I’m scheduled for it, and was wondering how your experience was. I’ve heard good things about my surgeon and have full faith in it, just wondering how your recovery and results were!
I’m hoping to work remotely (If I’m sitting around I can surely do some meetings and mess with ansible playbooks) within 4 or so days after, is that something that seems feasible based on your time? Anything you wish you knew ahead of time?
Thanks!
Appreciate it, I was going the CRNA route for a few years and have nothing but respect for the folks that stick to medicine! I figured passing out when in a cadaver lab was a clear sign that I wasn’t a good fit.
I’m the patient that is historically up and walking around day 3 bored out of their mind after a pericardial window which is close to the day 4 estimate of the surgeon.
You might actually reconsider if that was your only hurdle, and if you haven’t found something else you enjoy. I started as a surgical tech when I enlisted into the Air Force… conversation with the recruiter went something like “You’re going to be a surgical tech!” me: “Cool! …what the fuck is a surgical tech??” …and that’s how most of the staffing is done in the military - zero consideration into whether the recruit is actually interested in medical, it’s just “hey you’re ASVAB score matches this slot that just opened up; you ship for basic in two weeks.”
So, we see a lot of panicked first steps into the field from people who pass out at the sight of blood or seeing organs through an open abdomen, etc. But they all get used to it. Within like 6 months, those same people can go elbow-deep into some stranger’s abdomen to push some bowel out of the surgeon’s way - any hint of queasiness long gone.
It’ll make for a rough start for sure, but only the start.
Food for thought.