On decisions..

The summer/year I was accepted in Medical school, I got horrible responses from some people. (not many el7amdillah, yet I was surprised :s)

Like:

Eeew garaf/disgusting.

GARAF? I'm going to save lives! I'm going to treat people! (b3d Allah sub7anu 6ab3an)

If you can't stand seeing blood/cut-open bodies/cadavers..etc etc then I do, and I'm going to use that to help people!

I'm the angel of mercy (okay okay I got carried away amza7 lol)

I really don't get people who think medicine is disgusting :\

OR

It's too difficult:

a) difficult for me: people who question my abilities and intelligence and think I'm not up to this :s

b) difficult in general: people who don't want me to have to work real hard for the rest of my life, well those I forgive :p they're just nice and looking out for me :D

OR

So there's this girl I know, she was a medical student but when she was into her 6th year she couldn't take it anymore and dropped out.

This totally got to me! I mean I was just out of high school, wayyy more fragile than I am now, and surrounded by frustrating, unbelieveable people who should be poked in the eye!

I don't think I'd be here if it weren't for my amazing supportive family <3>

And other things, like who's going to marry me? *gasp* :-O

Then comessss the ultimate question. First you have to know this, being a Medical student means changing your mind about your future specialty at a very high rate. I'm into a different specialty every few months, that's how it's been since my first year. It's also useful when people ask you the one and only question:

What do you want to specialize in when you graduate?

So through my years I've had different answers, and most of them were rejected lol, like..

- Plastic Surgery.

- 7aram.

- I know, but I only want the burns and deformities parts of it, help people who've had accidents o ketha. I'm not going to do nose jobs and facelifts!

- OB/GYN

- Eeeew! Est'3fer Allah. Men jeddek? You're brainwashed.

- Oncology.

- No that'd be too hard on your feelings. You're a softie you don't have a strong heart, you can't keep watching your patients die. (well that's kind of true.)

- Psychiatry.

- You'll go crazy like your patients (ugh, stereotype much?)

- Pedia.

- Oh yeah pedia is cute, ynfa3lek. I can see you as a pediatrician.

Oh why thank you! :-O

Moral to this long ranting post is,

People should learn to respect others' choices and decisions in life. I might not like what you do, but it sure is none of my business. And if that's what you want, if that's what makes you happy, then I'm glad you're doing it, even if I personally don't approve of it :)

One last thing, some decisions are universally wrong, and that's when you should speak out!