Subject: RE: website
From: "Dayton, Merril"
Date: Wed, May 12 2004 11:42:57 AM -0400
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Jim,
I enjoyed reading your contributions to the Joy of Surgery. How
refreshing to hear from a surgical practitioner who actually enjoys what he does. I get so weary of hearing from the "Whiners", the "Financilly Disadvantaged", the "Surgical Revisionists", and the "Early Surgical Retirees" who find no joy in what they do. While there are some aspects of our noble specialty that have changed, there are others that never will: the profound reward in seeing suffering alleviated, the great friendships born out of helping others resolve health crises, the sheer fascination of the human body and its systems, the intellectual challenge of a difficult diagnostic dilemma, the pleasure of seeing residents and medical students "see the light" and become real "healers", the joy of life-long learning, applying new advances in surgical care to our own patients, and the triumph
of surgical intervention over cruel disease. For those who went in to
medicine for the right reasons, I suspect much of the joy remains. It
certainly does for me. Sometimes I consider myself one of the luckiest men on the face of the earth to be able to do what I do on a daily basis. I hope the fun never abates. Count me as on who still considers it a privilege and honor to be a surgeon. My life is full and deeply satisfying because of what I do.
Best wishes,
Merril
