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Funny, this reminded me of my own surgery that had complications. My surgeon said that he has done over 200 similar surgeries and I was his first complication. The first thing that came out of my mouth was no wonder you don't know how to handle complications because you have been running around like a headless chicken. In the end, postop complications were addressed by a surgeon half way around the world than the ope…
I don't get the phrase you used, "running around like a headless chicken" - do you mean the doc did not pay attention to postop complications?
I meant doctor didn't come across confident in how he was handling the complications. He was trying lot of different things without proper reasoning. He was clearly flustered. I was actually more calmer and methodical than him.