| Friday, February 24, 2006 |
| That Human Touch... |
For as long as I can remember, I've always wanted to be a doctor. As corny as it may sound I really and honestly only wanted to help people. Whenever I see someone in pain, it's as if I take on their pain and want to do everything in my power to help them right away. I hate to hear anyone say that they've been in pain for years and the doctors can't tell them what their problem is-this irritates me to no end. As I got older, surgery became VERY interesting and as time passed Oncology has become my passion and now my dream is to find ways to get rid of cancer before it advances...
Well Tasha works on the Oncology floor in our hospital where the nurses and techs become really close to the patients. In the lab, we don't have as much patient interaction but we have enough. Anyway, one of her patients was diagnosed with leukemia about 2 months ago and last week his platelet count dropped and his CBC levels were so far gone it was amazing he was still standing. He came down with a flesh eating bacteria and bled profusely for days, we kept supplying him with blood and platelets and finally the bleeding stopped. When I got to work today, Tasha comes to the lab with tears in her eyes, which automatically scared the crap outta me, and tells me that the man died...When I went to the floor the nurses and techs were all very emotional and his family was notified, his doctor was finishing up rounds, and almost everyone had tears in their eyes, except...me and my girl from the lab who is also studying Biochemistry but she goes to Temple. We just wanted to get the last platelet counts, straighten his body out, and make sure Tasha was ok. We didn't have tears, even though we knew him and at the time we were kinda annoyed at how emotional everyone was being, 'I understand it's a sad situation, but he passed at noon, it is now 3:30pm, what da hell have you done for this man but cry??'. But I thought about it, is it normal to not feel anything deeply in these situations? or is it a great protective mechanism that doctors should develop? Instead of being sad that this 28 year old just died leaving his 2 year old and 8 months pregnant wife on their own, I was pissed that this monster of a disease got another one! I must've reviewed that man's chart 10 times before I felt really sad but all I could do was pray that the Lord would receive him in and be with his family.
I never wanna become one of those heartless doctors but I can't stand cancer, I also don't wanna hate the disease so much that it becomes a battle between me and it and not a treatment between a patient and his/her doctor-I'd never wanna lose that human touch...
Dr. CH, MD {prayerfully} |
posted by DSweet1 @ Friday, February 24, 2006  |
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mmm..u gettin like poiette..lol..lol..but that's a serious issue w/in health care (which I"m sure your aware of) I feel that it's inevitable that you'll come across a patient that you grow to love but if you've done all you could do for that patient and they've still passed then at least you have the satisfaction of knowing that you provided optimal care..as long as you keep in perspective why you decided to enter the field..to end pain..then your goals will be accomplished..but now your focus has become to end pain that's a result of cancer..so then take your drive and passion for curing cancer and flip it to ensure that while you fight to end the demon of cancer, you still remain 'human' and apply that passion to their treatment..u have that lab/technical side as well so it may seem difficult to get that balance..but that will also help you when it comes time to plan care..you'll be able to pull in all your knowledge of research and diagnostics with your training of becoming a patient advocate..wow this was a long and corny comment..lol..good luck
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