One thing I realize after I became a consultant was I could not turn to other people to help me in the middle of a surgery. All the things I have learned I have to seek deep inside my brain and apply. Unlike when I was still a resident in surgery, I could call consultants who could teach ( scold and mock are the right words) the way to do it. Thus, when I am in difficulty with a surgical procedure how I wish I could have been a carpenter or a mechanic rather than a surgeon because I could turn off the engine when things don't go right. In my case today, the the engine is running and I could not turn it off to do my thing.
Doc: A mind like yours would have been wasted as a craftman. You picked the right career. Keep up the good work.
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