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[lsumed1988]

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hello all,

I am a 21 year old freshman in college, i feel too old to be starting out in a career in medicne. then again, my original plan was to go into the military then do it after... in hopes of pleasing my father. i was turned down due to chronic cholestitoma in my childhood. i was completely deaf at the age of ten and i was in the hospitials enough through out my life that looking back i think i completed residency but paid for it...lol but anyway thats when i developed my dream of helping other people...i am what every one would call a class clown but deep down i want this and i want to succeed at it. where my question comes in, in all honesty i have gotten d's on basically all my tests thus far about two per class, and it was simply me trying to get acclimated after a year off and dealing with family issues and what not.. well i know that there is still hope and i wonder if anyone has any advice for me that may help me out maybe some kind of motivation or something, anestiesiology is my motivation because i want it... but truely i start to believe all the people who tear me down in life and tell me im not going to make it...i just need a little guidence mentoring or something...not needy just in need...thanks.

 

[Consigliere]

There are many other careers where you can "help people." Choose one of those...

 

[Jeff05]

this has been discussed in detail in previous threads...but,

1. you have many many things that must be done before you are even in the position to start THINKING about which specialty of medicine you wish to practice. TAKE IT ONE STEP AT A TIME.

2. your goals, at this time, should be to figure out why your are unable to perform academically and fix whatever it is.

3. it doesn't matter if people try to "tear you down." as cliche as it may sound, YOU are the ONLY person who can tear you down. so get your act together, get good grades, etc., and THEN seriously consider a career as a physician.

 

[error404]

Take it one step at a time. Focus on bringing your grades up-- that will help you no matter what path you end up taking.

Anesthesia's also somewhat hard if you're deaf. Surgeons wear masks-- so no lip-reading. There's a lot of concern for patient safety around disabled folks in the OR-- but there's also no discriminatory rule on the books.

 

[pgg]

i have gotten d's on basically all my tests thus far

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i just need a little guidence mentoring or something

You know what you need to do: get As not Ds. You're behind the 8-ball and you have a disability working against you too. A career in medicine isn't impossible for you but your window is closing rapidly.

The pre-allopathic/osteopathic forums would be a better place to look for support. With respect, it's hard to take "I want to be a [insert specialist]" seriously from any pre-med because virtually everything they think they know about [specialty] is wrong. Nothing personal; it was the same for us when we were pre-meds. We get these posts every couple weeks.

Not everybody is cut out for medicine. I know you came here looking for a pep talk but perhaps what you need is a reality check and assurance that there are about 473 other rewarding careers out there that don't require very high grade point averages just to get in through the door ... the first of many doors.

Anesthesia's also somewhat hard if you're deaf.

Impossible for all practical purposes. I'd go further and make the blanket statement that it's unacceptably unsafe. There are fields of medicine in which deafness may be overcome; anesthesiology isn't one of them. In addition to the mask/lipreading issue, there's the rapid pace of crisis management in the OR. It's fine if it takes a few minutes to work through a communication problem if you're a radiologist or psychiatrist; it's the scary polar opposite of "fine" during surgery. Monitors make noise for a reason.

Some disabilities can't be overcome. Blind people shouldn't fly planes and deaf people shouldn't be anesthesiologists.

 

[coprolalia]

hello all,

I am a 21 year old freshman in college, i feel too old to be starting out in a career in medicne. then again, my original plan was to go into the military then do it after... in hopes of pleasing my father. i was turned down due to chronic cholestitoma in my childhood. i was completely deaf at the age of ten and i was in the hospitials enough through out my life that looking back i think i completed residency but paid for it...lol but anyway thats when i developed my dream of helping other people...i am what every one would call a class clown but deep down i want this and i want to succeed at it. where my question comes in, in all honesty i have gotten d's on basically all my tests thus far about two per class, and it was simply me trying to get acclimated after a year off and dealing with family issues and what not.. well i know that there is still hope and i wonder if anyone has any advice for me that may help me out maybe some kind of motivation or something, anestiesiology is my motivation because i want it... but truely i start to believe all the people who tear me down in life and tell me im not going to make it...i just need a little guidence mentoring or something...not needy just in need...thanks.

Dude, we appreciate your public soul searching. But, anesthesiology is about a lot more than just anesthesia. In all seriousness and not to sound too harsh, it is painfully obvious from this post that medicine is just not gonna be the right field for you.

If you seriously - seriously - want to give anesthesia, buck-up and kick ass during the rest of your undergrad time and apply to Anesthesia Assistant school. This is probably your only realistic shot. (I mean, even if after you finish undergrad and manage to get into a Caribbean school, the likelihood of you matching into Anesthesiology residency is extremely low.) AA school may be your best chance, but you're still going to have to kill it during school. It's no walk in the park either.

Otherwise, as Consigliere said, there are plenty of other fields where you can help people that don't require you to make potentially life-and-death decisions on a daily basis.

-copro

 

[WholeLottaGame7]

Bad news, good news, and neutral news: you're a freshman in college.

The bad news is, Ds are not good.

The good news is, you're a freshman in college. You have time to change things around. You have to figure out how to study, how to get good grades, etc, but if you can, schools will see your upward trend and take that into account accordingly. There are plenty of people in medical school who've had a bad semester or bad year. I wouldn't worry about the Caribbean or mid-level school just yet.

The neutral news is, you're a freshman in college. Far more people are interested in medical school than actually attend, and it's not a bad thing. There are plenty of fields around where you can help people, in the medical field (nursing, mid-level, respiratory therapy, other ancillary, etc) and outside the medical field. So it's not the end of the world if it doesn't work out.

Basically, to get through medical school, you have to have two things: 1) the ability, and 2) the interest. Undergrad is a great time to figure out both 1) and (to a small degree) 2). See how you do in your science classes and do some shadowing/volunteering. Some people only have 1), and those are the people who are ultimately unhappy.

But as others have said, the pre-allo forum would be a great place for this thread.