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Curious to hear yall's take on this.
Chatting with a cardiac anesthesia fellow in the nurses station yesterday and, as I'm currently doing a Heart Failure elective, he asked me if I am interested in cardiac anesthesia, to which I replied I enjoyed my cardiac time so far a great deal, but was thinking about pain fellowship. He shook his head and said "Pain seems great, right up to the point where you're stuck in clinic with an actual chronic pain patient." This struck me as odd, since my experience rotating through a PP pain clinic was pretty pleasant. I mean sure- there definitely was an occasional inconsolable fibro or opioid seeker, but most were just regular folks with headache/LBP.
What do you think- is this view a commonly held misconception about your day to day experience? What do you feel is commonly misunderstood or overblown about the field?
Chatting with a cardiac anesthesia fellow in the nurses station yesterday and, as I'm currently doing a Heart Failure elective, he asked me if I am interested in cardiac anesthesia, to which I replied I enjoyed my cardiac time so far a great deal, but was thinking about pain fellowship. He shook his head and said "Pain seems great, right up to the point where you're stuck in clinic with an actual chronic pain patient." This struck me as odd, since my experience rotating through a PP pain clinic was pretty pleasant. I mean sure- there definitely was an occasional inconsolable fibro or opioid seeker, but most were just regular folks with headache/LBP.
What do you think- is this view a commonly held misconception about your day to day experience? What do you feel is commonly misunderstood or overblown about the field?