If my life were a movie, at that point a montage would have started playing showing me waking up at 5 AM everyday, walking to the hospital and standing at the operating table for hours. I may not enjoyed the surgery rotation as a whole, but the ordeal was absolutely worthwhile and vital to my development as a doctor.
(gambar groupmate sewaktu minor surgery exam. Kurang lebih, ini jugalah yang saya lakukan)
At the end of the this week(week 9) , I'm done with my minor surgery exam and I felt so good after the exam. In fact, two days ago, while assisting in a sliding hernia repair operation, one of the surgeon kept asking questions and I was able to answer almost all of the questions. I think, he was instantly surprised with my performance and started to teach me- Touch and feel this. This is the external ring, inferior epigastric artery, femoral artery. Touch this. This one is spermatic cord. The white thing here is the inguinal ligament. So, when we are doing the bridging, we cut it anteromedially till we see the preperitoneal fat. bla... bla.. bla... Take the klem (how to spell it?) and klem here. Klem there. For this thing, use two klem. *oo yea. No more holding the retractor! hehe*. He quotes this to me too, "The good operation is not because of the good operator but the good assistant". Well, proud! proud! He explained so many things to me on that day. And for me, it was one of my favorite besides nefrectomy. Infact, he even told me it was a shame I did not want to be a surgeon because he felt I would be very successful. Wow, maybe surgeons can be nice. That was the nicest thing I've heard in these two months.
Sometimes, a surgeon can be like a beast but sometimes that 'beast' thing make them special. For instance, while operating the patient, you may think, "He's not so great when he gets angry over small things and yes, they are beasts,"but above all else, surgeons always have their eyes on the goal. No matter their personality deficiencies and quirks, no matter the obstacles, they will always take care of business for the sake of the patient. And that is what I called as a good beast! The consummate professional.
But, surgery is not my thing. I had survived my two months, and that was enough for me. So long, and thanks for the memories.
