“Pain. We anesthetize… ride it out, embrace it, ignore it… And for some of us, the best way to manage pain is to just push through it. Pain. You just have to ride it out. Hope it goes away on its own. Hope the wound that caused it heals. There are no solutions. No easy answers. You just breathe deep and wait for it to subside. Most of the time, pain can be managed. But sometimes, the pain gets you when you least expect it. Hits way below the belt and doesn’t let up. Pain. You just have to fight through. Because the truth is, you can’t outrun it. And life always makes more.”
“I don’t even like kids. Pediatric surgery has nothing to do with liking kids. I mean, you go into peds because it’s elite,You know, hard-core, the best of the best. Did you know that there are Only 38 pediatric surgery fellowship spots in the country? The country. I mean, to compare, cardiothoracic has 120. Pediatric surgery is the elite of the elite. So yeah, I’d consider specializing in pediatric surgery, for sure. But not because of the kids, definitely not because of the kids.”
