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March 8, 2005
I Need Me Some Scrubs
Ok..So I've made you, my loyal reader, wait long enough for the news. Here it is. You ready? I'm not working in Seabrook any more. There it is. Wasn't that exciting? Ok, well, maybe not for you. I guess I could tell you the actual exciting news. I'll soon be trading in my tool bag for some scrubs. I gave my current employers the news this afternoon. Thinking back, this was only the second time that I have actually resigned from a position. Not that I've ever been fired, mind you. The jobs just came to an end. I guess I haven't completely quit my trim job yet. They are willing to work with me while I transition to the new job.
So why am I wearing scrubs you ask? Well, I'll be spending some quality time in the OR of local hospitals for a new company started by local doctors. In a months time I should be traveling across the country to become a certified Laser Tech, through a company called Laserscope. In the meantime, I will be sitting in on several cases/procedures and learning as I go. I'm not really sure what all my job will entail, besides being responsible for moving, setting up, and taking care of a rather expensive laser and it's accessories. I will be able to take on more tasks as needed while the company grows.
The procedure is called Greenlight PVP (Photoselective Vaporization of the Prostate) and is used to treat BPH (Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia). BPH is something that most males will experience as they age. I won't go into the details because I'm sure most of my readers don't want to know much more than this (if you are interested, go to the link above). To be honest, it's going to take me some getting used to.
The laser is cool. I saw it for the first time last Thursday when it was being installed in our first hospital. The laser operates in the green light spectrum (hence the name, Greenlight PVP) at a wavelength of 532nm. Special glasses are required to protect your eyes during the procedure. They just so happen to be orange..and purple. It's amazing how bright the laser is..and the fact that you cannot see the light produced at all when looking through the glasses.
Well anyways..I'm sure more news will follow now that this is officially in public domain. Now I just need to buy some orange scrubs (yes, they do indeed make Clemson scrubs).
Posted by mhader at March 8, 2005 10:35 PM
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Congrats and good luck!!
Posted by: dad at March 9, 2005 6:09 AM
Wow, so you'll be like an OR roadie? Cool! :)
That was cute when you said "link above" and I realized that the link color was the same as the text color and not underlined (in Firefox.)
I wanted to work in a "frickin' 'laser' beam" joke here, but when I realized what "Vaporization of the Prostate" meant I just didn't have it in me.
Posted by: Ben Roller at March 9, 2005 7:17 AM
I also found the link by accident - but that's the way I find most things.
Congratulations. But please be more careful with the laser than you were with the staple gun. You don't have to aim it do you?
Posted by: ad1 at March 9, 2005 8:04 AM
Wow! Unexpected and very cool. You should try to head up our way when you "Travel the country."
Posted by: Mary at March 9, 2005 8:15 AM
Travel by kayak and get some use out of that thing -- the kayak, not the laser. :) Though, wouldn't that be a sight. You'd be your own lighthouse.
Posted by: Jonathan at March 9, 2005 2:08 PM