It was one of the few times I have wept over others’ misfortunes – especially my patients.
I went into a closet to weep very bitter tears.
The thought of others seeing me so heartbroken was unconscionable, one which I simply could not bear.
Posts Tagged ‘Colonoscopy’
For just one moment… forget about what Jesus would do.
Posted by Warm Southern Breeze on Monday, December 3, 2012
Today was a good day at work.
I cried.
The last time I recollect crying at work was at least 6 or more years ago when a patient of mine – a young black male, who was his mother’s only son – had been murdered, and as I looked into her bloodshot, tired, hollow, intently peering and watery eyes, volumes were communicated though we neither said a word.
I couldn’t bear her gaze, and after what seemed ages, I averted my eyes, and departed behind a nearby curtain in the Trauma ICU to cry. There, my tears flowed like twin rivers, swollen by a storm, albeit an emotional one, which was joined by the two smaller tributaries of my nostrils. Gazing over the city from atop the 11th story of the teaching hospital through tear-drenched eyes, I wondered… was this what dear Mother Mary felt like when she gazed upon her only son as he hung from that cross?
Today, I wept for Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in - Do you feel like we do, Dr. Who?, - Faith, Religion, Goodness - What is the Soul of a man? | Tagged: Anal cancer, Bathroom, cancer, Cervarix, Cervix, Christianity, Christmas, Colonoscopy, Colorectal cancer, Conditions and Diseases, Crazy Horse, Fallopian tube, Gardasil, Gastroenterology, Genital wart, health, healthcare, healthinsurance, history, holiday, HPV, Human papillomavirus, Irritable bowel syndrome, It Was a Good Day, Large intestine, Mary, Mother's Day, New Mexico, On This Day in History, patient, Sex organ, Sexually transmitted disease, shopping, suffering, surgery, Tears, Toilet, Toilet paper, United States, Wart | 6 Comments »
Warm Southern Breeze 