After my last post I feel obliged to post something happier, but the sad stuff is so much more frequent and potent. Being on the "cancer" rotation you would think everything is sad, but they do give you a glimpse at why these doctors do what they do, and you begin to see how it's viewed through their eyes.
Everybody hates inpatient-wards on this service, you see most of the attendings become grumps and worse ;) But every week we are given a half day of clinic and you might ask yourself what makes "cancer" clinic so special? Well could you imagine going to a place where cancer is curable? I try not to reference religion on here too much, but there are times in the Bible when Jesus healed people. It's hard to really understand the flood of relief, freedom, and gratitude that must have struck those people who had been miraculously cured, until you visit "cancer" clinic. This is a place where people's children have been GIVEN back to them and I've never seen such a happy work environment...honestly you need a better word than happy...like every person is appreciating every second of life they are given...it's a crazy level of happy. The doctors LOVE the patients, the patients LOVE the doctors, and it's like getting invited to be a part of a very tight knit loving family, they take you right in and you're allowed to take off your mask and beam with a ear to ear smile. That 5 hours a week is a patch of heaven in a month of pain, suffering, and hell.
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