I am constantly reminded of ho fucked up my life is that I feel like screaming out loud 24hrs a day. I can hear myu inner voice scream pretty much constantly.
Work is a hard drag now. I am at 100hrs a week now and have been for 10 months. I can not get time to exercise or see friends and family. I also eat like crap and miss fresh food. I am told it will get better next year.
My biggest stress right now is running out of money. As a resident I make about 4bucks an hour. That’s is you consider my 400 hour a month job. Also I do not get compensated for manditory journal clubs, academic days, seminars etc. Plus I do not get compensated for creating presentations for academic days, seminars , journal clubs, well u get the picture. I am fucking drained dry and it is freaking me out.
But it will get better I am told.
AMS
hey there.. stumbled upon your blog. i’m thinking about going into OB/GYN, but your blog makes it seem like that is a bad choice. are you happy with the field you have chosen? thanks!
Hey, thx for the comment. I can’t imagine doing anything else. OB is the only job for me and I love being a doctor.
Don’t take my bitching too seriously. Residency is hard and I will continue to complain about it daily. It is what I do. It is how I vent.
If u r planning on going into OB just be prepared to stay up all night delivering babies for at least 5 years. Residency is hard no matter what you choose so no matter what u pick u will be crazy busy for 2–5 years (unless u pick pathology or psych). U have to love what u do. If u are scared of hard work residency may be easy to pick (psych or path). Otherwise do what ever makes u happy and build your life around what residency turns out like. OB is great and I wouldn’t do anything else.
Hope that helps
AMS
thanks!
hey. im a 4th year medical student who enjoys the word fuck. keep up the good work,