Any doctors out there?
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I wanted a career that would allow me to help people, and keep me intellectually challenged. (I get bored easily) I started out wanting to be an occupational therapist, but switched to wanting to be a physician when only the medical stuff really interested me.
In my career, I hope that I can make life easier for people in difficult situations. I also wanted to have a comfortable income, so that I can provide a nice life for my family.
I chose anesthesia for a number of reasons. I love the OR. I like to be in control (non-compliant patients frustrate me). I like the intense one-on-one patient care - I spend hours and hours with my patients. I like the life-and-death aspect of intra-operative patient management. I like to play with needles.
Overall, I try to be extremely competent, yet caring and comforting (in the few minutes before I knock them out and get down to business!). In my line of work, you have to know when you've done a good job and be satisfied with that, because nobody's going to notice and praise you for it (most of the time).
I didn't really choose to be a doctor, it sort of chose me, and I went with it.
Don't really know why I became a doctor...but I can tell you what I hope to achieve each day--to justify the faith and trust my patients place in me.
I had always wanted to help people. I was a street racer in my day. Thirty some odd years ago, I was witness to a bad accident in which two racing cars (a Corvette and a '56 Chevy, I remember it clearly) collided. The '56 flipped and rolled and rolled. Somehow, the driver of the '56 ended up seated on top of the upside-down car. He was holding his head and asking for someone to help him. As I ran up to where he was, I could see that the top left side of his head was sheared-off, exposing the brain. I felt so useless then. There was nothing I knew how to do. I heard he died on the way to hospital once the ambulance picked him up.
I learned then that I needed to be a doctor. This was my way to do the most help for people with what I was given.
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