The most difficult profession?

[mopar]

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.

[Ashton]

I can honestly say I don't think that weighs even close to an oncologists job. The job with the gun implies that the person on the other side is going to end up dead for whatever reason, and if cops were called it's generally a pretty good damn reason. It takes an officer seconds to kill someone. It takes a cancer doc years of treating said "cancer" which there is no cure for... Yet they know it's going to kill said person and make them feel horrible for a long time. At the end of the day you have to sleep with what you've done... Which I doubt either side wants. But think cancer doc wins out.

[cofi]

i dont know i cant stand doctors

edit did you read baileys post it had nothing to do with killing anyone
also if anything i think our nurses/hospic workers have it way rougher as they are constantly dealing with the patient rather then the doctor who spends like 5 miniuts a day talking at them

[Ashton]

i dont know i cant stand doctors

edit did you read baileys post it had nothing to do with killing anyone
also if anything i think our nurses/hospic workers have it way rougher as they are constantly dealing with the patient rather then the doctor who spends like 5 miniuts a day talking at them

Yes. I did. But I believe taking a life is the ultimate difficulty for a human being.

[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.

[MED]

I am sure watching anybody suffer would be difficult. Although, I have a surgeon in the family and they get use to it. Listening to them, it is more like a puzzle…something to solve.

I think any job where one puts himself in harm’s way is by far the most difficult. Human instinct is one of survival. In order to put yourself into harm’s way, one must defy that instinct. I can say I truly respect these people. I don’t necessarily respect those in the medical profession as a matter of course.

I also think of the guys that stormed the beaches at Normandy…talk about hell on earth. I can’t imagine. So many guys through history have come back shells of what they once were. Sacrificing your life and killing is by far the most difficult thing asked of any person.

[ben4372]

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.

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

[jhood001]

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

+1

[Dingo]

I have to second the hospice nurse bit. I did it for a year, and was burnt out on it 3 months in. Every pt's family thought that I would have a new perspective that somehow everybody else had missed, and kept asking questions that were subtly directed toward finding a way to "fix them". It gets harder with each visit to cheerily ask somebody how they're doing that day, because you know its going to be worse each week. There's very little we're allowed by Medicare to actually do treatment-wise, so the catch-all answer from the doctors is always to up their narcotics.

Granted, I'm not trying to make this all about me - I realize it was a thousand times harder for the pts who were actually on the other side of the whole situaiton. Hardest? Not necessarily. But as far as professions go, it sucked. I vastly prefer the hospital setting.

[Great-Kazoo]

Being a SPOUSE AND parent

Through thick & thin. Dealing with a multitude of issues over time. Depending how long you are in the relationship you will either part ways OR end up dealing with the deterioation of the others health, physically & mentally.
There's the menopause section of live 5-15 yrs where every thing is a major issue, or not.

A parent. watching the kid[s] grow up, bump, bruises, their "relationships" good, bad , indifferent. Trying to have them understand there is evil out there and TRY to be vigilant Dealing with their addictions (if any) helping them even if not asked when you know money is tight (a parent and kid) . At one time our daughter worked in a hospice / care facility. During that time her grandmother, cousin and friend all passed. she finally gave notice. We asked her why and she said it was time to get away from so much death.
When they are overseas serving our country, wondering/worrying [if] you might get that "Knock on the door"

In summation: No one profession has a market on the toughest. The LE's we know all tell us and our kid, They would never do what she does. Keeping in mind, like her at one time, they are all EOD' high risk skill sets.
No matter where you work, what you do some one always has it tougher or easier, depending on you outlook of life.