Dude Fest!

I'm attending a complete dude fest, also known as the annual American Urological Association (AUA) meeting. It's held in the illustrious city of Chicago this year, and it's been quite fun and informative so far. Though it has "american" as part of its acronym, the AUA is actually quite an international event with tons of international urologists in attendance. I'm constantly hearing Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, French, Korean, Japanese, German and many other languages in the meeting halls. It's quite impressive and makes for a nice multi-cultural event.

However, I'm never more amazed at the paucity of women in urology than when I attend a meeting like this. There are literally thousands of urologists buzzing around at the convention center, most in a conservative (and dare I say unfashionable) grey or navy suit, with the occasional woman thrown in for good measure. The ratio is quite impressive, and I do somewhat feel like a single daffodil in a bed of roses. (or something like that...I can't think of another analogy right now). And more often that not, when I see another woman, she really ends up being a pharmaceutical representative....

The one HUGE advantage for me are the mostly vacant women's restrooms. There is never a line and most of the time, I have the multi-stall bathrooms all to myself! When does that ever happen anywhere else?

And with such a concentration of urologists in one meeting, the conversation is bound the be fascinating!!! Urine, prostate, ED... what more could you ask for?