My first dose of ‘on-the-face-criticism’

From the day I started my practice 2 ½ yrs ago I had never ever been subjected to criticism regarding my medical and surgical skills… atleast no one said it on my face… this wk I had a patient who was an old patient of my mom… she had some problem in her eye from 3 4 months… she told me she wanted to come to show me but she was told by some patient that I wasn’t as good as my mom… so she went to another doctor… after she didn’t get relief she then came to show to me… she told me this directly on my face… I didn’t show it on my face but inside I was hurt… well I wasn’t for the reason that tht other patient had felt that I wasn’t as good as compared to my mom as I still have miles to go to come in that category… but I was hurt as the ‘wasn’t good’ was good enough for the patient to ask her not to show me… tht hurt… but then guess even I am a human being and bound to make mistakes at some or the other time of my life… maybe the treatment I gave to tht patient didn’t relive her of her problem… but here the irony was inspite of the criticism this patient turned up to show me…!!! That brought a little bit of solace in me… praises and criticisms are part and parcel of all occupations, I guess… and one just needs to forget it and move on…