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Posted by Jenegie On March - 8 - 2009

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Doctors get sick?????

Posted by jenegie On 10:04 PM
I was seven when the family dog died.  She was old and sick and I remember so vividly the day that my mom came home and told me the news.  I was sad that the dog had died but the vision of my mom sobbing, shattered my understanding of grief.  Up until that point, my mom's softly spoken words and her gentle hugs would instantly give me comfort no matter what may have happened.  I had trusted that all things bad could be erased with a hug and a pep talk from a mom.  But when "Jenny" died, mom was inconsolable.  Mom lost her "magic".

I guess, I felt similarly about doctors.  Aren't doctors the ones that heal and comfort?  Doctors aren't supposed to be the ones that get sick (I know that some of you might find this ironic being the hypochondriac that I am).  Logically, I knew this wasn't reality, but tonight I was made aware that my favorite professor has been diagnosed with a brain tumor.  Doctors do get sick.  Knowing the cellular mechanisms of cancer does not make you immune from these DNA derangements.  Knowing the statistics about death rates and treatment options does not make you immune from being one of those statistics.  Knowing how to break bad news to a patient does not make you immune from receiving it.  It just means that you know things that maybe you wish you didn't know.

Thinking about you Dr. B.  

 

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