LOVE THIS! Admitting a mistake means we are human. My latest (and successful!) surgery a month ago finally closed a fistula from a colon perf from a burst tic and a long year (to the day!). My surgeon made an error in July trying to close me up which led to several endoscopic trials with clips, to no avail. I was grateful when my surgeon agreed to another trial to close me / he had taken the entire day for me. Afterward, I was closed and he admitted an error of accidentally cutting my small intestine which resulted in an anastomosis. That same error occurred in July. I told him truthfully I trusted nobody else in my belly regardless of an error that was quickly repaired. I ended up buying him a pair of Superman socks to wear for difficult cases. Apparently his GI Joe socks that he wore for my surgery were his prior pair for tough cases. I hope he feels the same as you do, as I have freedom today I’ve never experienced! I’d rather have a human working on me any day and twice on Sunday over someone who had never made a surgical error. A person in our field, who has never made an error hasn’t been in our field very long. Godspeed and happy holidays, Doctor Wentworth!
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LOVE THIS! Admitting a mistake means we are human. My latest (and successful!) surgery a month ago finally closed a fistula from a colon perf from a burst tic and a long year (to the day!). My surgeon made an error in July trying to close me up which led to several endoscopic trials with clips, to no avail. I was grateful when my surgeon agreed to another trial to close me / he had taken the entire day for me. Afterward, I was closed and he admitted an error of accidentally cutting my small intestine which resulted in an anastomosis. That same error occurred in July. I told him truthfully I trusted nobody else in my belly regardless of an error that was quickly repaired. I ended up buying him a pair of Superman socks to wear for difficult cases. Apparently his GI Joe socks that he wore for my surgery were his prior pair for tough cases. I hope he feels the same as you do, as I have freedom today I’ve never experienced! I’d rather have a human working on me any day and twice on Sunday over someone who had never made a surgical error. A person in our field, who has never made an error hasn’t been in our field very long. Godspeed and happy holidays, Doctor Wentworth!