Medical Demotivational Posters part 1

We know that as medical professionals we have a... different sense of humor. After finding out that there are medical demotivational posters out there I've decided to start a collection of them. If you find any please send them my way and I'll credit you! Or better yet make your own and send it to me. I wonder what crazy stuff we can come up with.

Stole from Amy Smith's FB wall

Happy Tuesday!

Give Thanks in All Circumstances

Yes Thanksgiving has come and gone, but it doesn't mean what we should stop being thankful. I especially need to work on that.

You're probably tired of me ranting that I'm not getting what I want from being in the Army. Believe me I am too. It wasn't until the other day that I was smacked in the face with a large humble pie that I had everything that I needed.

It was a busy day in pre-op getting patients ready for surgery. Doctors were wondering where wondering where their patients where, we had no beds to put patients in, and the OR was backed up. It was just a mess.

It was near the end of the day when I was exhausted from the busyness of the day. I didn't get a break and swallowed my food just to taste it later. I had several more patients left to pre-op then I could clean up the unit and finally go home.

I introduced myself to my next patient and told him what the plan was. I was caught off guard when "Alan" asked me if I was ok. I stumbled my words for a second then told him that it was a long day and I wasn't feeling my best. For some reason I felt that I could vent a little bit with this patient.

Alan then told me despite my venting, "Well LT, looks like everything is going well for you." I became puzzled and confused by his statement. I just told Alan about having a really bad day and he says everything is going well? This doesn't make sense.

I learned from our conversation that Alan is in the WTB with a injury to his left lower extremity after his convoy was hit by an IED. He has had multiple surgeries trying to gain full functionality of his leg. He cannot run, walk normally, and has to use a cane to get everywhere.

Alan told me, "Sir, you have all for limbs, you can walk, you can see. You are doing better than a lot of people in this world, including me." However Alan's tone was not of anger or regret, but of hope.

The whole realization of what he said didn't hit me until this Thanksgiving weekend. I hung out with my adopted family for the weekend. One of the verses that was read before we prayed for our meal was 1 Thessalonians 5:18 - "Give thanks in all circumstances for this is God's will for you.".

What happened to Alan is an unfortunate event, however he is not bitter or has hatred against world. I on the other hand sound like a bitter old man who has resentment towards everyone. My attitude sucks. I am complaining about things I want, but Alan still has joy despite his loss.

Lord thank you for bringing Alan as a patient to me. I pray he may be able to walk and run again. I also pray that you will help me to have a heart like Alan not only this Thanksgiving, but in everything I do.

Been too long for good reason

I've been told that if you have nothing good to say, say nothing at all.

Hence the reasoning for not posting anything the last couple of months. Somethings are better left unsaid, but there are things that need to be pointed out.

Board delayed x2 -

My year group's CPT board is delayed twice. One for the new regulation to go from 36 to 42 months and that the AMEDD board is not meeting in December, but in April of 2012. Pin on will most likely be this time 2012.

How I found out about this was the most interesting part. Neither HRC or my command told any of us about this. A buddy of mine from OBC mentioned it on Facebook and another person from our OBC class has the MILPER message. HRC's website said the board would meet in January 2012, but the MILPER message said they would meet in April. Inconsistencies? Yes. Great communication? Definitely. Surprising? No.

No thank you Ft. Lewis -

I turned down the 47th CSH position in Ft. Lewis this past week. Yes I know you are probably dogging me because I've been ranting and raving about wanting to deploy. However, the 47th CSH is coming back home from Iraq and isn't on the timetable for deploying anytime soon. With Afghanistan being our only other world wide conflict the CSH rotations will not be as frequent as they have been before. If I were to be at the 47th CSH I would be borrowed manpower to the MEDCEN there and would be doing the same thing I'm doing now. Why go to all that trouble for something I won't get?

Do not communicate. Do not collect $200 -

I've been working as the marketing director with our JOC the last several months to help revamp the JOC into something attractive and useful for junior officers at WAMC but also to other JOC'ers out there.

We've been using Facebook and email marketing to get the word out to our members about meetings, events, and community outreaching. We can't get on Facebook at WAMC so I've been using a iContact as our solution. I can send a personalized email update to our members and it will also post onto our Facebook Page. This way we have the same communication on various levels. Recently our email marketing solution has been blocked for some reason. I've talked with various people about the continuing frustration I'm having with the technology and communication at the hospital. The solution is now to talk to IA and JAG about this to get this resolved. With the amounts of social media tools DOD uses they decide to block an email marketing solution that's used to communicate with junior officers.

I'll leave the other frustration for another post. Just thinking about it makes me more frustrated.

On the lighter side I've been reading 48 Days to the Work You Love (it's definitely not what I'm doing now). I highly recommend this book for anyone who doesn't love their job or who loves their job.

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