A silly little blog for me to drop the excrement of my mind.
Published on January 7, 2005 By BlueDev In Misc
Some days.

Some days I love what I am doing. Some days I am convinced it is the best thing for me to do, that it is the right path. Some days I am truly excited about the future.

Some days I wonder why I made such an idiotic decision. Some days I wish I had made some course corrections along the way. Some days I just want to be part of the standard, blue-collar working class. Some days this just sucks.

Every day I pay out my nose (or other orifice if you prefer) to work for other people. Normal people don't do that. Some days I get no sleep. Willingly. While still paying out the nose to do so. Some weeks I don't see my children while they are awake. Again, my choice. By the time I am done here I could have bought a decent townhouse with my student loans.

Brilliant idea for heading into a field that is being raped more and more every day by the government and private insurance companies.

And laywers.

Some days I smile easily. They seem to come almost unbidden to my face. Some days I am happy being where I am.

Some days I can't even force one. No matter how hard I try. Some days I just wish I could call it quits.

Some days.

Some days I whine.

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on Jan 10, 2005
It's a shame that family practice people are sometimes regarded as pariahs, particularly at snootier med schools. I think the family practice docs I've met are some of the smartest docs, and they tend to have their heart and motivation in the right place.


Family practice is amazing. It really is. I loved my time on Family Med, but I also new that, in terms of personality, I couldn't do it. But you are right, family med docs are most certainly in medicine for the correct reasons. It does my heart good to know they are out there.

And yes, folks here seem to think that family practice is some waste of talent. Afterall, if you can get in here you must be destined for something far greater than family med, right? Like OB/Gyn.
on Jan 10, 2005
Working as I do for a large public hospital, which also acts as a teaching facility for the University of New South Wales, I have nothing but admiration for the dedication of the interns and Junior Medical Officers working and studying here. The hours they put in for little or no thanks or financial rewards are incredible.

This goes for you too, BlueDev. I admire your dedication and the fact that you can still find time to serve out your slices of wisdow to us here at JU. As for the whine, vent away, my friend. It is healthy, it is necessary and no one here will begrudge your doing it.

Cheers,

Maso
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