studentsurgeon
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Even before I started medical school, I was hoping and dreaming of becoming a surgeon. I worked with surgeons and anesthesiologists in a level 1 trauma center for a year before I started school, and I loved the stressful situations, the communication skills you develop, the general "type of person" that tends to be in these roles.
This past year I was diagnosed with a chronic illness which, by all accounts that I can dig up, means that I very likely should not be a surgeon (based on the speculation of what could possibly go wrong). I am trying to lean more into anesthesiology now, as a more hands-off approach while still being in the OR, which seems like a good compromise, but I can't help wanting to be on the other side of the drape, performing the actual work that is going on.
My question, ultimately, is how did people choose between surgery and anesthesia, did anyone switch suddenly (and why), and lastly does it make sense for me to try and force my way into a surgical specialty if others truly feel that I should not be there with the diagnosis I have (side note: my specialist for that illness says she is fine with me doing a surgical specialty).
Thanks!!!!
This past year I was diagnosed with a chronic illness which, by all accounts that I can dig up, means that I very likely should not be a surgeon (based on the speculation of what could possibly go wrong). I am trying to lean more into anesthesiology now, as a more hands-off approach while still being in the OR, which seems like a good compromise, but I can't help wanting to be on the other side of the drape, performing the actual work that is going on.
My question, ultimately, is how did people choose between surgery and anesthesia, did anyone switch suddenly (and why), and lastly does it make sense for me to try and force my way into a surgical specialty if others truly feel that I should not be there with the diagnosis I have (side note: my specialist for that illness says she is fine with me doing a surgical specialty).
Thanks!!!!