Wow, remember those days of being an unjaded premed with hope and inspiration, and every idea was so pretty, there is so much beauty in the...Then you take the MCAT and, bam! it's like...yeah, if I survive I'll take the silver beamer.
Best of luck kid, just remember why when you are figuring out how.
•••quote:•••Originally posted by Insy:
•That's ok. I have thought about this for years. When I 16, I told someone I wanted to be a Doc, they told me I should be a nurse and told me the reasons why. Anyway, I thought Ok, sure. That was before I really knew what a Doctor did and how I had to go to med school etc.
So for a about 9 months I wanted to be a nurse then i started reading tons of books about the medical field and the passion lit up again. I want to be a Doctor! I read a lot of those books, like Arrowsmith, A not entirely benign precedure, and many, many others. I've read plenty of articles, talked to people.
One thing that is weird is , that when ever I tells some one I want to be a doctor, they say , Why, Be a nurse. You should be a nurse. We need more nurses. or My wife is a nurse, you should be one? They try to discourage me from being a Doc. That worked the first time. But now I know some of what it is about.
It is amazing what Doc's do. In my opinion. i understand all the hard work and schooling that will go into it and I am prepared.
I enjoy watching ER, but some good shows are on TLC, Like: Code Blue, Maternity Ward, and some good medical shows that come on , on other channels. The weirdest thing that you may think it is strange, is that on this one channel, they were having an Eye surgery, and I had to stop and watch it, it was fascinating. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" /> I had to see how the doctors operated and worked.
I personally think I might be a Emergency Med doc or a General Practitioner. I took one of those tests that tell me what specialty that would be good for me, and these two were in the top ten. I plan to work in places where they need doctors. My top place is on an Indian Reservation where they need doc's.
I am not in it for money, social standings, or just whatever, I just want to be a Doctor to be able to heal people, help them, to learn.. I know when you are a doc you will constantly learn and that is one thing I would love about it. After constantly reading, researching, talking people, for the past 3 years that is what I want to do. Plus having clinical experiance has helped my decision. I have taken care of my grandmother for the past since I was 13, for the past 7 years. It has helped my decision. I have learned alot about many different things. She has Lung cancer, diabetes, and many things. It has almost been like a 24 hr job so I wouldn't mind the late nights.
Sorry. It almost sounds like I am writing my medical acceptance essay. Didn't mean to. Just felt comfortable and started writing. I hope many of you make it and keep your dream. Many of you will be great doctors. :wink: . Didn't mean to turn this in to a long chatting session. <img border="0" alt="[Laughy]" title="" src="graemlins/laughy.gif" />
I hope you all have a great weekend! and life!
"You can do anything through Christ who strengthens you" Phillipians 4:13•••••