A New Beggining

You may be wondering why I am calling a post "A New Beginning" a month into school. Well, we just finished our first exam and I feel like this is actually my new beginning. I have found out a little about how medical school works, I have taken a test, I have sorta, kinda figured out how to introduce myself to a patient, I have discovered a few things about anatomy, I learned that the funny boned doesn't exist, and that its actually a nerve. What I haven't learned you ask, anything really involving disease. I couldn't do a single thing to help a person in distress (OK, I can call 911, but so can you).

What is studying for a test like? It's pretty awful. It sucks the life from you, it makes you do things you may regret, it makes you eat a ton of food you should not eat and all of this is in the goal of passing! Getting a 70% on an exam is like winning half a million dollars. (OK, getting a 95% on the exam would be like winning a half million dollars; a 70% is like dancing with Molly Sims)

This song sums up what I need in medical school. It is a long journey you keep walking and walking. It is like a lover, teases you, makes you feel like everything is ok and then its not. To be able to experience this walk is amazing and I feel extremely lucky, but it does weigh on you immensely.