As we pause to give thanks, I thought I'd list a few things for which we who work in the nation's ORs should be grateful.

1. You don't have to deal with bedpans, bed baths or bedside commodes.

2. No more bad hair days. You can show up for work in jeans, any old shirt, wet hair and no makeup. Just put on a mask and hat, and nobody knows, nobody cares.

3. When things don't fit, you've learned from orthopedics to just force it.