The Mistake I See Again and Again Before Surgery
A Question I Ask Every Time Before any operation, I ask patients to walk me through everything they take. Prescriptions, over-the-counter pills, vitamins, supplements, the occasional glass of wine with dinner. Almost every time, someone leaves something off the list. Not because they are hiding anything. They just do not think it counts. That gap […]
The Question I Hear Right Before Every Surgery
A Question That Is Not About the Surgery at All Patients ask me a lot of things before an operation. What will the incision look like. How long until I can drive. Will it hurt. Those questions are easy to answer because they are about the patient’s own body. The question that actually stops me, […]
The Small Question That Changes Everything Before Surgery
A Habit That Costs Thirty Seconds Every pre-op visit covers the same ground. I go over the procedure, the risks, what the recovery will look like, and what to expect in the days after. Patients nod along. Most of them have already read about it online, talked to a friend who had something similar, or […]
How an Operating Room Schedule Actually Gets Built
The Schedule Looks Simple From Outside Patients usually see one line on a piece of paper: a date, a time, maybe “arrive two hours early.” What they do not see is everything that had to line up before that line could exist. An OR schedule is not a calendar invite. It is a negotiation between […]