Wendy was right in some respects, I think. I believe that I am a surgeon deep down; I am impatient, demanding, simple, all with an unshakeable belief in efficiency, in the ability to cure somebody with a stroke of a knife or sizzle of the Bovie. I love anatomy, I like the abdomen, I enjoy the OR. My current attending on Colorectal thinks I am a ( Read more... )

It's amazing how much goes on outside a hospital. Having been on intense general surgery rotation for the past six weeks has made anything other than the hospital, the grocery store (milk and coffee and orange juice only) seem alien and obsolete. But this weekend, my only break before I go back to surgery- albeit lighter subspeciality services ( ( Read more... )