Monday, February 27, 2006

Oh Lord, it's official

Yet again, money flows like water from my hands. This time, to two super scary institutions - the NBME and the American Board of Pediatrics. Holy shit, it's official. I'm taking the last two major exams required to be a REAL DOCTOR within the next year. Which means, but the end of 2006, I'll be a REAL DOCTOR.

Now, I'm sorta a real doctor now. I make medical decisions, I talk to parents about options, I prescribe drugs, I correct the mistakes and misconceptions of more junior doctors and I intervene without asking for advice... sometimes. But damn, that's still different. Sorta like the difference between living in a dorm in college, then living completely outside of the safety net in a normal apartment. Only way more so.

Like, WAY.

I think the fees really bring the message home. I just dropped $2,000 - that's right, two grand. And it's not like I got an advance on my mucho dinero attending-style job that I landed for next year. Oh no - this is from the same budget that barely covers the mortage and booze for the month.


So today I went to the coffee shop and studied like I haven't studied since 2003 (the year I graduated from medical school, peeps.) This is serious - cause I am NOT taking this shit again. Nope nope nope.

Real life is a bitch, ain't it?

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