LPT: if you or a loved one has been treated by a healthcare team and you would like to show them gratitude this season please refrain from candy or sweets. Hearty food that can be grabbed on the go or a homemade meal is immensely appreciated for us starving sugar stuffed nurses.

I work in medical oncology at a hospital and long term patients love to bring us candy and cookies and cake, especially around the holidays. I still reminisce with my coworkers how that one family brought us soup and breadsticks, or pizza. I believe I saw something like this posted here a while ago but it’s worth saying again!