How and why a Tyumen woman with a very rare syndrome became a surgeon.
We are used to thinking that doctors are not afraid of anything, rarely make mistakes and always, in any situation, know exactly what to do. In fact, each of them is first of all a person with his own fears, victories and failures, moments of joy and sadness.
At the "Voice of a Doctor" show conference (18+) held recently in Tyumen, eight charismatic doctors shared stories from their lives. Among them is Anna Otokina, an oral and maxillofacial surgeon of the highest category.
Below is an excerpt from her open story. Read it in full at the link.
I realized a simple truth: all the difficulties we are given are necessary to find ours. My external flaw became for me what a grain of sand becomes when it falls into an oyster. She hurts her, but the clam can't do anything to her. Wrap it layer after layer until you get the most precious thing - a pearl.
It's the same for us too. Everything that seems unfair at first, everything that breaks us, has no purpose to destroy us. For an oyster, this process takes years. So is your way. No one saw him. No one knows what decisions you made, what you struggled with, what you overcame. Everyone sees only the result.
And you are left with the most precious thing - what you created inside yourself.
Here we are always in touch.