No matter what else I say

I am extremely positive about my situation and the future. But I gotta tell ya, you are going to read the good, the bad and the ugly of going through cancer. For instance, I’m not a fan of many doctors I’ve encountered along the way. I get it, its a tough job. But, damn it, don’t go into the medical profession if you are an incurious human being. Even, and especially if, you are a highly intelligent, but incurious person. Being incurious if fine - just be honest with yourself, and then choose another profession. There are plenty of well paid professions for the highly intelligent, incurious person where your lack of curiosity will not lead to other people’s early and possibly unnecessary deaths. If you feel like walking people as comfortably as possible to their death is your calling then work in a hospice! BOOM problem solved. To the small percentage of truly curious and highly intelligent physicians out there - I love each and every one of you and I thank God for you every day!

I almost left out the curious, moderately intelligent physicians. If you are insatiably curious, but of only average intelligence (be honest with yourself because curiosity trumps intelligence) you can still be a great physician…just read more and diagnose patients a little more slowly. But don’t quit, the profession needs you desperately; otherwise the incurious doctors will continue to fill humanity's need for physicians.