Reasons why I'm not a general surgeon

Someone kindly notified me that I was neglecting my blogging duties (Ahem...thank you mother). Call me crazy for wanting sleep over typing. This past weekend was rough...I was on 1:2 call which means I was on call both Friday and Sunday (ie no weekend). Neither night was bad in terms of new cases coming into the emergency ward, but the calls from the wards for patients whom we had operated on kept me up all night. I got maybe an hour sleep Friday and about 3 on Sunday. I'm just tired and I'm beginning to wonder of my call karma has worn off. I'm on call again tonight, so I guess we'll see.

Here's some reasons why I'm not a general surgeon:
1) Coming in to operate at 3am is not appealing.
2) Rounding (seeing patients that are in the hospital) at 7am is not appealing.
3) I have a personality.
4) I am not a bitch.
5) I take time to listen to people.
6) I want a life.
7) Poo does not excite me.
8) Talking about poo, bowel movements, and passing gas is not appealing.
9) I don't want to get sued every year for the rest of my life.
10) I don't want to have 5 more years of this BS!

Watching surgery is fun and I like the anatomy and suturing and the rest of it, but surgery is definately not a career for me!

Now I have to look forward to a conference this weekend, being on 1:2 call again next week, an oral exam, and a written exam...all before I have a well-deserved weekend off. I'm going houseboating!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ta ta for now!