A new morning...and here I am.
Half asleep, in a pathology room...damn!
Infront of a microscope,
getting lost...no hope!
Patients turn into a slide,
An eye looking....from side to side.
Light shining,
we need staining.
Azeurophilic...red, or blue?
and I have no clue!
A blood smear I see,
Red cells...No...RBC!
A big, round cell,
It rings a bell.
A "blast" I shout,
I had no doubt!
A "reactive lymphocyte"*...
the pathologist says, starting a fight.
I think it's malignant!
He believes it's not significant.
The marrow is benign...
I was wrong. Ok...fine!
A name after a name..
I forgot my pathology course...what a shame!
I got the next one right...
I found it...a promyelocyte*!
Looking through the lenses, I feel dizzy.
May i leave?...please, I'm busy!
And I leave....running away.
I'll be treating patients...based on what you say!
please..please...no offence.
I hate the slides...the lab...and the lens!
-With all respect, and admiration to pathology; science, practice, and doctors! :)
*Names of blood cells.
** Picture: A bone marrow biopsy of a 62 y.o. patient with leukemia we diagnosed today.