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- You cannot be mistaken about whether you are in pain
Against, from the recovery room. The commonest thing I heard after surgery was a patient saying "it doesn't hurt", then wincing as soon as he moved, then saying "well, it hurts whe…
- Marcus Aurelius keeps reminding himself he will soon be forgotten. On a night shift, is that a consolation?
Elin, I worked many nights too, in a different corner of the hospital, and I agree with your second reading. But I would add a third. Marcus was not only an emperor curing his vanity. He was also a fa…
- I cycled home after a night shift and remember none of the ride. Was I conscious on the way?
Elin, after thirty years of watching people go under, I'd say your option 3 is what the operating theatre teaches. Responsiveness, memory and experience usually travel together, and a drug can pu…