tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628616877664827988.post5680621187869378082..comments2024-02-17T14:50:54.001-05:00Comments on Notes of an Anesthesioboist: The "F" WordT.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09208990104460795917noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628616877664827988.post-4466374972767088812008-06-28T17:47:00.000-04:002008-06-28T17:47:00.000-04:00Magda, thank you for stopping by. I so appreciate ...Magda, thank you for stopping by. I so appreciate your comment. And congratulations on your engagement! He sounds wonderful!T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09208990104460795917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628616877664827988.post-17129296890818501092008-06-28T16:07:00.000-04:002008-06-28T16:07:00.000-04:00It may be late for a comment but I just read this ...It may be late for a comment but I just read this post - what a wonderful description of a spiritually developed person. I know someone in whom these qualities really shine and I'm blessed to be marrying him soon. I see many of the "undeveloped" tendencies in myself...<BR/><BR/>I found your blog through Eggbeater and instantly became a great fan - your writing is reassuringly thoughtful and your attutudes and openness truly admirable. Greetings from Poland!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628616877664827988.post-14854823370492825502008-06-13T02:07:00.000-04:002008-06-13T02:07:00.000-04:00T., this is quickly becoming a mutual admiration f...T., this is quickly becoming a mutual admiration fest. But, darnit, we deserve it! Thanks for the thanks.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04217783969690894498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628616877664827988.post-71846546536610667392008-06-12T16:25:00.000-04:002008-06-12T16:25:00.000-04:00Quietus leo, thank you for including me in your bl...Quietus leo, thank you for including me in your blog carnival, which was so wonderful. I found your post on doctors and fear amazing and had to add an addendum to this one so people could link back!T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09208990104460795917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628616877664827988.post-44189841575184193432008-06-12T04:58:00.000-04:002008-06-12T04:58:00.000-04:00T. this is an excellent post. As you know it was ...T. this is an excellent post. As you know it was included in the recent <A HREF="http://surgexperiences.wordpress.com/" REL="nofollow">SurgeXperiences</A> blog carnival hosted <A HREF="http://quietusleo.blogspot.com/2008/06/surgxperiences-blog-carnival.html" REL="nofollow">here</A> by <A HREF="http://quietusleo.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">me!</A>. You inspired me to add my 2 cents worth in the form of a <A HREF="http://quietusleo.blogspot.com/2008/06/no-not-that-four-letter-word-other-one.html" REL="nofollow">post</A>.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04217783969690894498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628616877664827988.post-37652364047956430082008-05-26T21:54:00.000-04:002008-05-26T21:54:00.000-04:00Anali - I have in the past been a little concered ...Anali - I have in the past been a little concered that "doctor" shows that can often be so inaccurate about medicine and hospital life (with the notable exception of Scrubs) might also fail to delve into some of the deeper emotional issues faced by health care workers, but I'm glad to hear they don't shy away from those sometimes-complicated things. And if they do a good job with the portrayals, so much the better!<BR/><BR/>Nasov, thank you for your understanding and compassion.<BR/><BR/>I think those who can still feel that urgency even after years of seeing medical crises are the ones who care deeply. As long as the fear doesn't paralyze, or render us unable to do our job well, I agree it's completely okay.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09208990104460795917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628616877664827988.post-56691854412103622492008-05-26T21:37:00.000-04:002008-05-26T21:37:00.000-04:00My newborn needed a little help breathing. I could...My newborn needed a little help breathing. I could tell the team was scared, by the way the nurse yelled for them to be called, by the looks in their eyes, by the ones who seemed to be praying. The one who delivered the baby later said she was desperately praying "God, please not this one."<BR/><BR/>In the moment, the team's fear doesn't bother you. It's later, as you re-live your own vivid yet fuzzy fear, that you re-live theirs. You doctors are human, so you fear, and we are human, so can detect that. It's all okay. It all comes out in the wash when you bring a healthy baby home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628616877664827988.post-28501230021092622512008-05-24T11:44:00.000-04:002008-05-24T11:44:00.000-04:00This was a great post as usual T. It also really ...This was a great post as usual T. It also really struck me, because the season finale of Grey's Anatomy was about fear and how it was permeating the lives of all the characters in different ways. Your timing was impeccable!Lisa Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08096947438461486505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628616877664827988.post-41634246151680385882008-05-22T15:45:00.000-04:002008-05-22T15:45:00.000-04:00Thanks, Katy!Your observations are wonderfully ast...Thanks, Katy!<BR/><BR/>Your observations are wonderfully astute and insightful.<BR/><BR/>I think your blog is fantastic; I'm so glad I found it.<BR/><BR/>As for spiritual evolution...I am still such a mixed bag! Oh well...I guess that's why it's good to think of evolution as a process, not a destination! :)T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09208990104460795917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628616877664827988.post-15411056040515041742008-05-22T10:32:00.000-04:002008-05-22T10:32:00.000-04:00Incredible post, T! In the OR I notice that you d...Incredible post, T! <BR/><BR/>In the OR I notice that you don't "hear" fear (that is, people don't talk about it) but you see it all the time. In a young surgeon who works rreeaallyy slowly because he's not completely sure of the next step. In the overzealous resident that works too fast and has to start over. In the anesthesiologist who waits until the patient can sit up and walk to recovery before extubating :-), or the one who compensates by yelling at everyone...fear in the OR definitely exists. <BR/><BR/>And I love your description of the spiritually evolved person. God, help me be those things!! <BR/><BR/>Love your blog!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628616877664827988.post-54591781197368764272008-05-22T07:15:00.000-04:002008-05-22T07:15:00.000-04:00Jack, I appreciate the thoughtful question - it ma...Jack, I appreciate the thoughtful question - it made me reflect and learn as I "thought out loud."<BR/><BR/>Best of luck to you in medicine! Please feel free to drop me an email any time if you have questions or concerns.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09208990104460795917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628616877664827988.post-33759657171978197352008-05-22T04:08:00.000-04:002008-05-22T04:08:00.000-04:00i really do thank you for this. It really has made...i really do thank you for this. It really has made me sit back and think of the decision to do medicine, not change my mind but to consider the world outside of the purely clinical aspects. <BR/>Thank you for taking the time to write it<BR/>JackAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com