Re: Dr. Ren -- bedside manner, hesitancy

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At 2:10 PM -0500 12/10/01, Flamegirl@... wrote:

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>Lastly, I cannot say enough about Dr. Ren's skill level. I would recommend

>both her bedside manner ... to ANYONE.

If it is bedside manner that i am interested in, I can hire a

prostitute. My surgeon can be the world's worst sonofabitch for all

I care ('cuz i can be a mean machine, too), as long as he knows

what the heck he is doing and does it right.

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>Her hesitancy if it can even be called that about doing the DS is a realistic

>one when faced with 4-6 hour surgeries on already compromised patients. Lets

>try to get our heads out of our collective butts when we criticize these

>doctors for being hesitant.

Perhaps she is justified in her hesitancy as she assesses her own

skills? But, there are surgeons who feed darned confident about

doing the DS and who have the track record of successes to back up

their confidence.

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>Hesitancy does NOT equal saying no to a needy patient.

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>BTW, I am doing great post-surgically.

That's wonderful, Ellyn. In the end, that's all that counts.

Be well,

Steve

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