m still alive, which is pretty cool. have there been moments when you thought to yourself and i m talking recently in some of these benders you ve talked about where you thought you ve been hospitalized a couple of times where you thought i may die? probably more more subconsciously, not so much at the forefront of, you know, within the scenario or whatever s taking place. yeah, it s of course it crossed my mind. i d be a liar if i sat here and said it hadn t. but not to the point where i ever felt like i was black out or passing out or having a giant heart pain or something like that. but it did but it doesn t, you know, i can t be in denial and say that it didn t feel that something could ve gone sideways
one of them is smoking cigarettes. but now i had a c.t. scan, i have the lungs of a non-smoker, which is a little bit weird, two packs a day for 25 years. of course you can t hear it in my voice or anything what about drugs and narcotics? drugs, yeah. but i, you know, i guess there is some school of thought that dictates that we are the sum total of all of our experiences. both good, bad, win, lose, or draw. like that. so i don t think i would trade any of it. i m still alive, which is pretty cool. have there been moments when you thought to yourself and i m talking recently in some of these benders you ve talked about where you thought you ve been hospitalized a couple of times where you thought i may die? probably more more subconsciously, not so much at the forefront of, you know, within the scenario or whatever s taking place.
the forefront of, you know, within the scenario or whatever s taking place. yeah, it s of course it crossed my mind. i d be a liar if i sat here and said it hadn t. but not to the point where i ever thought like i was blacking out or passing out or having a giant heart pain or something like that. but it did but it doesn t, you know, i can t be in denial and say that it didn t feel that something could ve gone sideways real quick. i mean, addiction specialists, you ve seen them all coming out in the last i ve been around them for 22 years they ve been lying to me for two decades. the premise of their argument is that you re in some kind of denial about this. you ve never thought i ve got to sort myself out properly. the programs can work and a lot of people are watching saying, it worked for me. then i can have a life like theirs? why? because i m a winner and their lives are ruled by losers.
but now i had a c.t. scan, i have the lungs of a non-smoker, which is a little bit weird, two packs a day for 25 years. of course you can t hear it in my voice or anything what about drugs and narcotics? drugs, yeah. but i, you know, i guess there is some school of thought that dictates that we are the sum total of all of our experiences. both good, bad, win, lose, or draw. like that. so i don t think i would trade any of it. i m still alive, which is pretty cool. have there been moments when you thought to yourself and i m talking recently in some of these benders you ve talked about where you thought you ve been hospitalized a couple of times where you thought i may die? probably more more subconsciously, not so much at the forefront of, you know, within the scenario or whatever s taking place. yeah, it s of course it
primary care. someplace that many new insured people might turn to when they can t find a primary care physician to go to. that s an issue to both of you, you in pediatrics, because kids who don t have that care, parents who don t have that care, kids could turn to the emergency room, and you, robert, because you ll be in that emergency room. are you concerned about how the face of emergency rooms are going to change over the next the next few years? i am. i think already in this country a lot of people who do not have insurance, do not have primary care providers, are turning to emergency departments as quick access to reliable care. and i only think that that s going to increase in the future. making emergency departments and emergency physicians more on the forefront of, you know, the medical system, more so than ever. i don t think emergency departments are going to get any less crowded, and i don t think that they re going to become any less important. in fact, i think, you