By Steve Sobel
Vacationing in the Caribbean, I was afflicted by intense tooth pain.
No secretary or working X-ray machine in the hot, tiny dentist’s office.
“You’ll need a root canal, but I can do a temporary procedure here.”
I opted to trust him. My pain was relieved.
Don’t judge a clinician by the lavishness of their clinic.
Steve Sobel is a psychiatrist who has worked in community mental health in Vermont and is a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Vermont. He has previously published satirical pieces, works in medical humanities journals and a short story collection titled: The Five Hundred Pound Amoeba and Other Psychiatric Tales (CreateSpace 2014). He enjoys finding new adventures such as traveling, backcountry skiing or making maple syrup.