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Mbeas said:
sounds more like a pre-vet story.

but i hope your dog is OK!
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Was talking to my sister and her friend has a young son who went camping and ended up with a tick attached to his penis. 😱 I'll bet all you males are wincing as you read this! He wouldn't let his mother remove the tick so the health care professional at the urgent care had to remove it. So apparently, tick removal crosses the boundaries of human and veterinary medicine. :laugh:

My dog seems okay, she is a perpetual motion machine, as usual.
 
FuturePittMed said:
Was talking to my sister and her friend has a young son who went camping and ended up with a tick attached to his penis. 😱 I'll bet all you males are wincing as you read this! He wouldn't let his mother remove the tick so the health care professional at the urgent care had to remove it. So apparently, tick removal crosses the boundaries of human and veterinary medicine. :laugh:

My dog seems okay, she is a perpetual motion machine, as usual.
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:laugh: Oh man, that's a story to tell girlfriends when he gets older. Priceless.
 
FuturePittMed said:
Was talking to my sister and her friend has a young son who went camping and ended up with a tick attached to his penis. 😱 I'll bet all you males are wincing as you read this! He wouldn't let his mother remove the tick so the health care professional at the urgent care had to remove it. So apparently, tick removal crosses the boundaries of human and veterinary medicine. :laugh:

My dog seems okay, she is a perpetual motion machine, as usual.
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😱 I'm never peeing in the woods again.
 
oh man, thats the exact kinda story I need to read to wake up! thnx!
 
thats an evolved form of the Tick in the wood!
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Gross!!!

I just got back from bowling/bar/arcade/ice cream/listening to Bo Burnham's newest CD. Fun night! Gonna get to bed here eventually...
 
VikingLegacy said:
Needless to say I am feeling rather burnt out. These last six undergraduate months are going to be Hell on earth for me.
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Viking, I don't mean to minimize your problems. However, after you get into the "real world" for a few years you'll see things are pretty much the same, you just get a paycheck from an employer instead of paying tuition to a school.

I actually have the opposite issue that you have. I can't wait to get back to school. I have done the same job for nine years :beat: and I am eager to be doing something different. Fortunately, I start med school in nine months.
 
FuturePittMed said:
Viking, I don't mean to minimize your problems. However, after you get into the "real world" for a few years you'll see things are pretty much the same, you just get a paycheck from an employer instead of paying tuition to a school.

I actually have the opposite issue that you have. I can't wait to get back to school. I have done the same job for nine years :beat: and I am eager to be doing something different. Fortunately, I start med school in nine months.
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But you have to admit getting paid is better than paying😉.

Edit: The walking on water lizards are awesome.
 
Man, every morning I wake up and every night I go to sleep, I wish that I hadnt f'ed up in my four years of college. I wish I had studied, and not been a jerk off. Because now at the age of 24, im trynna get back into the medical school track, and its a b!tch because A) you feel like a worthless *****hole, who is 4 years behind your classmates from undergrad (earliest i can get in is class of 2016). B) ur parents nag you everyday for breathing, and C) because you just plain old feel scared..scared at f'in up at anything and everything.

D) life sucks. what is the point of our existence? eat, breathe, reproduce, and then die. lol - we only do this track, because it keeps us busy from realizing (at least for another 7 years), how worthless this world is

Anyways, just got done watching an Italian movie called Remember Me, My Love (Ricordati di me), and it is everything that American Beauty isnt, a classic. Yall watch it, even if you dont speak Italian, and especially if you were upset at how weak and dumb American Beauty was.
 
wolverinepwns said:
oh man, thats the exact kinda story I need to read to wake up! thnx!
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Love the Itachi avatar btw 😀

Currently, I am looking for stuff to do in my gap year...so far, I have (1) working as an EMT (which I'm pretty excited about, I'm signing up for CPR classes at the moment) (2) calculating my GPA's (3) getting ready to retake the MCAT (I got a 27Q, I'm going to try and get a 30+) (4) Planning my class schedule for next semester (so I can finally GRADUATE!!! AHHH I'M SO EXCITED!!!)

I love Michigan, but I gotsa get out of here 🙂

GO BLUE!!!
 
wasvsdal said:
A) you feel like a worthless *****hole, who is 4 years behind your classmates from undergrad (earliest i can get in is class of 2016).
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Dude, when I start med school next year it will have been 18 years since I graduated with my Bachelor's! No, that is not a typo. I don't wanna hear it! 😛

B) ur parents nag you everyday for breathing
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i don't have either of my parents at this stage of my life. Enjoy your parents and appreciate them while you can because someday they will be gone. Hopefully, they love you even if they are a pain. 😉


C) because you just plain old feel scared..scared at f'in up at anything and everything.
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I have made my fair share of mistakes for sure. And I am scared I am going to flunk out of med school (when I get there next year). I keep telling myself this is normal and healthy to be a little anxious.

D) life sucks. what is the point of our existence? eat, breathe, reproduce, and then die. lol - we only do this track, because it keeps us busy from realizing (at least for another 7 years), how worthless this world is.
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Honestly, becoming a physician is likely the only thing of value I will ever achieve in my life.
 
FuturePittMed is my hero. I wish I could like (as in facebook like) that post. So what have you been doing in the past 18 years? And why did you decide to switch to medicine? How are you supporting yourself currently? And finally, why do you value this field so much?
 
wasvsdal said:
FuturePittMed is my hero. I wish I could like (as in facebook like) that post. So what have you been doing in the past 18 years? And why did you decide to switch to medicine?
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I don't know that I deserve hero status. 😳

Hmmmn, let's see. Started freshman year in 1990 as a physics major but Calc II made me change my mind. Briefly considered med school but was too scared of all the chemistry I would have to take as a premed. Is that not ridiculous? :bang: So, I picked anthro as my new major. Graduated with BA in anthro in 1993. Didn't know what to do with myself so I went straight into MA program in sociology. It's a long story but for various reasons, the primary one being that I realized the degree was not going to get me where I wanted to go, I dropped out of the MA program after completing everything but the thesis. More stupidity. Ended up getting a job. I tried for several years to get accepted into clinical psychology doctoral programs and, though I had some interviews and waitlists, never got in. After a few years I decided the psychology doctorate was hopeless. I was working in inpatient psych at the time and around doctors a lot. Was able to see how doctors could help people. Did my science pre-reqs at community college from 1999-2003. Now, overlapping with this was the fact that from 2000-2007 I was my mother's caregiver (she needed a transplant). Around the time I finished my pre-reqs in 2003 my mother's health really made me put med school on the back burner. Honestly, for a few years in there I really gave up on med school, didn't think it would happen. Oh, by the way, I have always had a full time job since leaving the Master's program in 1995. So, at times in there I was taking care of my mother, taking science classes, and working full time.

So, my mother finally passed away three years ago. After grieving for a year, I realized I had no purpose in life now that I was not my mother's caregiver. I got back on track with my med school plans. Studied for MCAT. Took MCAT and bombed it. Studied again and retook, brought it up to a so-so score. Applied last year to 32 MD programs. Epic fail. Rejected everywhere, not even one interview. :cry: Last year was probably one of the worst years of my life. Applied to one DO school this year and was accepted! :soexcited:

wasvsdal said:
How are you supporting yourself currently? And finally, why do you value this field so much?
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I have worked full time for 15 years, various jobs in mental health. My current position involves clinical interviewing of subjects for research. Have been in the same position for nine years. :beat:

I believe that medicine is a way I can have an impact on people's lives and make a difference in the world. I hope my experiences, especially as a caregiver for my Mom, will help me to be a caring, compassionate physician. Though a lot of people on SDN are anti-religion, I am a very spiritual person and I do believe that being a physician is what God has called me to do.

Well, obviously this is different than what I put in my PS. :laugh: It is a lot of messing up for one life. After reading this long, sordid tale, everyone should be ready for 😴
 
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FuturePittMed said:
Thanks, Mbeas! Looking back, I'm not sure how I did it.
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Wow! Pretty inspiring story you got there! You show an amazing amount of perseverance and drive. You have the makings of an amazing doctor one day soon!
 
i can't wait for medschool to start so i can quit my work!
 
the duck said:
Wow! Pretty inspiring story you got there! You show an amazing amount of perseverance and drive. You have the makings of an amazing doctor one day soon!
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dryoda said:
Inspiring story Pittmed. and congrats on getting accepted!
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Thanks for the kind words!


wolverinepwns said:
i can't wait for medschool to start so i can quit my work!
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I know what you mean wolverine! As I have mentioned before I have worked on the same research study for nine years. It is research so it is very redundant. I am very eager for a change. I've worked there so long, though, it feels weird to think I won't be there in nine months. Having been out of school so long it is totally weird (and scary) to think I won't have a paycheck for four years. 😱

One thing that I have thought is funny is how many people ask if I plan to keep my full time job while I am in med school. I mean this has been a really common question, at least 6-7 people have asked me this. And they look kind of skeptical when I say it isn't possible. 🙄
 
It is midnight on the east coast. Happy Halloween. Check out the Google art for the day🙂
 
CougarMD said:
Well now I feel like an ass.....not THAT excessively....

So sorry mbeas, hope they are ok.
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😀

its totally fine! some people just don't know when to call it quits (or they don't have a support system to tell them to quit), and that's when the problems start. but i hope you have had a good time tonight!
 
anyone studying physics and/ or physiology???

happy halloween 🙂
 
Mbeas said:
😀

its totally fine! some people just don't know when to call it quits (or they don't have a support system to tell them to quit), and that's when the problems start. but i hope you have had a good time tonight!
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I stayed home and watched a marathon of In Plain Sight while I pretended to clean my house. So I had a great time 😀 no drinking necessary. The drinking will happen on Thursday after my interview 😉
 
Happy Halloween everyone! I haven't lurked the late night thread in a while. How has everyone been?
 
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