The position would be with a 'very large' company that performs a type of cosmetic surgery. They are expanding and looking for another surgeon. It is corporate medicine.
I would have to give up my life as a general surgeon and, in doing so, would burn my bridges. I would give up the gift of healing sick people...I would give up the gift of 'saving someone's life'....I would give up 23 years of intense training, manipulating human physiology and the ability to enter a human being to stop pain and illness.
I would also be giving away:
stress
increased risk for being sued
inability to pay my bills
increasing demands on my time for diminishing income
status..some might look at this as 'bailing out'
ability to be home during the day..run home...get to events my children are in...becoming a 'straphanger' on the train into work everyday
being an business owner...I would be an independent contractor
I would gain:
evenings and weekends free..no more emergency room call
potential for much better income
uninterrupted weekends with my kids (when I get them now that my W has chosen to abandon our marriage)
no more emergency room call
much lower malpractice premium
freedom from running an office which is killing me with overhead, payroll taxes, etc
status as a 'Park Ave'MD
'happy medicine'..making a change in someone's appearance and making them feel better about themselves
As you can imagine, this is one of the most difficult decisions in my professional career.
FIB
Me 55; XW 47; 2 kids (S13, D11) Bomb 05/19/06 Original thread http://tinyurl.com/yg2ou2t Last anniversary 04/25/10, Divorced 5/12/10 Status: Loving father of 2 beautiful children;
