This week, I've heard on the radio of a study by University of Alberta about mid-life crisis. (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/mid-life-crisis-a-myth-university-of-alberta-study-concludes-1.3399494)
I completely agree with the results. I feel that I enjoy life (and my journey in med school) much more in my 40's than I would have had in my 20's. I was an anxious little thing back then, and I now have more self-confidence, a quality that can be very useful during clerkship. I enjoy myself tremendously right now and I had good comments this week that make me think I am not doing too bad. (One patient told me that if I become a Family Physician, she wants to be my patient, what a compliment for a first rotation! That is my salary for this week!)
As of tomorrow, I will have gone through half of my first elective. I am currently in endocrinology and I have to say, I really like this. I spent the whole week seeing diabetes patients, but I also saw, osteoporosis, thyroid problems and even a patient with acromegaly. I also love the quality of life I have right now. I feel that clerkship is much more easy to manage than was studying. I have more personal time. I discussed it with a collegue doing another specialty and she feels the same (so I am not crazy, or not doing what I should do). And the motivation of seeing patients everyday, and learning so much! Wow! Also, I feel I have a much more normal life, being in the hospital all day, and then coming home and not studying until midnight every night.
My husband is gone for work this week and, even tough I am eager to see him this weekend, I feel it is easier to manage being a single mom than while in school. I feel the worst is behind. I will certainly have rotation much more difficult than this one (ObGyn, two months in a row?), but still a month is so short!
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