1. Hypnotryst - Part 1


    Date: 11/13/2015, Categories: Bisexual, Author: blin18, Rating: 11, Source: LushStories

    laid to rest any question of lingering psychological stress from the incident that precipitated our meeting and had judged her very well equipped to handle the stresses of a life in medicine. ~~~ (TW plays a recording from the consultation with Susan Richards) DR TAMARA WATKINS: If you had to theorize, Susan, what would you say is causing your feelings of anxiety? SUSAN RICHARDS: I was hoping you could tell me! (laughs) TW: I know. But I want the complete picture of your experience. I promise you I’ll make my own deductions using everything I learn. SR: Well, I don’t know that I’ve thought about it that much, but I guess I’d say it’s work. That’s not very creative though, is it? I suppose everyone moans about work. TW: Why do you think work would make you anxious? SR: Well, you know, it’s stressful, I guess. It’s probably the same in your field. Every day you have to deal with seriously sick or injured people. And I do surgeries once a week, so I’m placing patients in potentially life-threatening situations. That’s gotta weigh on you, right? TW: Sure. Like last week? You almost lost a patient in surgery. SR: I suppose so … I mean … it was stressful; it always is when a surgery doesn’t go to plan. But it was just one of those things, not something that any of the team could have anticipated. But we followed a process – everyone knew what they had to do – and we got a good result … under the circumstances. TW: But it could have been worse. SR: A lot worse, yeah! There ...
    wasn’t much wriggle room between life and death. We could have done everything right and still lost the patient; it’s not like it’s never happened before. TW: So you have lost patients. And have those situations brought on the anxiety? SR: Um? I’m not sure. I don’t …? I don’t think so. I mean, if you’ve got a good team and follow the process, make the right decisions and you still lose the patient then there’s not a lot more you can do. You can’t beat yourself up over it. Sometimes you just have to accept that bad things can happen. Those risks are always present and it’s the price of being a doctor. TW: Susan, I’m going to ask you a question and I want you to answer straight away with the first thing that comes into your head. Don’t think about it first, okay? Just a quick answer. Are you ready? SR: Shoot. TW: Do you enjoy your work? SR: I love it. TW: Tell me about that. SR: Well, there’s a lot of job satisfaction. It’s probably the same for you. You see people at their worst and then help them get better. And it’s not exactly thankless either, people don’t much like being sick or injured so they’re very appreciative of the person who makes it go away. I’ve got a whole cupboard full of champagne bottles that were gifts from patients and a drawer full of perfume. The only thing I can keep up with is the chocolates, and that’s because my boys know where I put them. TW: So the rewards are the main thing? SR: Well, they’re one thing. But there’s the variety of meeting new people, ...