Empathetic Doctor

[Guest guest]

Yesterday I had to drive the 3 hour round trip to see my neurosurgeon to review

the MRI I had last month because of the botched botox injection provided by a

physical medicine doctor.

And, something happened yesterday, that I never would have dreamed in a million

years. The doctor said he " understood my pain. " I bit my tongue. I was

thinking, I know what 'that' means.

My neurosurgeon started to explain how the day before he had to do an 8-hour

brain surgery. He had to wear a 50lb lead vest during the 8-hour surgery.

Then, yesterday when I saw him he said he had severe neck pain and strain from

the heaviness of the lead vest.

He said, " See, I do understand, " and said he was lucky that his pain was just a

muscle strain and that it would be gone in just a day or two, because he could

not imagine living with such a pain for all of his life.

I didn't know what to say to that.

He continued with, " Today, I understand! I couldn't say that yesterday, but

today I know your pain, and I " m sorry that you have to deal with this. "

Now, I know why I drive 3 hours round trip to see this doctor. His humility

yesterday was priceless.

With that said, I think I should get my not-so-humble-nor-empathetic pain doctor

his very own 50-pound lead vest for his birthday. So, he can 'get a load' of

the pain, too! Ha ha.

Jade

[Guest guest]

((((((((jade))))))))))) Fantastic!!! Good to hear good news. tami

--- jade tadaima wrote:

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> And, something happened yesterday, that I never would have dreamed in a

million years. The doctor said he " understood my pain. "