Neglected!

I have been badly neglecting my blog. So many excuses I could give to you. In a nutshell, I'm gonna blame it on summer. Imagine my surprise to finally log in after two months and see that the faithful have actually increased! Talk about feeling guilty!
I find it hard to blog about actual cases because I am paranoid about the Hippa police. I suppose it is just as easy to change the gender and age, I would never give a name, although I suppose all males could be Joe's and females could be Jane's. I could give age groups, 0-18, 19-30, 31-5o, etc. I'm quite sure patients don't read my blog and when they are asleep I'm sure they don't appreciate the details of their surgery. We'll see how it goes.
I have been considering a change of direction for the blog, perhaps gearing it more towards future surgical technologists and/or first assistants. I do love to share what I know and feel about surgery. Perhaps some sort of question and answer format drawing from emails through my gmail address?
My love affair with trauma may be dwindling to a trickle. My beloved *FTS is giving up the call rotation. We have only a few days left together! It feels like the end but he will be still be taking ER call and on a rare occasion, a trauma call day. Whenever I lament to the other surgeons about MY (!) loss, they look at me funny and remind me that he's still going to have regular call. But we all know it's not the same......seldom is there that urgency from non-trauma patients. The other trauma surgeons think they are being considerate. I cannot seem to convince them that even if it's 0230 and the sumdood with knife stuck in his chest or the bullet lodged in his flank isn't gonna pay me a penny, that I want them to call me! I WANT to come in!
There is a new trauma surgeon just starting. I have asked the others to pimp me out! He is still being mentored. I am trying to get to him before the cowboys do. I call cowboys the trauma docs who, #1- don't think they need any help at all, and #2- only call for help when they feel the case is technically challenging enough to require another surgeon. I fully understand #2 but come on guys, an extra pair of hands to help provide exposure and free up your scrub isn't going to help you? That's really all I'm asking, I don't need to do anything fancy, just want to bo part of the team/experience.