Surgery has been a positive experience (so far) in so many ways:
1) I know what I want to be when I grow up! (No, for real this time!) Barring some life-altering event in the next year, I will be applying for a residency in Ob/Gyn. I've learned from my rotation that I love the OR. It's my favorite place in the hospital; well, favorite next to labor and delivery. I also have learned that I really don't mind heading to the hospital at 4am on a Sunday when it's to do something I enjoy. Knowing that makes the idea of a tough residency (as if any are easy) much more palatable. I've learned that I am tougher than I thought I was and that I can take what's given and smile knowing that in the end, I win! I get to do what I have wanted to do for so long.
2) I gots myself tough. Getting told you're dumb all day everyday will make it run right off ya.
3) I've learned how to be a more effective team member and, someday, a better senior resident, etc. How did I learn this? By watching what my chief does and knowing that I can do so much better. I've had some great teachers, and the people coming behind me deserve the same.
4) One handed knot tying is sexy.
5) Having a beer after 3 nights of call is the best beer you'll ever have!
Thursday, November 12, 2009
A Few Things
Posted by L.G. at 3:51 PM
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2 comments:
Congratulations! I'm so glad you've decided to go with your gut and do what you love! One of my Deans is a nearly retired OB/Gyn doc. He loves the field so much that he always says that he has never had to work a day in his life. I wish the same for all of us!
Congrats!!! Wish you were closer so when you're finished with school, you could be my doc!!
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