@drashbowden: Series: What's the worst thing you've seen as a doctor? Case 3: this most surreal case that brought be to tears on the way home. If there was an exercise in empathy, it might look something like this. Imagine you received the news that your dad has a terminal brain tumour, he may have 6 months to live but could go through risky surgery to extend that by a year or 3. You don't really understand any of the medical jargon but because your dad's an engineer he's fascinated by it and brings you to his radiotherapy appointments. You see him before and after not just one brain surgery. You get the phone call that he died overnight while you're at medical school. Now finish your medical degree, without him to see you graduate, and break the news to a family in emergency at the end of your shift. #doctor #medicine #braintumor