tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10003856.post4179643743945430402..comments2023-08-08T20:33:36.701-05:00Comments on Incidental findings: Experience pointsincidental findingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13555979339487207044noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10003856.post-18789614318304264562008-01-28T16:08:00.000-05:002008-01-28T16:08:00.000-05:00This post spoke to me as, I am sure, also with man...This post spoke to me as, I am sure, also with many of your readers. I often asked that about myself especially while I was in medical school. Did I miss on life? But the answer is all in your post. :-)<BR/><BR/>I married after medical school which is pretty normal for the bunch that I know. I got transplanted to this country (one that I am very familiar with by the many coming and going visits with family since I was 16 but surprised to find out that I still felt uprooted and new at some point when I finally decided to stay), just a little bit after medical school. And here I am, starting life but still waiting to start life it seems. Professionally, I need to do some things all over again which I want to stay positive instead of get tired just thinking about it---back in the library for long hours for who knows how much longer to get certified. No whining, just saying life is life and it's up to us to live it. And live it wonderfully and thankfully at that!<BR/><BR/>I'm glad to be reading this blog and to realize the blessing of the choices and hope we are given. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10003856.post-40511356943497538132008-01-16T16:34:00.000-05:002008-01-16T16:34:00.000-05:00Excellent blog! I'm looking forward to spending so...Excellent blog! I'm looking forward to spending some time here.. :) Hope it's OK that I put a link on my own blog. Keep up the good work!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10003856.post-57848228438875283282007-12-27T18:00:00.000-05:002007-12-27T18:00:00.000-05:00Your last paragraph says it all.Although it's temp...Your last paragraph says it all.<BR/><BR/>Although it's tempting to think the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, I can assure you it's not. I struggled all through my 20s - no medical school for me, just an average-paying job and the thrill of trying to establish myself in life while paying off college loans and dealing with the escalating cost of living. Believe me, it was not fun and exciting.<BR/><BR/>I was finally at a point where I was doing reasonably OK financially. Then I got knocked down in my 30s by non-Hodgkins lymphoma. I'm fine now but the health baggage is gonna be with me forever. Many of my friends moved on with their own lives and in some ways I've been out of the social mainstream ever since.<BR/><BR/>My point is that most of us have to make sacrifices of one kind or another during our trip through life. You can make yourself crazy, comparing your life to that of your peers and dwelling on everything you've missed, or you can decide to concentrate instead on what you've gained.<BR/><BR/>Besides: for all we know, humans are allotted a certain amount of happiness in life, and you don't want to use it all up by the time you're 35. Your peers might be having more fun than you right now, but there are no guarantees that there won't be a ton of heartache waiting for them down the road.<BR/><BR/>If you can recognize it's all been worth it, you're a lot wiser than many people. Somehow I think you're going to be a very good physician.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10003856.post-64045197601967844242007-12-22T12:39:00.000-05:002007-12-22T12:39:00.000-05:00Well said, iFinding. You have a poetic way of writ...Well said, iFinding. You have a poetic way of writing that really hits home. I'll remember your words as I slave my way through med school. It's not easy watching my friends move on to such an exciting part of their lives while I remain buried in textbooks, tests, exams, and debt. At the same time, I know I'll eventually get to a stage where what I'm working towards will be mine. Just not now...and not for a long while.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, and please keep writing. I enjoy reading your posts, especially since it has tracked your journey from a med student to now. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com