three's a crowd.

this post is not for the faint of heart. i'm going to use the word vagina. you've been warned.

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today i started my week of gyn surgery. as in gynecologic. i spent the morning watching the backs of people who were standing in a small semi-circle around the object of intense attention. then, in the afternoon, i became one-third of that semi-circle. my resident had clinic this afternoon, so i was the only one to scrub in for the afternoon cases. the first was kinda boring, but the second was pretty cool.

we have the patient in the lithotomy position - you know what i mean - stirrups. then the three of us stand in a semi-circle between the legs. the lady had a hysterectomy several years ago and now her vagina was collapsing in on itself, so we rebuilt it for her. with mesh. it was a very interesting procedure, and i think we got good results. good times, huh?