Dra. Amanda Perez, MD · Medicina familiar
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Dra. Amanda Perez, MD
I grew up with the remedios too. The exhaustion, the numbness, the being told to aguantar, to just endure. There are real reasons for all of it. And real things you can do about it.
Board-certified family medicine physician (ABFM), with Mexican and Cheyenne roots. I spent years watching women leave the exam room with a papelito and zero answers. This is what I would have told them if the system had ever given me the time.
Con más sazón, y esta vez, con tiempo. With more sazón, and this time, with time.
Lecturas
The longer answers.
What I would have told you in the exam room if the visit had been longer than eleven minutes.
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