Stuck in a hotel room after Continuing Education. Anyone want to hang out?

[Aristus]

I've got some dinner and a vodka and tonic. Just relaxing after a day of lectures...

[cate94]

1. Cataract surgery yesterday

Jameson and water.

[Aristus]

3. How did it go? Are you in any pain?

Hope your recovery is smooth.

Jameson's is lovely...

[cate94]

7. Well the surgery was successful

But my sight is not yet?

[Aristus]

9. You're in the early stage of recovery.

You'll get it back.

[cate94]

12. Oh thanks!

I’ve got amblyopia. At one time I was corrected to a degree- accidently. Lately, 20/200. We’ll see! I’m okay regardless, because I’m used to it. I’m somewhat hopeful.

[Aristus]

14. You got this.

[Drum]

4. ...

[cate94]

6. And my dog is snoring

My wife thinks we should say our good byes to our sweet girl. I can’t wrap my head around it.

[Aristus]

5. It's hard when we are away from our loved ones...

[Drum]

8. So true...thank you

[3catwoman3]

10. Any especially interesting topics?

I hadn’t gone to an in-person conference in years. Too expensive. My contract at my former job did have a continuing education allowance, but it was barely enough to cover the registration fee of a typical 2-4 day meeting.

By the time you’d factor in air fare, 3 nights at a “special” conference rate for a hotel room (minimum $250 a night in any big city) and food, attendance at a conference would be at least $2000.00 - just too much.

[Aristus]

11. Gender Affirmative Care.

Great topic. And I learned a lot of clinically useful things. I have a panel of maybe eleven transgender patients, and I want to be sure that I practice in such a way that they trust me and know our clinic is a safe place.

My grandson is dating a transgender man, and they are both living with us. But I can't learn a lot from his amore, because we don't talk about transgender issues; we just accept him for who he is. He's family.

[cate94]

13. You are an awesome human being!

[Aristus]

15. That's very kind. Thank you.

[cate94]

16. You're welcome

I think being supportive of transgenders is very kind and accepting. So many people just jump to judgement, without the slightest idea of what these people are going through

[Aristus]

17. The suicide rate among transgender people is off the charts.

I think we all owe them a little love.

[cate94]

18. Yeah

They deserve a little love.

[niyad]

20. You are such an amazing bright light. Thank you!

[Aristus]

21. Aw, that's nice. Thanks.

[niyad]

19. Are you running away again? I have some Chambord and a truly divine

chocolate cake. I will be happy to share.

[Aristus]

22. Sounds lovely.

Chocolate cake is to die for.

Not running away. Just getting some continuing medical education in. Gotta stay sharp.

[niyad]

23. I saw what one of the panels was after posting this. You are truly one of

the healers.

[Aristus]

24. Thank you.

It's how I found fulfilment despite having a father who told me I'd never amount to anything. And he was a healer, too. He might have known better.

[niyad]

25. No, dear friend, he was NOT a healer. No true healer would ever speak, or

even think, that way. But his ugly comments did give us a real blessing, regardless of his intent. Did he ever know?

[Aristus]

26. He died in 2009, just before I completed my first year of PA School.

I had passed all of my exams up to that point. He knew I was going to make it. In fact, the first exam I flunked was after the week I took off for his funeral. Unfortunately, there was no 'movie-of-the-week' final death scene where he said "I'm proud of you, son." Real life isn't always a Hollywood movie.