How many of you have had surgery?

Have you been on the receiving end of the scalpel? I just had my fourth orthopedic surgery yesterday. Not that I’m recommending it, but it can be pretty educational seeing what your patients go through. Random thoughts as I’m icing at 3am: Nausea sucks. It’s worse than pain. Zofran ODT tastes like **** though. Blahhh. During anesthesia induction the patient is still lucid long enough to hear the OR staff chatting. Stay positive, professional, and don’t condescend. Your patients... Read more
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