How terrible is your tremor?
I have mild essential tremor, but a orthopaedic surgeon. I guess orthopaedic is the best field for someone with tremor who is interested in working in OR room. (I can do sutures in emergency room, but need b-blocker on operating day. I can perform even microsurgery with b-blocker. I want someone in similar situation who can encourage each other. Don't you think it's great that a surgeon can operate successfully even with mediaction? I don't want you give up your carrier.)
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Thanks for your kind attention.
My tremor isn't quite bad, I have held a scalpel in my hands and it doesn't shake (actually, it is pretty steady.) at all. I am worried about my fingers which are a little bit damaged.
I am quite interested in bones (Zoology first year notes which I still have kept, and here in our country, there are only two years of pre-med) especially arms (and especially adolescents or young adults who want to be a surgeon. Yes, I want to help the will-be healers.) So I think orthopedic surgery isn't quite out of my interests. Do you feel sleepy/about-to-go-into-a-cardiac-arrest feeling while on d/b-blockers? I know it's quite early to ask.
Sounds like you're Dr. Strange, sorry couldn't resist.
In all seriousness, have you shadowed a surgeon? Seems like police officer vs surgeon are quite different routes, esp since you're already in your final year of pre-med.
Yes, of course. And even if nobody else calls me Doctor Strange currently (including myself), I want (actually SHALL) become Doctor Strange. Everything before the car accident, of course.
Ok; enough.
I do visit an ophthalmologist and he is a very, very nice person. Actually, I believe he might be the kindest man I know. He smiles at his patients, he shakes hands (lightly) with them. He is a very talented and kind person. I haven't seen him in the OR though.
I want to know whether I can be an excellent surgeon or become a police officer. Either way, I want to serve people.
I would make sure that you are at least open to nonsurgical specialties prior to deciding to become a doctor.
Yes, of course. I am quite interested (keep in mind my zoology syllabus) in the nervous system. But I don't want to see my patients dying due to brain tumor, stroke, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. I want to see them (almost, almost) cured of their main condition. I know it isn't realistic in many cases, but surgeons are supposed to treat conditions which cannot be helped by drugs.
First, get into med school, and then worry about specialties.
I have to decide my specialty (how much I like the most) before I enter med school. It's like med school vs law school. So my ultimate dream is to become a surgeon (yes I do have some exposure in anatomy.)
To goro's point and to tie in with govols22, make sure that you pursue medicine with an open mind. Going in with a job in mind that you know basically nothing about is probably not the best plan. If you end up hating what surgery is in real life you will be a very unhappy, very indebted fourth year with no idea what to do about it.
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I, a science student, am actually quite interested in anatomy (especially neuroanatomy) and am quite sure that no one likes to cut people.
It's not that surgeons cut for "fun", but they do it so the patient gets better. Being interested in anatomy and surgical techniques are the contributory factors to be a surgeon. I am pretty sure nobody enjoys cutting blood vessels. But yes, I know you get the thrill like in the ER.
Psychiatry and neurology, internal medicine, etc. are quite of my interests (vaguely speaking. I do have some ebooks + the zoology exposure.)
Having an open mind is SDN mantra, but man, is it difficult when you happen to get that one Ph.D. interviewer who won't take the "I am open minded and flexible. I know that many applicants have a preconception when applying, and that many change their minds when they start rotations in their 3rd year..." answer.
He kept on asking and waiting for me to name the field(s) of medicine I wanted to practice before he would move on.
Wait wait, for your pre-med admission? Man, that's crazy.
Sounds to me he was testing to make sure you knew what the fields were
Perhaps.
