The Glass of Water
I've been thinking about Hope a lot lately because sometimes I feel like it is all I have.
Amidst a quarter saturated with rejection and failure, I am thankful that my heat could remain hopeful and content.
This was an important conversation I had today with an oncologist (doctor who deals with cancer) and it blew my mind:
Me: How can you deal with delivering that heartbreaking news of testing positive for cancer to your patients on a daily basis? It must be so rough...
Oncologist: I think it's a blessing to be an oncologist because of the opportunity to be the one to support your patient and provide him or her with a glimpse of hope when they need it the most. I feel like when dealing with cancer, you always have to look at the glass half full because, to be honest, that's all we can do a lot of the time. Often times when people hear the words, ' you have cancer,' they automatically associate with a verdict for a life sentence and think that their lives are finished, but in reality there is always room to fight for it. The thing that's really interesting about medicine is that, regardless of the science associated with it, a lot of it actually has to do with the patient's spirit and will to live and while you should do everything you can for your patient medically, sometimes the best thing you can do for him or her is to express a sense of hope, and more importantly, love.
I praise God for good doctors. I praise God for Hope.
Amidst a quarter saturated with rejection and failure, I am thankful that my heat could remain hopeful and content.
This was an important conversation I had today with an oncologist (doctor who deals with cancer) and it blew my mind:
Me: How can you deal with delivering that heartbreaking news of testing positive for cancer to your patients on a daily basis? It must be so rough...
Oncologist: I think it's a blessing to be an oncologist because of the opportunity to be the one to support your patient and provide him or her with a glimpse of hope when they need it the most. I feel like when dealing with cancer, you always have to look at the glass half full because, to be honest, that's all we can do a lot of the time. Often times when people hear the words, ' you have cancer,' they automatically associate with a verdict for a life sentence and think that their lives are finished, but in reality there is always room to fight for it. The thing that's really interesting about medicine is that, regardless of the science associated with it, a lot of it actually has to do with the patient's spirit and will to live and while you should do everything you can for your patient medically, sometimes the best thing you can do for him or her is to express a sense of hope, and more importantly, love.
I praise God for good doctors. I praise God for Hope.
posted by brybrykang at
7:29 PM
3 Comments:
i liked this. its really interesting cuz it goes pretty well with this vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Hh7b3Nxxc
it's about epigenetics and like how ppl's health are largely influenced by their own mentalities and stuff... its cool
great post bryan :]
i think you'd make an amazing doctor, if that's what you choose to do
:]
http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/8978/pointsofviewyp6.jpg
look at this. your post reminded me of this picture, haha
grace (im too lazy to sign into wordpress.
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