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"I am anzazed at how good I feel already,
and my fi-iends and tinnily are surprised (it
how quickly I've recovered."
S. K.
( S.K. had laparoscopic bladder

suspension for urinary incontinence)

u'as in the hospital less than 26 hours,
and I needed only ibuprofen the next two
days for the minor discomfint I was on my
treadmill the fifth day"
D.B.
( D.B. had laparoscopic hysterectomy

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• Shorter hospital stay
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• Minimal discomfort
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for uterine tumor).

":1Iy surgery (endometrial abalation and
removal of uterine fibroid) was a great
success! I u.as hack in the gym in 3 days!
Jlnd have had no side effects!
L.A.

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( L.A. had new alternative surgery
to hysterectomy)

"The pain was much less than my two pre-
vious surgeries and I went home the clay af-
ter the operatiwz."
A:L.

(NT. I.. had microsurgery for
endometriosis, infertility & uterine
suspension)

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Over 50 years on. continuous experience

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E. Sabbagh, M.D.
C. Choi, M.D.
R. Rifai, M.D.
W. Sabbogh, M.D.

termine the extent of the dam-
age and to treat it.
The afternoon's final patient,
an elderly man with several
medical problems, had to be
brought in by stretcher. Dr.
Pearlstein was monitoring his
tracheostomy, an incision over
the trachea that allows for
breathing when the lungs or
mouth are damaged.
"I do so many things that are
so different," the doctor says. "I
might remove a tumor on one
patient, perform voice surgery
on another and alleviate a child's
hearing loss."

"I'm doing what I
set out to do."

— Richard Pearlstein

Dr. Pearlstein is one of 650
residents and fellows affiliated
with Henry Ford Hospital.
In all, hospitals offer medical-
school graduates over 20 differ-
ent types of residency programs.
The shortest, three-year pro-
grams, are in the fields of fam-
ily practice, internal medicine
and pediatrics, and the longest,
a seven-year residency, is in
neurosurgery.
"In medical school a student
learns the vocabulary, concepts

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and elementary practical skills
of medicine," says Dr. David C.
Leach, the director of medical
education at Henry Ford Hos-
pital. "The real learning takes
place at the patient's bedside."
Dr. Leach describes a resi-
dency as an apprentice program
with gradually increasing re-
sponsibility. It gives young doc-
torsexperiential learning, under
supervision, that ultimately
leads to competency in caring for
the sick.
"A student can read in text-
books about a disease, but that
doesn't enable the student to rec-
ognize it," Dr. Leach says. "A doc-
tor needs experience that goes
beyond a textbook description."
Although Dr. Pearlstein is
done with school, nightly read-
ings of medical materials are
part of his regimen. "Medicine
is a self-learning process," he
says.
In spite of the long hours and
hard work, the 29-year-old Dr.
Pearlstein still finds time to par-
take in his hobbies, which in-
clude exercising and cooking.
And, with some weekends off,
he often visits his girlfriend in
Cleveland.
"The more you see and the
more you do, the better you are,"
he said. "You can't put a price
tag on experience, and a resi-
dency is an experience." ❑

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ticks and stones may break
may bones but names will
never hurt me!"
This old adage is false and
definitely not a Jewish point of
view, states author Sara Chana
Radcliffe of the Delicate Balance
and Teen Esteem. Calling children
derogatory names is destructive
to a child's self-esteem. Self-esteem
is defined as the quality of being
lovable, smart, valuable, and ad-
equate and competent.
Rabbi Alon Tolwin, director of
Aish HaTorah says he invited Mrs.
Radcliffe to speak to his group last
fall to translate principles of Torah
into practical advice in human re-
lationships. Mrs. Radcliffe is a lec-
turer and has written five books.
She has a private practice of fam-
ily counseling in Toronto.
A person with high self-esteem
will have positive traits such as be-
ing kind, considerate, helpful, care-
ful, organized, responsible, clean,
neat, generous, thoughtful and cre-
ative, Ms. Radcliffe maintains.
Self-esteem also includes being
able to accept one's weaknesses
and imperfections and being able
to improve them. Does your child

feel good about him/herself? Can
he or she take on a new challenge?
How does your child handle dis-
appointment?
From a Torah perspective,
everyone is created for a unique
purpose in life, Ms. Radcliffe
writes. Parenting is a life-long
process which molds a child's per-
sonality. Parents are responsible
for their child's education. Some-
times this is a difficult task, es-
pecially when a child has
personality traits that provoke us
and make them harder to love.
While certain essential character
traits are inborn, 50 percent are
formed from daily interactions be-
tween parents and children, she
says.
The author maintains that in
today's busy world, parents real-
ly have to work on themselves to
be pleasant and positive with their
children. School-age children see
their parents an hour in the morn-
ing, sometimes during dinner hour
and before bed. These are often
stressful times for parents. Chil-
dren may miss parents' best hours
of the day.
How can we foster our rela-