christinagomezmd, Author at Christina Gomez, MD

A Weekend of Reflection and Healing

By christinagomezmd / August 14, 2024 / Retreat / 1 Comment

Please join me for a retreat inspired by Stopped in My Tracks!

Stopped in My Tracks: A Weekend of Reflection and Healing will take place at Camp Washington, in Lakeside, Connecticut, from 4pm on Friday, October 11, to 4pm on Saturday, October 12, 2024.

The ecumenical retreat will be a gathering place for all who have been touched by cancer: patients, survivors, families, caregivers, pastoral ministers, healthcare providers. It will be a weekend of reflection and healing for all of us on the cancer journey, sharing the moments that stopped us in our tracks, guided by our chaplains, The Very Rev. Miguelina Howell and The Rev. Dr. David K. McIntosh.

Camp Washington
190 Kenyon Road
Lakeside, CT 06758
(860) 567-9623

For more information or to register for the retreat, visit campwashington.org/simt.

Please contact my team if you have any questions about the retreat. I hope to see you there!

The ProspectiveDoctor and Other Medical Podcasts

By christinagomezmd / February 23, 2024 / Media

It has been my honor and privilege to be interviewed by several doctors on their medical podcasts. Each conversation has taken a slightly different direction, but all have touched me in some way. Please listen (or watch) and support the podcasts as they share information and support for doctors, patients, and all of us!

The latest recording to go live is the ProspectiveDoctor Podcast, where I was interviewed by Dr. Erkeda DeRouen. I shared advice for doctors who have to deliver bad news, talked about the power of silence, and highlighted some meaningful quotes from Stopped in My Tracks.

Listen to the episode Echoes of Courage: Insights from Cancer Patients on Podchaser or wherever you listen to podcasts. You can also watch the video of our conversation on YouTube.

Check out my Media page for more interviews on medical podcasts and in other exciting places. Stay tuned, as three more podcasts have recorded interviews with me and will be shared soon!

Thank you, Wisdom House!

By christinagomezmd / November 6, 2023 / Book, Book Signing

Thank you to Wisdom House Retreat and Conference Center in Litchfield, CT, for inviting me to speak on October 12.

It was an honor to be among their speakers.

I was so moved to be among friends.

Thank you, friends, colleagues, patients, for your support. I was again stopped in my tracks!

Get S#*t Done Podcast and Stopped in My Tracks

By christinagomezmd / October 3, 2023 / Media

I have been honored to be a guest on a few podcasts now. The first one is live! Please listen to my interview with Julie Jones, host of the Get S#*t Done Podcast. We discussed my life, my lifelong dream to become a doctor, and how I work with the best patients ever and am inspired by their words.

The Get S#*t Done Podcast is a casual conversation of business owners giving tips on productivity, mindset, attitude, and how to live your best life now.

Listen on Apple Podcasts
Listen on Spotify

Check my Media page for more interviews, coming soon!

Increase in Colon Cancer Rates Under the Age of 50

By christinagomezmd / September 15, 2023 / Media, Oncology

Thanks to PBS Arizona for inviting me to speak about the increase in the number of patients we are seeing with colon cancer under the age of 50.

Watch the video or read the article here on PBS Arizona.

Read the study here in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Book Signing in Connecticut

By christinagomezmd / September 11, 2023 / Book, Book Signing

Please join me on October 12 at 9:30am at Wisdom House Retreat and Conference Center in Litchfield, CT, for a Stopped in My Tracks presentation and book signing.

I am so honored to be invited to speak at Wisdom House, a special and peaceful place that is an ideal setting for reflecting on the words and lives of my patients and all who are touched by cancer.

Wisdom House Retreat and Conference Center
229 East Litchfield Road
Litchfield, CT 06759
(860) 567-3163

This is a free event and all are welcome. Books will be available for purchase. Please register so that Wisdom House will know how many people to anticipate at the Stopped in My Tracks book signing.

Please Share Your Thoughts

By christinagomezmd / August 14, 2023 / Book

Thanks to all of you who supported the launch of Stopped in My Tracks!

It has meant so much to me. Whether you came to the book launch event, ordered the book online, sent me an encouraging note, or posted about the book online, I appreciate you and your support!

I believe that there is an audience for this book beyond my circle of family, friends, patients, and colleagues. Soon we will be able to share details about some podcasts and other in-person events which may introduce this book to more people.

If you have read it, would you please post an honest review on Amazon and/or Goodreads? (You can even copy and paste to share the same review to both.) This will help people who don’t already know me find the book. And it might also help them decide to buy it!

Here are the direct links for reviewing on Amazon and Goodreads:

Review Stopped in My Tracks on Amazon.

Review Stopped in My Tracks on Goodreads.

Thank you!

Permanence

By christinagomezmd / August 11, 2023 / Patients' Quotes

First day of school down
Fake/temp tattoo placed by my 6 yr old beginning to fade
Yep, my 6 yr old placed it
He chose this spot on my arm
Lay this paper,
Water and voilá
Perfectly placed
I secretly love it – even as I don’t recognize my arm
Never been able to place those without tearing them apart

What a summer!
And like this tattoo little parts of it fading into memory
And bleeding nicely into fall, into back to school, into my favorite time of the year

My patient today says
“Dr Gomez, God knows my days are numbered –
And I wish to stop therapy
I want to be with the people I love”

Mrs B –
I get it
All of ours are
Go enjoy em!

Here’s to the last days of summer
Here’s to back to school
Here’s to the decisions we make
Here’s to whatever seems to be fading
Maybe that’s what’s really permanent

Thank you, Books & Books!

By christinagomezmd / July 18, 2023 / Book, Book Launch, Book Signing

When we started brainstorming locations for a launch event for Stopped in My Tracks, I said that it was my dream to hold the book launch at Books & Books. I was born in Miami, grew up in Miami, trained to be a physician in Miami. We hung out at Books & Books for fun. It would be so meaningful to return to Books & Books for this special event.

But famous authors have their book signings at Books & Books. So it was a dream that I didn’t really think was possible.

And then they said yes!

When we posted the details for the event, the tickets sold out very quickly. Books & Books then made more tickets available so that everyone who wanted to attend could attend.

My heart was so full to look at everyone in the room and to share the words that stopped me in my tracks.

Copies of Stopped in My Tracks: A Physician’s Collection of Cancer Patients’ Quotes sold out at the book launch event. More books have been delivered and are continuing to be sold at the Books & Books store in Coral Gables, FL. If you missed out, please stop in to pick up your copy!

Books & Books in Coral Gables
265 Aragon Ave
Coral Gables, FL 33134

(305) 442-4408

CURRENT HOURS: Monday–Saturday 10am–11pm, Sunday 10am–8pm