JConway,
I am sorry if I have touched a nerve. I am sorry I forgot to thank you for the kind words wishing me good luck before I posted my last message.
I think you are over-reacting and over-analyzing my post. Again, Relax and maybe re-read it with some objectivity.
I was reacting to your assertions that my comments were untrue. You may be a pod student and have friends and family in the field that are doing well, but when I made my original post about starting salaries, I did so having derived some empirical data. You on the other hand are relying on 2nd hand sources such as your family members who are probably not in touch with new graduates or have limited sources.
I ignored your comment about my unhappiness because I had already written enough in my last post and felt no need to set you straight since we are not acquainted. I have never been unhappy or bitter. A little bitter perhaps over the line of Bulls**t the podiatry school recruiters sold me and continue to sell others.
I am quite well adjusted and chalk up the whole podiatry experience as a miscalculation, however also look upon it as a positive experience. I learned a great deal of medicine, particularly orthopedics, during my training as a pod and have been able to still use the skills I learned. I have benefitted from the whole experience and am truly not unhappy. I am a little disappointed I was so gullable to buy into the recruiters story, but that is life. I did enjoy podiatry. I liked doing surgery and being in the OR (hence my choice of anesthesia). I even enjoyed socializing with my patients during nail debridement visits, although that type of work got old pretty quick.
I am not sure what post you read but I did not chastise any podiatry students. I never said that they were inferior, however in reality I am sure that many students are sub-par because of the lack of admission requirements of podiatry schools. Re-read my post when you cool off a little.
In reference to your rant about chronic problems, I was just making a generalization about the acute nature of podiatry vs. the fact that MD/DO's take care of more chronic problems. Again relax.
I do not feel that I am some kind of star, as you put it. I actually feel that I was kind of a dumb ass for fall for the podiatry line. (although I did benefit from it, so not worth 100k though!!)
If you re-read my original post, I was not bitter or unhappy with podiatry, just a little unfulfilled due to the limited scope and lack of respect afforded podiatry.
I was actually one of the luckier ones, I was starting to do well in private practice when I made my decision to leave, but again I had a desire to do more in medicine and could not see myself being just a podiatrist (other peoples words) for the rest of my life.
I am glad your are happy in your lot in life and you are indeed one of the fortunate ones that will probably be happy in the noble profession of podiatry. I will always have respect for podiatrists and the profession, I just realized that after a big investment in time and money that it was not enough for me personally.
I thank you for the kind words. I wish you good luck. Try not to be so defensive and sensitive about your choice.
