For the person who started this thread:
I have just read the first 4 or 5 messages posted because i did not have time to read all of them
My situation:
i am an new attending. I graduated from medical school 5 years ago. I started medical school gung ho. then when 3rd year came i fizzled big time. i thought everyone in the profession was programmed, uninteresting and had closed minds. I had a pretty good social life however in med school. I was going out a lot and partying a lot. a little too much. I made it through by the skin of my ass really. I went to residency and partied a lot there too but made it through that got through the tests and everything. But it still sucks.. the only thing that turns me on is the money. I definitely do not wake up everymorning happy about what i do. But i do enjo the amount of money i make and its not even that much money for all the hard work i put in.
i was at my college today. I stopped in to play with the rugby squad and as i was walking to my car i bumped into someone who was pre med with me who i havent seein in 10 years. he still lives in the area and he left premed and got an english degree. and an EDd. he is a highschool english teacher and he is happy. Has his summers off. gets out at 230 pm etc. I told him he was lucky he got out of medicine when he did. the bull**** is not worth it. and it doesnt even begin until you have been on the wards for a couple of months and it escalates from there.. especially towards the end of your residency. Point being, Im ok content but the worrying about stuff sucks, the pay isnt all that great, and the control the government has on you sucks as well. Not to mention lawsuits, ****ty hours, not the happiest kind of things you deal with.
if you have the opportunity to get out, do it. make a plan and go with it. this is life man you can do with it as you please. i was too much into debt when i started hating it
sorry for such a long post.
I have just read the first 4 or 5 messages posted because i did not have time to read all of them
My situation:
i am an new attending. I graduated from medical school 5 years ago. I started medical school gung ho. then when 3rd year came i fizzled big time. i thought everyone in the profession was programmed, uninteresting and had closed minds. I had a pretty good social life however in med school. I was going out a lot and partying a lot. a little too much. I made it through by the skin of my ass really. I went to residency and partied a lot there too but made it through that got through the tests and everything. But it still sucks.. the only thing that turns me on is the money. I definitely do not wake up everymorning happy about what i do. But i do enjo the amount of money i make and its not even that much money for all the hard work i put in.
i was at my college today. I stopped in to play with the rugby squad and as i was walking to my car i bumped into someone who was pre med with me who i havent seein in 10 years. he still lives in the area and he left premed and got an english degree. and an EDd. he is a highschool english teacher and he is happy. Has his summers off. gets out at 230 pm etc. I told him he was lucky he got out of medicine when he did. the bull**** is not worth it. and it doesnt even begin until you have been on the wards for a couple of months and it escalates from there.. especially towards the end of your residency. Point being, Im ok content but the worrying about stuff sucks, the pay isnt all that great, and the control the government has on you sucks as well. Not to mention lawsuits, ****ty hours, not the happiest kind of things you deal with.
if you have the opportunity to get out, do it. make a plan and go with it. this is life man you can do with it as you please. i was too much into debt when i started hating it
sorry for such a long post.