Cancerphobia runs rampant in our society. And let s not forget, the person with a litany of minor complaints may be depressed or have underlying social or spiritual problems. If we re not sensitive to the possibilities, then we ll miss them completely. The next patient s symptoms may be more interesting that s true in any specialty. But life generally comprises vast plains of the mundane with a few peaks of greater experiences.
Routine cases breed patience and perseverance.
God doesn t always call us to lives of excitement, but to lives of quiet persistence. It is also easy to dismiss M.I.S. when you re not the one who is suffering. Sometimes patients merely require reassurance. We should be prepared to answer questions we think are beneath us, because they re not beneath the untrained person. If we don t want our patients to receive misinformation, then we have to provide the facts.