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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]cwydro
(51,308 posts)Growing up, two of my parents best friends (and our neighbors) were both orthopedic surgeons; another was a plastic surgeon.
I was extremely accident prone as a child; never did they fail to show up when my mom called in a panic or when they heard through their wives that something had happened.
And they never billed us. Mom told me this much later. One put my knee back together after an awful accident, the other set numerous broken arms, wrists, etc.
Both of them died much too young, one from an aneurysm in the hospital parking lot and the other from a number of things...primarily probably caused by alcoholism. He beat that in later life, but didnt last long after.
I remember both of them fondly. They both worked many, many hours that Im sure contributed to their early deaths. Youre right, they work a lot of hours.