Anyone a Doctor or Studying to be one?
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From: City of Baked Beans
Originally Posted by vtec9,Dec 8 2008, 02:05 PM
I heard Mr.60trim has a friend who goes to the same med school as Zomax did.
I really don't get what some people are thinking nowadays...
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From: Doh!!
Originally Posted by JonBoy,Dec 8 2008, 09:14 AM
They do have access to a lot of the good stuff. Addiction/abuse is quite common, apparently.
I have access to all the great glaucoma eye drops and artificial tears. Stuff that sell for big bucks on the street.
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Like I said, I only do it because I'd be miserable doing anything else.
I'd make a terrible cubicle monkey and probably get fired... and be unemployed.
That's the thought that made me feel LUCKY to be making minimum wage during training.
I'd make a terrible cubicle monkey and probably get fired... and be unemployed.
That's the thought that made me feel LUCKY to be making minimum wage during training.
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[QUOTE=CKit,Dec 9 2008, 03:07 AM] Like I said, I only do it because I'd be miserable doing anything else.
I'd make a terrible cubicle monkey and probably get fired... and be unemployed.
That's the thought that made me feel LUCKY to be making minimum wage during training.
I'd make a terrible cubicle monkey and probably get fired... and be unemployed.
That's the thought that made me feel LUCKY to be making minimum wage during training.
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From: Mugen
To the OP, if you seriously have the passion for medicine and really want to do it regardless of what you make, then just go for it. It's a lot of hard work and you do have to make many sacrifices. But if it's in your blood, then it will be worth it. In terms of pay, if you truly have the passion for the field, the pay will come regardless of what field you choose. I'm a lowly FP doc and probably don't make anywhere near as much as some of my counterparts here. But I make enough decent money that allows me to dabble in other side businesses, investments, and cool toys. And I still like what I do.
If you're truly serious about wanting to become a doctor, yes, you do have to study your butt off and make good grades, score a high MCAT score, and have an interesting story to tell about yourself.
What I love about America is that no matter what happens, you always get a second chance at anything. My friend in high-school barely graduated with a 2.0 GPA. Now he's an Interventional Cardiologist. Another one of my medical school classmates started at the age of 50. He spent much of his life as a supermarket butcher. Graduated top 10 in his class and now he's a general surgeon.
But if you're doing it for the money, you're going to find out the hard way that it's not worth it.
BTW, if you really really want to do something medical-related and just in it for the money only, consider veterinary medicine. While you do have to learn quite a bit more (I only need to know about humans), consider that your chance of getting sued by a dog is lower, a cat's not going to whine and complain to you (maybe the owner at worst), and no hassle with insurance. It's all (or mostly) self-pay. I watched some lady get her dog bilateral hip surgery done, vet gives them a $10,000 bill, and she hands him her credit card, no questions asked.
If you're truly serious about wanting to become a doctor, yes, you do have to study your butt off and make good grades, score a high MCAT score, and have an interesting story to tell about yourself.
What I love about America is that no matter what happens, you always get a second chance at anything. My friend in high-school barely graduated with a 2.0 GPA. Now he's an Interventional Cardiologist. Another one of my medical school classmates started at the age of 50. He spent much of his life as a supermarket butcher. Graduated top 10 in his class and now he's a general surgeon.
But if you're doing it for the money, you're going to find out the hard way that it's not worth it.
BTW, if you really really want to do something medical-related and just in it for the money only, consider veterinary medicine. While you do have to learn quite a bit more (I only need to know about humans), consider that your chance of getting sued by a dog is lower, a cat's not going to whine and complain to you (maybe the owner at worst), and no hassle with insurance. It's all (or mostly) self-pay. I watched some lady get her dog bilateral hip surgery done, vet gives them a $10,000 bill, and she hands him her credit card, no questions asked.
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Originally Posted by MDXLuvr,Dec 9 2008, 01:50 AM
and another
at anybody who thinks nursing school is as hard as med school.BTW, I have access to some really addictive stuff but the only medication I take is Tylenol. The only drug I abuse is Alcohol. Med. school did that to me.
But seriously - let me just try to explain what it is like to somebody who isn't a M.D.
1. You work you a$$ of in High school to have good grades and SAT scores.
2. You start college with a level playing field. You work your A$$ of college, get good grades and get a good MCAT score to try to get into medical school. In my univ. - out of 125 "pre med" students - 22 made it to medical school.
3. You start med. school with a level playing field. We had 220 people in our class in medical school(20 flunked the year before and were added to our class of 220). In our med. school you GPA was your grade avg. for each class carried to 3 decimal points. I.E. 88.394. You were ranked based on that. We aren't talking about 1st quarter, 2nd quarter etc. I am talking 43rd out of 217 students. etc etc.
4. You work you A$$ off in medical school and USMLE boards try to get into a decent residency. My Intern year - I worked 98 hours/wk. That excludes - 2 weeks I had off for "vacation". That averaged out to be about $3.09/hour.
5. You work you a$$ off in Residency to try to get into a decent fellowship.
6. After years of debt and no life you start private practice and work even harder while trying to learn how to manage a business(something they NEVER teach you in the years of training).
After a decade of hard work - I established a successful practice just to have some retired Occ. Med. doctor call me to deny procedures because HE doesn't understand what I doing!!
Medicine - If you are doing it for money that you are RETARDED!
calleda friend of mine from college who is in med school recently. i was asking him how he was and such... he was making fun of me for being out at the bar on a monday night
(drunk dial FTW) so i just made fun of him right back cause all he was doing was studying. his comeback was, 'ya but when i finally finish this i'll be making 5x as much as you'. i laughed. i should really send him your post 
the only comeback i had was 'probably more like 2-3x, and you'll be in debt.. '
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I think doctors do not have a life...they have money, cars, house, hot wife but they do not have time to enjoy any of those...just from what I have seen...plus by the time you become a doctor to make some good money, you are past the age where you should have enjoyed your life the most?