Family Support

I was working in the breast clinic yesterday and had a 20 year old come in with what seemed like fibroadenomas. We decided to do core biopsies to convince ourselves that this was benign. This girl was a stud. During the entire procedure, she didn't flinch. She didn't even bat an eye. Her family who came to support her was an entirely different matter. The mother, aunt, sister and friend came into the room to watch the procedure. The whole time, they talked about baseball and the local high school football team. When the procedure started, they started screaming things like, 'Oh Shit! Look at the size of that needle! Baby don't look, this is gonna hurt like shit! Oh man...you're gonna be sore tomorrow. Damn...I wouldn't let 'em stick me with that thing.' For the love of God, your freaking daughter is scared about having cancer and you're screaming shit like that. Freaking retards...seriously.

-bender

p.s. I love reading atul gawande's pieces. Complications was fantastic. great article on compensation for doctors' services.