My nightmare scenario

[Giovanotto]

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https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfi..._went_to_school_for_and_received_a_degree_in/

 

[wholeheartedly]

not sure how disability insurance works, but obviously a good idea

 

[kenjixshadow]

OP of that reddit's post has epilepsy. Pretty sure that there are different fields in medicine where you can work and be fine if you have it under control with medications.

 

[heybrother]

I'm grateful to the Whitecoatinvestor - first place I read about disability insurance.

 

[chillaxbro]

Why not just open a practice where you don't do any surgeries

 

[Mansamusa]

I feel bad for the guy, but there are definitely many podiatry jobs that are clinic based. Surgical podiatry pays more, but he should definitely be able to still use his degree, right?

 

[J ROD]

you never know what may happen in life.

 

[Mad Jack]

Disability could effectively have the reddit OP's loans discharged if he went about it the right way. As someone with epilepsy, I feel for him. Surprised he can't just complete a general podiatry residency though (non-surgical) and do outpatient work...

 

[VicMic]

There isn't much point to worrying about worst-case scenarios. For all you know, you could die in a car accident the very day you receive that first attending paycheck.

 

[josebiwasabi]

Disability could effectively have the reddit OP's loans discharged if he went about it the right way. As someone with epilepsy, I feel for him. Surprised he can't just complete a general podiatry residency though (non-surgical) and do outpatient work...

all podiatric residencies are 3 years and surgical. whether you choose to do surgery or not after you complete your residency is up to the individual though.

 

[Mad Jack]

all podiatric residencies are 3 years and surgical. whether you choose to do surgery or not after you complete your residency is up to the individual though.

Wow, that's crazy. Good to know, I didn't realize just how far podiatry had been pushed toward the surgical side of things in recent years. Used to be people would just go into general practice if they didn't get a residency, or so I thought. But now that many states require a residency... I mean, what's a non-surgical podiatrist to do? Seems like a waste of resources, forcing them to go through a largely surgical residency.