Well this isn't going to be a very long post, I'm waiting to go to the OR with a case of pus. As a matter of fact, my evening is awash in pus, seeing as, as soon as i finish opening an draining this huge collection of pus, I've got to more abscesses waiting for me up on the floor. AAAAhhhh, the joy of the general surgeon, Pus. The never ending call of the general surgeon is, "Don't let the sun go down on pus under pressure!" Unfortunately, a more appropopriate call would be, "Don't let the sun come up on pus under pressure!" since it seems I do 90% of these after dark. Tonight is a little bit of an exception to the rule, none of my 3 cases is in a really stinky, private place, like a butt crack, or next to the anus, which is usually where I find these pleasant little things. The perirectal abscess holds a special place in so many surgeons' memories, because, invariably, it seems this is the very first procedure any of us ever did in med school.
Well, I gotta run, they're calling for me from the OR.
More later.
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