I accept all sorrow. I accept all animosity. I accept all happiness and joy. I accept all the sufferings of past, present, and future: kiss my forehead, I am That……and I Am You.
From New York Times Science Times, May 14, 2013
The Traps of Treating Pain by Abigail Zuger, MD
"Doctors hate pain. Let me count the ways...we hate it because it is invisible, cannot be measured or monitored, and varies wildly and unpredictable from person to person. We hate it because it can drag us closer to the perilous zones of illegal practice than any other complaint...And we hate it most of all because unless we specifically seek out training in how to manage pain, we get virtually none at all...came the new statistics on the widespread abuse of prescription narcotics,...and cause more overdose fatalities than heroin and cocaine combined...you have nothing but instinct and experience to guide you." I did not know pain is such a big deal and traumatic to MDs, for I handle pain every single day.
