help you, yoda can

Dr. Wesley Deselle, surgeon at Helen Keller Hospital. he deals with mundane and general stuff, like gallbladders and hernias. i guess that's fun, if you like icky things. you can tell i'm not meant to be a doctor/surgeon/nurse/whatever. i hate shots; for my flu vaccination this year, i managed to get a mist where they just spritzed it up my nose it was so cool.
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he gave us pros and cons about medicine, and some good advice: it's not like tv shows where it's all glamorous; you need to think about the reality of it when making the choice of whether or not to enter the medical field. so pros and cons...

PROS

• satisfying work
• contribute to community
• monetary reimbursement

CONS

• time
• initial debt
• sacrifice of relationships
• kinda like SSA hotchner on "criminal minds", he and his wife divorced because he was always having to deal with work stuff. she ended up dying, it was really sad.

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one can prepare for medical work in many ways: go to college, do volunteer work, internships, and residency.
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one has to keep in mind human values; the ones dr. deselle mentioned can be applied to learning/practicing medicine, as well any profession.

• mentorship
• YODA!! (the doc's idea, not mine)
• perserverance
• trust

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all in all, it was fun.

-aly<3