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    Well, I am going to do it!

    After many, many conversations over the past few years with my DH and Kris, I have finally decided to do it. I am (re )-taking my pre-requisites for medical school and am going to finish my blasted degree. (I left college with a measly semester and a half left...stupid, stupid, stupid!) I've been weighing the pros and cons for so long now, I have realized that I am not going to be happy if I don't go for it.

    I can feel my depression lifting. It feels so right...but am I crazy???
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    Good for you Chris! Am I reading your post correctly that you are going to go to med school? Either way, that sounds terrific!!! If so, do you have any clue what type of medicine you want to practice?
    Awake is the new sleep!

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    • #3
      Congratulations, Chris! Good for you!

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      • #4
        Thanks!
        Sue, I'm going to finish up taking the courses that I need for my BS - so much time has passed that I need to re-take most of the pre-requisites as well. (Physics, etc) I plan on applying to DO school when the time is right. All depends on how many kids we have, etc. But I want to be ready!

        I am leaning toward family practice, for a variety of reasons. The main one being that you can see a little of everything and that we have a FP residency right here in the area.

        Hopefully, this time, I won't talk myself out of pursuing this.

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        • #5
          Wow, congratulations on making such a big decision. You sound very happy about it, I'm excited for you! Best of luck to you!!!
          ~Jane

          -Wife of urology attending.
          -SAHM to three great kiddos (2 boys, 1 girl!)

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          • #6
            Yay! I am having a heck of a time making up my mind, but there's a good chance I'll go for a post-bacc and then a DVM once DH is practicing. Your story is encouraging -- way to go!
            Alison

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            • #7
              Very exciting!

              (I left college with a measly semester and a half left...
              My brother left college three credit hours short of his bachelor's, so don't feel bad. More than a decade later my parents are still "trying not to think about it" since there's nothing they can do about it.
              Married to a hematopathologist seven years out of training.
              Raising three girls, 11, 9, and 2.

              “That was the thing about the world: it wasn't that things were harder than you thought they were going to be, it was that they were hard in ways that you didn't expect.”
              ― Lev Grossman, The Magician King

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              • #8
                That is so great, Chris!!!

                Erica

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                • #9
                  Chris,

                  Good for you! I know that this decision has been weighing heavily on you. Best wishes.


                  Kelly

                  P.S. What???? I haven't talked you into surgery?
                  In my dreams I run with the Kenyans.

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                  • #10
                    Congratulations!

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by kmbsjbcgb
                      P.S. What???? I haven't talked you into surgery?
                      Heehee, I actually am very interested in surgery, but I have read enough on this site and MomMD.com to sway me from that.

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                      • #12
                        Alison, I also considered DVM (I have 5 pets - can you tell I love animals?? ) but I don't know if I could do it. I can't even go into the SPCA without bursting into tears. When DH and I were in Turkey there were so, so many homeless animals. Everywhere we went, there were scads of them. It seems most people there don't keep pets.

                        Being a people doc has always been a dream of mine, but I can totally see myself being a spay/neuter vet for the state. Keep us posted on what you decide to do! I think being a vet is an incredible profession.

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                        • #13
                          Congratulations, Chris! I wish you the best and hope you will keep us all posted as you work your way to your goal!

                          Sally
                          Wife of an OB/Gyn, mom to three boys, middle school choir teacher.

                          "I don't know when Dad will be home."

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