Happy Halloween
Happy Halloween everyone, even though I am not a fan of the celebrations, I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable time. It is a nice time of the year and I do enjoy fall until it is time to turn the clocks back. Last week I drove to New Hampshire to visit my son for parents' day at his college, and I must say it was a very scenic ride, even though it rained for the trip up. If you ever get the opportunity to visit New England in the fall, you will enjoy it.
It was on this day last year that I ended my 37 year career in vascular radiography. It was a very enjoyable time in my life, well maybe not at 3:00 in the morning. The experiences I had and the people I met along the way will always be with me.
When I read Juneys' blog, describing her entrance into the radiology field, her submissions remind me of my early career. Congrats to her and to all the people just entering the field, learn everything you can, and remember to be nice to the patients.
Some of the times during my career that stick out in my mind are the equipment we had to deal with "back in the day". A few out there have read my entries on some of the early procedures, still makes your hair stand up. Some of you may remember the equipment such as the wires and catheters and stopcocks that we supposedly sterilized and reused over and over. I wonder how that would be thought of today.
I will leave you with one other recollection, since it is time for baseball's World Series games. One day in our special procedures department we had three former major league players at the same time. They all were heroes in my younger days. How great it was to talk about their experiences "back in the day".