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Once upon a time the love of my life was an OR nurse in a fairly large hospital. Her team was respected and experienced. I think the docs there that I met were pretty cool. I also believe that the nursing staff does most of the work. The doctor had to be there and was responsible. But on many cases the nurses did worked the magic.
Yeahtrust and believe I know I won't have patients without the doc being there just don't expect me to make (doc) life easier at the expense of a patient ....especially if treated like mud on your shoe
 
my kid just started a surgical career after finishing residency last year - I always told her to treat the nurses like the saints they are and I think she paid attention.
Oh, bless you! Nurses can make doctors lives easy or very, VERY difficult! The best doctors recognize nurses as valuable members of the team.
 
I had dual hip replacement surgery a couple of years ago by a surgeon who was cocky and arrogant as he could be. He ridiculed the general practitioner who had suggested I try physical therapy before committing to the surgery, and was dismissive of the notion that recovery might take a while. When I asked him how long recovery would take, he said it depends. If you own a business, he said it takes about a week. If you have an important job working for a company, about 2-3 weeks. If you’re a junior employee, a month or longer.

Gotta admit, he was right. I took his advice and blew off the PT and went straight under the knife. I’m retired but I was hobbling around the house the next day, was running short errands in my truck within a couple weeks, and was roughly 80% back to normal within 4-6 weeks. The last 20% took months though.
I'm glad you had a good outcome! 🥰
 
I hate to say it my dear...BUT...coyotes don't CARE if your little dog is on a leash if they are hungry enough!. I've seen that happen in WV already. Owls can be downright MEAN too! Just sayin....
True! Unless they're rabid, they probably aren't going after an animal attached to a human, tho. There's plenty of menu items for them to eat in our area; they don't need my fluffy little girl!
 
I think or maybe read that the largest threat to raptors is traffic. More unnatural death to birds of prey catching a mouse, rat or other scavenger looking for food in something someone threw out of their car window.

The first owl in nature I saw was one night late in SC I was on 378 I think. A low spot where it travels through a swap. No light for miles. The owl that I saw missed my windshield by inches, was all white and wider than my than my car. An '85 Chevrolet Monte Carlo. Loved that car...
I bet that was a sight to see! 😱😱
 
Hello. Yes I am over 50. And reading through this forum, it seems like my kind of forum. I hope I can contribute.
No titanium yet but maybe a knee replacement in the future.
 
I get felt up every time I go through tsa..... I don't have titanium---i think it is the chubby parts...hahahaha
what drives me crazy is the ARBITRARYNESS of the screening process. It is literally never the same thing twice. And TSA - the employer of last resort - gets angry with you if you are not clairvoyant enough to guess what today's routine is going to be. I am a trusted traveler, but sometimes I get groped, swabbed for nitrates, and my carryon tossed so they can say they are not profiling.
 
Once upon a time the love of my life was an OR nurse in a fairly large hospital. Her team was respected and experienced. I think the docs there that I met were pretty cool. I also believe that the nursing staff does most of the work. The doctor had to be there and was responsible. But on many cases the nurses did worked the magic.
We all have our jobs to do. The best is if everyone works as a team. The physician is not always the team leader.
 
The only unanticipated side effect was getting beeped going through airport security because of the titanium rods.
I thought titanium didn't trigger the metal detectors. I bet that's interesting. Do you have to be wanded every time?
 
what drives me crazy is the ARBITRARYNESS of the screening process. It is literally never the same thing twice. And TSA - the employer of last resort - gets angry with you if you are not clairvoyant enough to guess what today's routine is going to be. I am a trusted traveler, but sometimes I get groped, swabbed for nitrates, and my carryon tossed so they can say they are not profiling.
I had my carry on tossed only once. I was coming back from a family gathering. My had brother gifted me with a chess set. The board he made from wood; the pieces were all metal. I don't remember why I had them in my carry on.

The TSA officer took EVERYTHING out of my carefully packed bag. She had me open the box with the chess pieces and show her each one. And asked what they were. I said it was a chess set. "Girl, you fancy!" was what I got from her then she walked away leaving me to hurriedly repack my bag so I could make my plane. I just had to laugh!
 
I had my carry on tossed only once. I was coming back from a family gathering. My had brother gifted me with a chess set. The board he made from wood; the pieces were all metal. I don't remember why I had them in my carry on.

The TSA officer took EVERYTHING out of my carefully packed bag. She had me open the box with the chess pieces and show her each one. And asked what they were. I said it was a chess set. "Girl, you fancy!" was what I got from her then she walked away leaving me to hurriedly repack my bag so I could make my plane. I just had to laugh!

only fancy girls play 2000 year old Persian strategy games
 
That's the way it should be. Respect all around.

Is she still the love of your life? I hope so! 🥰
I wish. She was running the dinvinci -spelled wrong- surgical robot before we parted ways. There were problems I did not think we would overcome. A few years later before she got married I got told that was not the case. But she is married and and has a new retired amazing life.
 
what drives me crazy is the ARBITRARYNESS of the screening process. It is literally never the same thing twice. And TSA - the employer of last resort - gets angry with you if you are not clairvoyant enough to guess what today's routine is going to be. I am a trusted traveler, but sometimes I get groped, swabbed for nitrates, and my carryon tossed so they can say they are not profiling.
What is 'swabbed for nitrates'?
 
True! Unless they're rabid, they probably aren't going after an animal attached to a human, tho. There's plenty of menu items for them to eat in our area; they don't need my fluffy little girl!
I like your fluffy little.....wait...what was that?
 
Oh, girl! You sound like me! 🤣🤣🤣 I also had surgeons get mad at me for calling them to explain a procedure or surgery to a patient before witnessing a consent!

I was hauled into my manager's office one time because of it. The surgeon was in there frothing at the mouth. I just calmly asked my manager to help me understand the CA Nursing Act, explaining I was not a surgeon, and suggested she call the BON for clarification.

She hated me because I was such a smart ass. By this time, I was teaching at a university and only worked part time. IDGAF and she knew it. 😆🤭😆
Yes men ass kissing managers are a pain..... almost as big a pain as the Molly coddling we do ...i.e. choosing a tool to make sure docs don't have to many clicks of the mouse.... here is a tool that will do your job if you click 3 extra buttons..but NOOOOOO...too many clicks (insert pout and a foot stomp) .last week I told a doc that unless a patient calls their insurance and changes pcp or they die or they go to see another provider and actually goes to the new one....they are still responsible.for the quality metrics for that patient and they are still attributed.... I believe the words "on the hook and out of luck" was used.....
 
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