Patients can spot the fake: They need the authentic
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
– Albert Einstein
“Miracles happen every day; change your perception of what a miracle is, and you’ll see them all around you.”
— Jon Bon Jovi
“The miracle is this: The more we share, the more we have.”
— Leonard Nimoy
It is amazing when things in medicine work just the way they are supposed to — it’s like a miracle.
When I take an antihistamine, I can breathe, and all the itching and sneezing stops. When I get an injection of local anesthetic, I can touch and poke and pinch to test that it is working — and it is. When I had an operation on my knee, an ACL repair, my knee stability was noticeably restored almost immediately, despite the post-op pain and swelling. I know these things work on patients, because books, observations, and experiences have shown me so. As a surgeon, I get a kick out of operating on acute appendicitis, where often even in the recovery room immediately after surgery, the patient already feels better.
Yet I still marvel when I notice that this stuff is working on me.
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Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - Category: Journals (General) Authors: Kathryn A. Hughes, MD Tags: Physician Surgery Source Type: blogs
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