Many years before when I had serious back pain from a sports injury, the surgeons said they would explore my spine and "figure it out." Out of frustration I had impulsively opted for the procedure. They ended up fusing the vertebrae. It left me debilitated. In hindsight, I blamed myself more than the surgeons. I had pressed them for a solution when in fact none was apparent because the cause of the pain was obscure.
Jerome GroopmanI feel that I have to do everything better just to be judged as okay. It is something I wish I could let go of. It's something that I wish just wasn't there.
Jerome GroopmanHope, true hope, has proved as important as any medication I might prescribe or any procedure I might perform.
Jerome GroopmanHope gives us the courage to confront our circumstances and the capacity to surmount them.
Jerome Groopman