A new month, a new rotation, a new hospital, a new me..
It's february, full with Valentine's day, my sisters' birthday, me switching to surgery, and moving to King Faisal Specialist hospital..
I'm used to being an intern along with a dozen other useless interns.. but now, we're just 2! floating like ghosts in the surgical ward.. anonymous to say the least.. My senior asked me like 15 times about my name between Saturday and today!!!
The hospital is so luxurious.. TOO luxurious.. If I'm ever sick I wanna be admitted here.. it's a 5 star hotal, if not more.. But the doctors are ~ weird..
I'm experiencing the true meaning of medical business.. Nope, that's not why I'm in medicine.. no can do.. can't incline myself financially, I'm sticking to the good old fashioned "art of healing"..
My senior today told me I'm not a surgeon, I'm too rational!
Say what? I'm gonna let that pass till future reference..
Then comes a patient to the clinic.. now this is a healthy, aware patient, who's sufering of an embarrassing condition.. there were three of us in the clinic (senior, junior, and myself --> sub junior, barely existent lol) Anyway, so for the sake of the poor gentleman's dignity, I decided to pass on the clinical exam, it's enough that he's having 2 people staring at "private areas".. So my senior then comes to me surprised: What's wrong with you? Don't you wanna be a surgeon???
Say what? To become a surgeon I must strip myself of respect and patients of dignity? I'm gonna also let this pass.. no hard feelings, he wants to push me into the real world..
But what's with the "too rational" part?
I'm I labeled a physician if I use my brain, and a surgeon if I don't?
As much as I love surgery, but I would pick my brain any minute! A resident literally told me, if you like to think, you're a doctor, if you like to cut, you're a surgeon..
Come again?
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ok that seriously gave me a scrubs re-lash, don't they imply that in the show :P
lool.. i was once told that i was "too nice" to be a surgeon.. LOOOL.. and ofcourse, the ancient reason that prevents me from becoming a surgeon.. that i'm a woman!
so here you go, criteria for being a surgeon:
1. not using ur brain
2. liking to cut
3. being a guy
4. being a bitch
5. having no respect for patients' dignity/private areas
no comment :P
Ur expected to leave your humanity behind somehow if you become a surgeon.. But then it also depends.Ortho surgeons r monsters,while maxfax and plastics are d sweetest people i know. Maybe its just d luck of d draw.Dont leave ur respect behind,but grab every learning opportunity you can get.None of d males r going to give it to you..And they will share things that u will be excluded from,u will
Be able to sense it..Its a tough world out there,but dont lose your inner sense of dignity.Im here to support you,and best of all Congratulations. You made it!And you will do it on your terms!
I am soooo jealous of ur new blog design, how did u do it? :-(
My Sister was a Maxillofacial Resident For a Year,Cutting into ppl faces and Stuff,then she literally Just ran away,Saying i am losing my self as a woman,i am spending more time looking for new scalpels instead of high heels!
b4,i wanted to be a surgeon so bad,then after three monthes in the field i just thank god a billion times that i am not,its a lifeless-stuck in the hospital-kinda life style that aint for me neveeeeer!
i cant live without a party some where every week!
for what it's worth, I want MY surgeon to be RATIONAL and THINKING!
Thinking a lot!
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