tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17754833.post7904091175460544898..comments2023-04-24T09:38:11.881-05:00Comments on Why am I still here?: RecapTiny Shrinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14584375132138526435noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17754833.post-52759756415023921432007-02-22T17:15:00.000-06:002007-02-22T17:15:00.000-06:00i cant handle pus. i had to leave the room the fir...i cant handle pus. i had to leave the room the first time i saw an abscess drained. no derm for me!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17754833.post-77939735657667597382007-02-21T21:22:00.000-06:002007-02-21T21:22:00.000-06:00Oh my god, I hate sputum! I had three patients in...Oh my god, I hate sputum! I had three patients in a row with pneumonia who thoughtfully produced lots of sputum for me when I entered the room, and three different times I almost threw up on my patients.<BR/><BR/>I will take pee over sputum any day.Tiny Shrinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14584375132138526435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17754833.post-79461505387377978662007-02-21T19:33:00.000-06:002007-02-21T19:33:00.000-06:00"They also tend to think that people don't do inte..."They also tend to think that people don't do internal medicine because of the money."<BR/><BR/>I don't do internal medicine because 9 months of continuity is about all I can take. I also find fighting with diabetics about their blood sugar to depressing to do it day in and day out for the rest of my career. Oh, yeah, and the sputum. Lots of sputum in medicine. I don't like sputum. ;)<BR/><BR/>word verification: nftweel (what a nf-t-weel [nifty wheel!] that is!) :)Midwife with a Knifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04309579302399381913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17754833.post-81710986651597008322007-02-21T18:17:00.000-06:002007-02-21T18:17:00.000-06:00"It's just funny. I guess it's the whole "hazing" ...<I>"It's just funny. I guess it's the whole "hazing" mentality--I went through it, so you will too. If I work long-ass hours, and don't have much of a family life, then neither should you.<BR/><BR/>It's the thing I hate most about medicine, actually." </I><BR/><BR/>Preach it, sister! There are so many subversive mentalities in medicine that we get exposed to - and they're not healthy.alwaysthegoodgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04695562267752365420noreply@blogger.com