I need to vent!!!

[PreMedAdAG]

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I know that this should go in another area, but I only wanted to target it to a few people anyway. I think I just had THE worst week that I've had in a long time. Where shall we start:
Things I was informed of this week:
-My friend's sister just committed suicide
-My boyfriend's Dad just had 11L equivalent to 25lbs of fluid drained from his abdominal cavity and is in his second cycle of chemotherapy for his stage 4 melanoma.
-The class I've been working sooo F**** hard in has turned into a disaster and it looks like my two quarters of straight A's has been demolished by this grade in my last bio course I ever have to take.

Things that just went wrong this week:
-I got into a huge fight with my roommate, to the point where I just don't even want to leave my room.
- I just realized that in my pursuit of becoming a physician I have sacrificed happiness and friendships in so many ways that it makes me nauseous

I know all of you work your behind's off in reaching your goals. I just hit a wall and I need to let it all out. It's like sometimes you work so hard and it doesn't matter. Sometimes I just feel like when it's pouring outside, I'm definitely one of those people with the broken umbrella and no hood. Okay.. I'll be over it in a day or two and be back to my happy self. I wish SND had a moving icon of the happy face chucking a lame roommate out of a window!!! I hope you all are having a better day than me and I DO know that in the grand scheme ... I'll never remember this day and that other people are going through much harder things than I am.. so there.
😡

 

[tkim]

I'm sorry to hear you're hitting such a rough patch. I hope a day or two's perspective make things look better!

- Tae

 

[DrZippy2b]

Once, when I thought that I couldn't possibly work with my boss any more (he was the biggest weeny on the face of the Earth!) I came home and I just couldn't get over it. Nothing I did helped. So my hubby (boyfriend at the time) came up with some "therapy". He got out some colored pencils and had me draw a picture of my boss. Then he took the picture that I had drawn and got some tape and taped it to the back of the shower. Then he handed me a water gun and said "Go to it". I BLEW HIM AWAY. And I have never laughed so hard in my life. It helped to put things back in perspective.

You will get through this. Someday when I've had a little time to get over it (it's only been 4 years), I'll tel you about my Wonder Roommate who downloaded a virus onto my computer the night before my culmination project briefing. I'm still steaming about that one. But remember, these are the last days of your college life before you head out to medical school. Make them all the things you want them to be. I was super serious all through school until my last three months when I just let go and had fun --and most of my memories are of those months. I understand being upset about blowing a perfect GPA, but try to give it the ten year test. What will you remember about this time in ten years? Then focus on those things.

OH, yeah. And you could always go to the gym and practice this new exercise I've heard about -- the pick up the room mate and throw him/her out the window and watch him/her *splat* on the sidewalk. First, circle your arms around like you are picking someone up from the waist. (remember to keep your abs tight and bend your knees!) Then shuffle about six paces forward. Bend and drop the roommate out the window (or pretend to). Then bend at the waist like you are resting on a window sill. Now throw your arms up over your head and hyper extend your back (throw your head back,too) and laugh like a maniac. PS: This is really effective in a PACKED gym.

Hope your day gets a little better and please send our best wishes to your boyfriend who is lucky to have a girlfriend like you to help him through such a tough time.

--Zippy

 

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*hug*

 

[PreMedAdAG]

It's the next morning... yep... I'm over it. Feeling better already. Thanks for the comments everyone. and Dr. Zippy, thanks for the laughs! I have a similar story. When I was in high school I was writing up a lab report and my foot totally spasmed and while I was sitting at the computer. My foot jetted out and kicked the OFF switch of the surge protector, shutting down the computer. I lost 10 pages of work. So my dad took me outside and while I waited he went back to the refrigerator and came back with a carton of eggs. He faced me towards the fence and threw one at it. Then he turned to me and said, throw as many as you need! I thought that was great. So anyway, the health problems that my boyfriend's dad will stay, but I can help him deal with them. The roommate is lame.. i've over it. And now I'm in a great mood. The GPA thing is pissing me off, but I'm sure I won't remember it. I didn't have a perfect GPA, I was just working really hard to get it as high as I could before I graduated, and it's just a setback, that's all.

 

[ez073323]

PreMedAdAg and General Zippy,

Did you two know that you were in the same room 2 weeks ago (at UC Davis when I got manipulated)?? Stupid self centered me was so "exicted" to see half of my interview panel that I didn't introduce you two...Not to worry though.. I have another dinner in the works.. Everyone free the evening of April 8th?

Brian Enriquez
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