Hello everyone, so as promised it's the surgeon here! It's a bit chaotic and a cross between being 'catheter and stone queen' (like at home) and being in a hot A+E minors department.
I can't claim to have done many operations on my own because the surgical techs here are amazing: they do all sorts, from thyroidectomies to nephrectomies. So they're essentially supervising me. I'm now pretty sorted on the old open prostate and have helped with a few open stones, a nephrectomy, several laparotomies and a hysterectomy (and probably lots of other things I've forgotten).
I'm finding it frustrating that I can't talk to the patients very well (or the other staff) and strange not being able to get a CT, etc: but overall it's been a great experience so far and hopefully I've been helpful to the 'equip bloc'!
Anyway, it's been a rather long and sweaty afternoon so going to go and find myself some food and drink now. sxxx
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