As a Doctor, Prioritize Yourself First

 

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"If you constantly compromise things in your life, how will you ever realize your full potential?" he asked.

He is one of the person that I really admire during my surgical posting.Surgical was like a family for me and I don't really know why I had that feeling. Soon to be a surgeon, he handle everything in a very calm manner.

I wondered how he could do that;always, never failed once. 

One day I asked him.

" Life will screw you in many ways,"that was his first response.

My first posting was partially surgical based as well. Suddenly, you have to enter OT. Training hard a day prior, can't eat during the day are a bad combo in an OT setting especially when you are handling an obese patient. Your muscles lacking the essential sleep and nutrition bombarded with the stress thinking when they will scold you, that's another deadly combo.

During my first  few weeks, I have been chased out from OT because my muscles eventually fatigued retracting a lady's thick fat abdomen with a BMI of 48.2;starving for a sip of water. 

Hence I stopped gym. 

Months later, I met him and he told me something precious. 

"Remember, before you take care of some one, you take care of yourself because you're always replaceable. Doesn't matter how good you work, there will be someone better and smarter than you. Always prioritize yourself. 

It's not selfish, it's just taking care of you. "

I didn't expect it from him. I thought he would say the same as others, patient comes first bla2.. 

" A well educated looking guy with an acknowledgement that he's having HIV will smile to you. Don't believe anyone, wear your gloves before you take his blood,"he said. 

Whenever I experienced it myself, I believed that, he said it from his experiences. 

Always take care of your self. Do what you love and what is good for you.