People do stupid things...

When you're young and thinking about a career path it is always important to consider job security. I remember growing up and one of my friend's dad lost his job, and I remember how devastating it was to the family. His father was involved in an industry that, with new technologies, became obsolete. Having said that, I experienced my first object in the rectum the other night. Not MY rectum, of course, but the patient's. Oddly enough it was followed only a few hours later with a foreign body in a patient's vagina. Now part of being a doctor is job security, and knowing that every second of every day someone out there is doing something absolutely retarded makes me feel safe about my spot in the general workforce. Whether it is riding motorcycle without a helmet, welding shards of metal without eye protection, or the always comical, "I fell on something and now it is in my rectum", the emergency physician will always be needed.

A rather short post today, I've been working nights. They'll get better...