gas defector :(

[LurkNoMore]

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Sorry to put "bad news" on this thread but a former anesthesia-to-be has decided to go with........ dermatology...... I know many of you would put me in the category of sell-out or burn-out, or some other nasty term, but I realized that my favorite part of anesthesia was being able to see a response to my intervention, and understanding the mechanism behind the disease i was treating.... Anyway, I still have a fondness for anesthesia, derm just won out in the long run (and who knows, the match gods still have a chance to weigh in on where I end up at the end of all this)... I thought I would just mention this on the thread since so many on here have given me so much knowledge and insight about medicine and life in general (jet, mmd, noyac, vent and others....). I know I am an anomaly (trust me, from the dermatologists I have spoken to, I know this split interest makes "no sense at all."). Anyway, I will still frequent this thread to listen to the good/bad info that is disbursed, and I will still spread the word about how great anesthesiology actually is...


p.s. sorry about the schizo posting, I just felt compelled to share (feel free to blast me prn)

 

[iatrosB]

Sorry to put "bad news" on this thread but a former anesthesia-to-be has decided to go with........ dermatology...... I know many of you would put me in the category of sell-out or burn-out, or some other nasty term, but I realized that my favorite part of anesthesia was being able to see a response to my intervention, and understanding the mechanism behind the disease i was treating.... Anyway, I still have a fondness for anesthesia, derm just won out in the long run (and who knows, the match gods still have a chance to weigh in on where I end up at the end of all this)... I thought I would just mention this on the thread since so many on here have given me so much knowledge and insight about medicine and life in general (jet, mmd, noyac, and others....). I know I am an anomaly (trust me, from the dermatologists I have spoken to, I know this split interest makes "no sense at all."). Anyway, I will still frequent this thread to listen to the good/bad info that is disbursed, and I will still spread the word about how great anesthesiology actually is...


p.s. sorry about the schizo posting, I just felt compelled to share (feel free to blast me prn)

Awesome, it is good that you've found something you like. Good luck in the derm match...it is a nasty one. I'm sure you'll enjoy derm. 👍

 

[LurkNoMore]

I know it is nasty, I'm quite scared (how about something in holding for that...), I wanted soooo badly to looooove gas, but it just didnt click for me, I appreciate the support 🙂

 

[fakin' the funk]

OP - you kinda said already what you liked about anesthesiology...but what drew you over to derm? Just curious how you ended up really into (what seem like) 2 very different fields.

 

[me454555]

Sorry to put "bad news" on this thread but a former anesthesia-to-be has decided to go with........ dermatology...... I know many of you would put me in the category of sell-out or burn-out, or some other nasty term, but I realized that my favorite part of anesthesia was being able to see a response to my intervention, and understanding the mechanism behind the disease i was treating.... Anyway, I still have a fondness for anesthesia, derm just won out in the long run (and who knows, the match gods still have a chance to weigh in on where I end up at the end of all this)... I thought I would just mention this on the thread since so many on here have given me so much knowledge and insight about medicine and life in general (jet, mmd, noyac, vent and others....). I know I am an anomaly (trust me, from the dermatologists I have spoken to, I know this split interest makes "no sense at all."). Anyway, I will still frequent this thread to listen to the good/bad info that is disbursed, and I will still spread the word about how great anesthesiology actually is...


p.s. sorry about the schizo posting, I just felt compelled to share (feel free to blast me prn)

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEEEEEEEEERS. You're a medical student who chose another field, wooopdie friggin doo. Do you know how many medical students choose other fields over anesthesia? Plenty, and guess what you didn't even match yet so we dont even know where you'll be. If this was Venty, UT, Volitile, or one of the other frequent posting CA2 or CA3s out there, this would be news but a med student? This is just a blip on the radar. No one cares that chose derm over gas and no one will call you a sell out b/c it just doesn't matter to most on this forum. You obviously preferred other things than gas and thats fine. I'm glad you made up your mind and wish you luck in the match but this does not need its own thread.

 

[Calilove]

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEEEEEEEEERS. You're a medical student who chose another field, wooopdie friggin doo. Do you know how many medical students choose other fields over anesthesia? Plenty, and guess what you didn't even match yet so we dont even know where you'll be. If this was Venty, UT, Volitile, or one of the other frequent posting CA2 or CA3s out there, this would be news but a med student? This is just a blip on the radar. No one cares that chose derm over gas and no one will call you a sell out b/c it just doesn't matter to most on this forum. You obviously preferred other things than gas and thats fine. I'm glad you made up your mind and wish you luck in the match but this does not need its own thread.

OK Look... your response is way too over the top! If the lowly med student meant so little to YOU, why didn't you just ignore the post and keep it movin' buddy! No need to be nasty.... Let's keep the forum friendly at least until Inservice Exams are done...

 

[me454555]

OK Look... your response is way too over the top! If the lowly med student meant so little to YOU, why didn't you just ignore the post and keep it movin' buddy! No need to be nasty.... Let's keep the forum friendly at least until Inservice Exams are done...

B/c i'm trying to discourage these types of threads and other threads that are really just a waste of time. Like others have said, this forum is dying b/c there way too much noise and not enough substance. If OP were a frequent med student poster like AmyL or cfdavid this would be news but since he's not, no reason to post about it.

 

[Mman]

Derm is a great field if you like it, although it is mighty tough to match into with so few spots available across the country. I did a derm rotation as a 4th year student and couldn't help but be bored out of my mind. Biopsies, steroid cream, remind them to wear sunscreen, etc, got old pretty fast for me. If you like having you diagnosis and treatment figured out within 90 seconds of walking into a room it is nice.

 

[LurkNoMore]

Well Me, I didn't think about the potential of my post to water down this board and i am sorry for that. I posted b/c first off, I wanted to "thank" the board for what it has given me (since I won't be able to contribute much meaningful clinical info in the future, given my chosen direction) and secondly to out myself so that in the future I can post freely without someone on another board going "YOU ARE DOING DERM, I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO DO GAS, SOUNDS FISHY TO ME, YOU ARE JUST A <insert negativity>." Anyway, if its a problem it wouldn't hurt my feelings if thread wasremoved by an admin (but it isn't like I posted weird pictures of myself with my shirt off....)😱.
Funk - I'll admit they are vastly different.... I enjoyed physio, pharm, micro/immuno and a good bit of path during MS1/2. I like working with my hands, getting good results and seeing what I am treating. Initially this drew me to gas (physio, pharm, procedures, quick results), but it didn't quite click for me the way I thought it would... I began looking at other things, and derm caught me (not as much phsyio and pharm, but tons of micro/immuno/path, and mechanisms of disease). Derm has a good many procedures as well (punch, shave, excisional Bxs, ED&C, PDL, Microdermabrasion, various injections, even minor reconstructions can be done by a general derm sans MOHS fellowship) and once again, you are seeing what you are treating, and watching it change with your intervention (although not within 30 seconds most of the time).