PowerPoint Presentations today in my computer class. I have
heard so many people talking about how incredibly anxious they are to speak
publicly. I used to have that same phobia, when I was younger I would have
rather pulled my hair out of my scalp than to speak in front of a crowd.
However ever since I took a job at the Pain Management Center I have had
absolutely no issue speaking in front of people. OK, actually I need to back up
one year previous. I was working in the Endoscopy Lab inside Cox South, I was
approached by my then manager, who I was not particularly fond of but was
intrigued by what came out of her mouth. She asked if I wanted to be a part of
the “Super Colon” expo that was taking place at the Battlefield Mall. This was
about six or seven years ago. I was hesitant at first but nonetheless still
intrigued. It would be an overtime paid work day and I wouldn’t have to step a
single foot in one of our Endoscopy suites, where there is nothing but gassy
behinds and gagging upper GI scopes. So needless to say I agreed. I spent eight
hours that day talking to complete strangers about this walk-through segment of
a colon and what all the parts were as well as what types of diseases can affect
the colon and why it was so important to have a Colonoscopy either when you
turn 50 or earlier if colon cancer runs in your family. Ever since that day I
have not had a single problem addressing large groups of people. If that would have
been the promise of every day of work in the Endoscopy unit I would still be
there today, but as soon as I had the opportunity to get out, I was gone!
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