so what?

Heard in the lecture on the thoracic wall & lungs this morning:

“Breast cancer doesn’t kill people. So you lose your breast, so what? It’s metastasis to [other areas] that proves fatal. [….] What’s the matter? Why is everyone looking at me like I’m crazy?”

Oh. My. G-d.

I wish I had the balls to respond with: “What if you get penile cancer? So you lose your penis, so what?” Maybe then he would get the point.

Maybe.

We’re not looking at you like this because you’re crazy, Professor. We’re looking at you like this because we cannot believe you’re that ignorant. All those years of cadavers & formaldehyde have clearly affected your ability to remember that anatomy is about people.

*headdesk*