Appreciating the Dedication of Surgeons and Nurses

Hello,

I just had a thought about the doctors and Nurses who perform the surgery on people, It must be a difficult thing to be doing. It must come with a great deal of responsibility and what they must go through time after time trying to not make any mistakes.

So my thoughts are going out to both patients and the ones involved in the surgery.

Hello heshhotshescores. I agree with you wholeheartedly about those doctors who have a conscientious approach take their responsibilities seriously.  However, from my own experience and from the stories I read on this site it seems that there are a number of doctors that do not have this approach to their work and don't seem that bothered whether they make mistakes or not. These incompetants are probably in the profession for the money and that is possibly distracting them because they are concentrating on that rather than doing a good job at the actual surgery.  --- Just a fleeting, looking for explanations type of thought .   Best wishes  Bill

Hi Bill - I share your same thoughts.  I have had some pretty amazing doctors and nurses who saw me through an open heart surgery to remove a thymus gland, a myasthenia gravis crises where I was intubated and on the ICU for 2 weeks, the colostomy surgery, a gastric bleed and some other smaller issues.  One of the nurses on the ICU has become a dear friend to myself and my daughter and we spend time with her, her hubby and their new baby.  I guess God has blessed me for sure.  All of my doctors are compassionate about what they do...I even recently had lunch with my neurologist as he wants to start a support group for myasthenia gravis patients and wants me and another of his patients to head up the group.  God bless them all!

Judi

In many of my posts I have written poorly of doctors who deliver less than perfect care to their patients. No doubt it is because I hold their profession in such high regard. My own experience with doctors, however, has been consistently positive; but that may be because my wife, an RN, knows how to find the good ones.

That said, most doctors do not have an easy life, even though they have some trappings of wealth. Think about all the sacrifices they make getting through medical school, internship, residency and board certification. All of them come out of training with incredible debt. Many then do not have the luxury of watching their kids grow up because of their long working hours. Add to that all the paperwork and reduced payments the government requires.

Thank God that there are people around with the energy, talent and dedication to fix our broken bodies.
   PB

Primeboy - AMEN to that!

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My brother-in-law has had a successful practice as an ENT surgeon for many years. Recently he has developed a number of issues including prostate cancer and aortic valve disease. I am sadly reminded of that old proverb, "Physician, heal thyself." None of us are exempt from the high cost of living, not even our care-givers we so heavily depend on.
   PB

Hi heshootshescores,
I am a Surgical Care Practitioner to the colorectal/general surgeons at my hospital here in the UK. I  assist the colorectal/general surgeons in theatre by retracting tissue, doing the camera work for laparoscopic surgery, suture the wounds and much, much more. My role is to also see patients for colorectal surgery pre and post op and ensure they are well and answer any questions they have, I also do everything junior doctors do as it was part of my training to do this but I am not allowed to diagnose or prescribe drugs. I am not a nurse but began as an anaesthetic practitioner and bought this role to my hospital where there are 3 of us now covering the speciality in gynaecology and orthopaedic surgery.
Having good team relations with my surgeons I had a subtotal colectomy (large bowel removed) due to ulcerative colitis which for 11 years was thought to be Chrones disease. My surgeon did this laparoscopicaly which took 6 hours on the operating table. The next day I had some pain in the lower abdomen and was taken care by the surgeons and anaesthetists as if I was royalty. After a while with xrays, gastrografin etc I was rushed to theatre bleeding from the small bowel which had twisted and a perforation was missed. I ended up in ICU in another hospital as we do not have one and was transferred to 4 hospitals.
What I am getting to is that we take so much care with patients who have bowel surgery, ensure they are supported in everyway with the pre and post after care and even if like me you know, work and trust the surgeon things can happen and can go wrong, that's life and they do their best for the patient. Regards Stomafart

I think any doctor or nurse in this profession is there because they want to be.  They could be making lots of money doing lots better surgeries than removing guts and butts.

My doctor continually monitored me for polyps and they became precancerous so I had not choice but to have surgery.  If not for his care and vigilance, I don't believe my situation would have turned out as well.  I do not love having a colostomy, but I am grateful to still be able to do everything I enjoy and still work full time.

Each experience is unique.

Amen!!!