Psychiatrists

I remember when I had my very first appointment with a psychiatrist. The whole process of meeting this man was surreal. Afterall, I had been told that I was “unwell”, but no one had told me that I had an actual mental illness. My local Physician’s Health Program had actually asked me if I wanted to […]

Feedback

Last night I had another one of my weird surgical dreams. I had begun to wonder if I was done having them, as I hadn’t had one for a while. Clearly my subconscious is not done though, as this one was a doozy, and it has stuck with me all day. In the dream I […]

Administration

The administrative process I’m navigating in order to become a surgical assist is, as expected, composed of numerous requests, emails, consent forms, conversations, and hoops to jump through. It is very apparent that I cannot make the assumption that the left hand knows what the right hand is doing, which means writing many emails and […]

Baby Steps

I haven’t written much of anything for over a year. I think the pandemic has been challenging for many people, including me. Normal routines, or even efforts to have them, have been a struggle. For much of the last year the days have been a blur, with seemingly sporadic episodes of activity. Last spring I […]

The Rules of Surgery

Eat when you can Sleep when you can Pee when you can The chance to cut is the chance to cure All bleeding stops eventually Easy to hard, known to unknown The unfortunate thing about doing 1:2 call is that you miss half of the good cases Don’t mess with the pancreas