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.

[KestrelBike]

prostitution

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.

[lowspeed_highdrag]

Corrections/LE

Marine PFC

[sniper7]

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

Every job has its downside.

[def90]

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

[brutal]

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

[gnihcraes]

Brain Surgeon.

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

[Ashton]

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.

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.

[th3w01f]

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

[Beprepared]

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.