Today I held a tumor the size of a cantaloupe in my hand. We removed it from a little person the size of a watermelon.
My mouth only sort of dropped when the surgeon said something to the effect of “It’s always a good thing when these surgeries turn out to be anticlimactic.” ??? We just removed 35% of this kid’s body weight in tumor! Point being: the kid’s going to be fine. Isn’t medicine the best?
anna in med school 
If there were a surgeon here (is there?), I think she’d make a subtle correction: isn’t SURGERY the best? For all the crap we give them for their large personalities, they perform pretty effective remedies for many diseases.