Comments on: The Long Hard Road http://www.agraphia.net/the-long-hard-road/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-long-hard-road Medical Tragicomedy Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:21:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Zac http://www.agraphia.net/the-long-hard-road/#comment-784 Zac Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:07:22 +0000 http://www.agraphia.net/?p=710#comment-784 I agree, Doc D. Never something I'd want to do for a lifetime, but certainly an experience that's worth having once. If only for how much I've learned this month. I agree, Doc D. Never something I’d want to do for a lifetime, but certainly an experience that’s worth having once. If only for how much I’ve learned this month.

]]> By: DrFrenchFry http://www.agraphia.net/the-long-hard-road/#comment-785 DrFrenchFry Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:51:32 +0000 http://www.agraphia.net/?p=710#comment-785 Bleh, I start my surgery rotation on Monday. I'm scared. Bleh, I start my surgery rotation on Monday. I’m scared.

]]> By: Jungle Ceiling Fan http://www.agraphia.net/the-long-hard-road/#comment-786 Jungle Ceiling Fan Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:51:55 +0000 http://www.agraphia.net/?p=710#comment-786 I sent this post by email to a bunch of people. Hope that helps. I sent this post by email to a bunch of people. Hope that helps.

]]> By: Doctor D http://www.agraphia.net/the-long-hard-road/#comment-787 Doctor D Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:37:11 +0000 http://www.agraphia.net/?p=710#comment-787 Just be glad that for you it's a rotation and not your career choice. I know some really nice med students that were abducted by surgery residencies. I haven't heard from them since. Just be glad that for you it’s a rotation and not your career choice. I know some really nice med students that were abducted by surgery residencies. I haven’t heard from them since.

]]> By: Old MD Girl http://www.agraphia.net/the-long-hard-road/#comment-788 Old MD Girl Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:30:23 +0000 http://www.agraphia.net/?p=710#comment-788 Thanks for reminding me of why I shouldn't go into surgery. Sometimes I fantasize about it -- I loved my surgery rotation -- but then the reality that I like sleep more than operating hits me and I remember that I should really just accept the fact that I'm going to be a Neurologist, and get over it. It sounds like you're learning A LOT though. Nice work! Thanks for reminding me of why I shouldn’t go into surgery. Sometimes I fantasize about it — I loved my surgery rotation — but then the reality that I like sleep more than operating hits me and I remember that I should really just accept the fact that I’m going to be a Neurologist, and get over it.

It sounds like you’re learning A LOT though. Nice work!

]]> By: MG http://www.agraphia.net/the-long-hard-road/#comment-783 MG Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:05:40 +0000 http://www.agraphia.net/?p=710#comment-783 And this, my friend, is why I want surgeons to earn plenty of money. I want to Save the Surgeons! Medicare keeps cutting their reimbursements and has made certain important surgeries difficult to come by. For example, post-mastectomy TRAM flap breast reconstruction yields a breast made of the patient's own tissue so it ages with the rest of the body. Placing an implant is a lot faster and more lucrative for the surgeon as a result. In addition, the last cardiothoracic surgeon I met told me CT surgeons are a dying breed. Could the 40-50% salary cuts since the stenting boom be partly responsible for this? Who is going to do your CABG when you have 3-vessel disease 30 years from now? Glad to hear you are making it through your surgery rotation and becoming more self-confident through increased competence! P.S. I am not going into Surgery, although I loved my med school surgery rotation! :-) And this, my friend, is why I want surgeons to earn plenty of money. I want to Save the Surgeons! Medicare keeps cutting their reimbursements and has made certain important surgeries difficult to come by. For example, post-mastectomy TRAM flap breast reconstruction yields a breast made of the patient’s own tissue so it ages with the rest of the body. Placing an implant is a lot faster and more lucrative for the surgeon as a result. In addition, the last cardiothoracic surgeon I met told me CT surgeons are a dying breed. Could the 40-50% salary cuts since the stenting boom be partly responsible for this? Who is going to do your CABG when you have 3-vessel disease 30 years from now?

Glad to hear you are making it through your surgery rotation and becoming more self-confident through increased competence!

P.S. I am not going into Surgery, although I loved my med school surgery rotation! :-)

]]> By: Ella http://www.agraphia.net/the-long-hard-road/#comment-789 Ella Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:09:22 +0000 http://www.agraphia.net/?p=710#comment-789 Enjoying your blog. Thanks! Enjoying your blog. Thanks!

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