RT Book, Section A1 Bissonnette, Bruno A1 Luginbuehl, Igor A1 Engelhardt, Thomas SR Print(0) ID 1164057794 T1 Foreword 4: A Patient’s Perspective T2 Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications, 2e YR 2019 FD 2019 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781259861789 LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1164057794 RD 2024/10/06 AB I’m not sure who was more nervous: me or the resident of the large downtown Toronto teaching hospital who was given the unenviable task of learning about my medical condition—my syndrome—before a scheduled appointment with the regular specialist. I’ve never been keen on these sessions. They tend to make me feel more like a curiosity than an actual person. At the time, I was in my early 30s (I’m almost 50 now) and for years had been used as a teaching tool.