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Post by puffy on May 3, 2020 21:41:48 GMT -5
I admit that this is probably a dumb post but I've wanted to do it for some time.So here goes...In the recant past I had major surgery 3 times..I've always wondered the mind set of a person who is about to start cutting on another person.I asked the surgeon who replaced my shoulder and hip what he was thinking when he started the operations..He told me that it was like building a house one step at a time..I asked him if he was worried that I'm a living person.He said that if he let that enter into his thoughts it would interfere with his work...That must take some kind of mind control.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 3, 2020 21:46:28 GMT -5
I couldn't do it unless I had to. (cut into a person). They have to have some kind of mental distance.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 3, 2020 21:50:05 GMT -5
You should read the book "When The Air Hits Your Brain" by Frank Vertosick.
It gives you a good look into the making and thought processes of a surgeon.
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Post by trailboss on May 3, 2020 22:26:51 GMT -5
I think that it is the mindset, Larry. I could not work in the automobile factory like you did, I worked in a Modine radiator factory in 1978 and it was pure hell to me. The thought of being an IT guy like Ron sends shivers down the spine. People have told me that they could never drive a rig, but it is just another day at the office for me. You train for your chosen field, apply yourself and the more you apply yourself, the better you excel in the chose profession. Not to discount what the doctor said, but for his own sanity it sounds like he had the proper perspective...I know that that would be a tough occupation for me to pursue.
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Post by simnettpratt on May 3, 2020 22:59:27 GMT -5
Everyone on my dad's side is a nurse or nurse/missionary, so I get to hear how they talk when they get home. It's not the way they talk to you at the hospital. There's a certain degree of psychopathy that allows them to turn off empathy for a bit. Its the ability to still think when everything's going to hell; pilots are the same way - good in an emergency.
You see it in paintball, too. When the paint starts to fly, a lot of rookies freeze or do something totally random and stupid, the dangerous ones are still thinking.
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Post by briarbuck on May 4, 2020 7:46:23 GMT -5
It takes a fair amount of ego to be a surgeon.
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Post by oldcajun123 on May 4, 2020 11:10:24 GMT -5
 My Son who is a Surgery Tech was always squeamish, while eating his Brother would dilbritely do something gross, he would push his plate away, told his Mom he ain’t gonna make it. Surprised he did. Doesn’t talk about the patients they lose, said hip and knee replacements are like a war zone, blood everywhere. Good Surgeons rarely have good bedside manners. A good friend, older man who I took fishin was a retired Brain Surgeon, watched him tie off line , knew he wasn’t a tenderfoot. Fished all day, finally he said for a Cajun you don’t talk much, you want to know what I did for a living, I said if you want, otherwise it ain’t none of my business. He said I did trama for the Military, they flew me all over the world, my fee was that they flew me fishing all over the world. He said I had to quit when my eyesight went. He told me he came from a small town of Melville. I told him I know why you moved, Why he said, I said ain’t nobody with a brain stays in Melville. Well I got a good laugh out of him. He wanted to know if I was in the service, told him and added I’ve seen some ot the horrors you operated on, he said partially why I retired was seeing those young boys in my dreams. He became a constant fisherman with me because he said I didn’t talk while fishing. That’s my experience with a Dr.
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Post by Legend Lover on May 4, 2020 18:43:46 GMT -5
I suppose it really helps to be able to compartmentalise. I try to in my line of work, but I also need empathy too, so getting a balance is like walking a fine line.
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Post by trailboss on May 4, 2020 22:53:57 GMT -5
I suppose it really helps to be able to compartmentalise. I try to in my line of work, but I also need empathy too, so getting a balance is like walking a fine line. Paddy, your line of work is one not for the faint of heart, definitely a calling. You have my deepest respect for the challenges that you face. |
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Post by Legend Lover on May 5, 2020 4:46:52 GMT -5
I suppose it really helps to be able to compartmentalise. I try to in my line of work, but I also need empathy too, so getting a balance is like walking a fine line. Paddy, your line of work is one not for the faint of heart, definitely a calling. You have my deepest respect for the challenges that you face. Thank you, brother. |
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Post by terrapinflyer on May 5, 2020 17:06:23 GMT -5
Yup. I was a (veterinary) surgical tech. Tough stuff balancing. I always felt like it was the right thing to do. That helps when you finally sit down and peel off the shoe covers.
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Post by jeffd on May 7, 2020 14:00:16 GMT -5
That is why I went into engineering. While biology and medicine was interesting to me, I figured I would prefer to be able to turn my patient entirely off before I work on him.
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My Son who is a Surgery Tech was always squeamish, while eating his Brother would dilbritely do something gross, he would push his plate away, told his Mom he ain’t gonna make it. Surprised he did. Doesn’t talk about the patients they lose, said hip and knee replacements are like a war zone, blood everywhere. Good Surgeons rarely have good bedside manners. A good friend, older man who I took fishin was a retired Brain Surgeon, watched him tie off line , knew he wasn’t a tenderfoot. Fished all day, finally he said for a Cajun you don’t talk much, you want to know what I did for a living, I said if you want, otherwise it ain’t none of my business. He said I did trama for the Military, they flew me all over the world, my fee was that they flew me fishing all over the world. He said I had to quit when my eyesight went. He told me he came from a small town of Melville. I told him I know why you moved, Why he said, I said ain’t nobody with a brain stays in Melville. Well I got a good laugh out of him. He wanted to know if I was in the service, told him and added I’ve seen some ot the horrors you operated on, he said partially why I retired was seeing those young boys in my dreams. He became a constant fisherman with me because he said I didn’t talk while fishing. That’s my experience with a Dr.
