The most difficult profession?

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My wife died died from renal cancer. Her oncology Dr. Kept her spirits up and kept her alive for a couple of years longer than her sur geon predicted. Her oncology Dr. knew it was just a matter of time.... but he kept her smilin til the end. God bless him.
TOUGH JOB TO HAVE.

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Originally Posted by soldier-of-the-apocalypse

prostitution

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This easily wins. The fear, the pain, the risk/certainty of disease, the violence, the humiliation and societal shame. Unless you're in one of the euro countries or nevada - you're breaking the law. Unless you're a successful escort you might be giving most of your money to a handler/pimp.

Honestly I'd rather have been a Russian soldier in ww2 in Stalingrad than be a typical prostitute.

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Marine PFC

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Originally Posted by Rucker61

I'd say fighter pilot. But you said that, didn't you. ;)

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Every job has its downside.

Hospice nurses likely have it rough.. EMTs/first responders aren't spending their days at a carnival either..

My wife was a Paramedic for 13 years. The horrible things that happened to kids are what eventually got to her.

Brain Surgeon.

Everything is controlled there, one millimeter in the wrong direction.

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Originally Posted by dwalker460

Why is it so hard for people to deal with death? Newsflash- we all die. Today, tomorrow, whenever it is, it happens, to everyone. Pain and suffering is part of life. Tough jobs? How about a rancher who has to get up at the asscrack of dawn and feel his way in the dark out to the feilds to get to his livestock before they freeze or starve. How about the oil feild worker out in the middle of effin nowhere working up close and personal with equipment and forces that will kill him and his buddies in a heartbeat, or cost him an arm or leg for a small mistake.
Life is tough, work for a lot of people, is tough. Dealing with death, pain, and suffering, is not the toughest thing going.

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This is actually a really interesting post. My brother once asked our doctor if he was going to die and the doctor replied with "we all die eventually" I kind of grew up with this in the back of my mind (he eventually died of a heart attack while mowing the lawn. Doctor not brother." I get up before the sun comes up and go home after the sun goes down. I don't even work a labor job. People who get up at this hour get up because they want to. They have shit to do. It's not a moral dillema. It's just what you're doing today. Although I do feel like handing out death, pain and suffering is the toughest thing in the world. I could not do it from an oncology perspective.

EMTs and First Responders, I agree that hospice isn't a picnic but it's not usually traumatic or unexpected.

My wife is a hospice nurse, she finds the job very satisfying. The vast majority of hospice nurses are veteran nurses like my wife that have done most jobs in the industry. It was a natural progression for her after helping people heal and live for all those years, to help them die with as much dignity as possible. Most people are ready, it's the families that sometimes are not and are the hardest for her to deal with. Strong faith seems to be essential for most nurses in the field to be successful.

My vote for tuff jobs would be the Oncology Doc, paramedic, children's hospital, burn unit, soldier, factory worker, hard laborer, ya, ya, ya.

I think that social workers must see some crappy situations. So many broken families that aren't "technically" abusive so you can't do anything but you just know that years from now when the children are grown, they'll be just as F'ed up as those who raised them. Also, I feel like this is up there not because anyone is dying but because of the opposite. You are a witness to the kids/victims who will live out their lives with the scars inflicted upon them during the hard times.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imhBoE56OEs

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Originally Posted by Katastrophic

I think that social workers must see some crappy situations. So many broken families that aren't "technically" abusive so you can't do anything but you just know that years from now when the children are grown, they'll be just as F'ed up as those who raised them. Also, I feel like this is up there not because anyone is dying but because of the opposite. You are a witness to the kids/victims who will live out their lives with the scars inflicted upon them during the hard times.

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I agree with social workers over medical professions. I can accept people dying, I've almost stepped in dead body before, what I thought was burnt seat cushion was a husband and wife (first responder to a plane crash), and I know that their existence is over, no more pain. I can see though how repeatedly it would really get to someone and make them burn out over time.

I've also worked with DHS for foster care, and I can see how the abuse that some people have caused means decades of future pain. I see every day how much hurt is caused by parents that should have been put down.

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Originally Posted by Dingo

I would also nominate EMT's/Paramedics. Regardless of how much they may or may not enjoy it (depends on which one you talk to), it's got to be hard constantly being under that much stress, for criminally-low pay. The average EMT makes less than the average retail worker in a mall kiosk. God bless 'em for doing it anyway.

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Agreed. EMT's should make more. Especially when you see an ambulance bill.

Jay Carney's job ---> requires you to be a souless Bullshit artist incapable of telling the truth and obligated to make a piece of shit and all his lackeys look like saints.

That aside, hospice/neonatal/anything in trauma probably has the most suck. Cancer doesn't kill quickly. Border agent down South would suck too. Wanting to shoot illegals, knowing you can't, and the fact that your fed gov't doesn't support you.

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Originally Posted by ben4372

Agreed. EMT's should make more. Especially when you see an ambulance bill.

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+1

Proctologist. Pretty crappy job [ROFL1]