Quote Originally Posted by Edwina's Secretary
Why is that wrong?

If there is a pill or a surgery or technology that makes life better/easier/less painful....is it better to suffer..to suck it up....to take the tougher route?

Still doesn't make sense to me....unless you are into some kind of alternative lifestyle that values pain and suffering.....

(and you are welcome....I have left you all sorts of alternatives to make jokes instead of answering the questions...)
I guess I like the humility of man.

What is pain and suffering?

I guess it's not an option to rise above and conquer pain or suffering?

Or do we just take a knee and pray, instead of meeting a problem head on?

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About May of last year I coded a case where a resident surgeon cut the hepatic artery of a man that was in for a cholecystectomy (gall bladder removal). The guy bled out on the O.R. table.

Oops!

A very simple operation to make his life better?


The scapel can only change the physical.
We haven't invented anything to cure the soul.

If I am ever stuck in the theoretical foxhole and have to choose my buddy,
I want the person who has cleaned a rear end, wiped up puke or smiled and said to someone with gangrene on their foot, "everything will be O.K...."

I like liars with heart, They seem to stick around try to help.
The truth tellers run away to find help.

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I'd rather trust a countryman than a townman,
You can judge by his eyes, take a look if you can,
He'll smile through his guard,
Survival trains hard.
I'd rather trust a man who works with his hands,
He looks at you once, you know he understands,
Don't need any shield,
When you're out in the field.
-G