Casey Means, MD

of the entire Farm Bill budget goes towards fruits, vegetables, nuts, beans, legumes.

of the entire Farm Bill budget goes towards fruits, vegetables, nuts, beans, legumes.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, if all these medications were crushing it and there were no side effects, everyone should probably take them. Yes. Right? But if that's not really the case, then we need to silence anything that talks about it.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, if all these medications were crushing it and there were no side effects, everyone should probably take them. Yes. Right? But if that's not really the case, then we need to silence anything that talks about it.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, if all these medications were crushing it and there were no side effects, everyone should probably take them. Yes. Right? But if that's not really the case, then we need to silence anything that talks about it.

I think COVID, obviously, as you've said, like it broke something open. It broke something open that I feel like is light because it's awareness. And, you know, I was probably a little more cynical having been in the health care system going into COVID because I was raised as a young surgeon with the mantra, as a surgeon, you eat what you kill.

I think COVID, obviously, as you've said, like it broke something open. It broke something open that I feel like is light because it's awareness. And, you know, I was probably a little more cynical having been in the health care system going into COVID because I was raised as a young surgeon with the mantra, as a surgeon, you eat what you kill.

I think COVID, obviously, as you've said, like it broke something open. It broke something open that I feel like is light because it's awareness. And, you know, I was probably a little more cynical having been in the health care system going into COVID because I was raised as a young surgeon with the mantra, as a surgeon, you eat what you kill.

Like that is the unofficial mantra of the surgical world, which is that as a private practice surgeon, what you eat, i.e. what your salary is going to be, is what you kill, how many surgeries you sell and book. And so it was very black and white to me to understand that the financial security of everyone in the health care system is dependent on how much we actually do to people, how much we –

Like that is the unofficial mantra of the surgical world, which is that as a private practice surgeon, what you eat, i.e. what your salary is going to be, is what you kill, how many surgeries you sell and book. And so it was very black and white to me to understand that the financial security of everyone in the health care system is dependent on how much we actually do to people, how much we –

Like that is the unofficial mantra of the surgical world, which is that as a private practice surgeon, what you eat, i.e. what your salary is going to be, is what you kill, how many surgeries you sell and book. And so it was very black and white to me to understand that the financial security of everyone in the health care system is dependent on how much we actually do to people, how much we –

unfortunately see these bodies essentially a box that we can either take things out of or put things in a in you know surgery is taking things out um or put medications in like that's it's very dark that's why i left that's why i literally just put down my scalpel because i was heading out of residency into private practice and i thought i can't i can't do this i can't that's crazy right that this is like the business model of my industry because it's very personal and then

unfortunately see these bodies essentially a box that we can either take things out of or put things in a in you know surgery is taking things out um or put medications in like that's it's very dark that's why i left that's why i literally just put down my scalpel because i was heading out of residency into private practice and i thought i can't i can't do this i can't that's crazy right that this is like the business model of my industry because it's very personal and then

unfortunately see these bodies essentially a box that we can either take things out of or put things in a in you know surgery is taking things out um or put medications in like that's it's very dark that's why i left that's why i literally just put down my scalpel because i was heading out of residency into private practice and i thought i can't i can't do this i can't that's crazy right that this is like the business model of my industry because it's very personal and then

You know, I had a really good friend who was with me in the hallway before taking a job as a as a cancer surgeon and, you know, tearful saying, you know, I don't know if I can do this. Like when people come through the doors of the surgical oncology department here, they are going to get a surgery whether they need it or not. Those are her exact words. And this is this is because it is. And again.

You know, I had a really good friend who was with me in the hallway before taking a job as a as a cancer surgeon and, you know, tearful saying, you know, I don't know if I can do this. Like when people come through the doors of the surgical oncology department here, they are going to get a surgery whether they need it or not. Those are her exact words. And this is this is because it is. And again.

You know, I had a really good friend who was with me in the hallway before taking a job as a as a cancer surgeon and, you know, tearful saying, you know, I don't know if I can do this. Like when people come through the doors of the surgical oncology department here, they are going to get a surgery whether they need it or not. Those are her exact words. And this is this is because it is. And again.