On a brighter note . . .

I think if surgery/critical care were a lifestyle specialty where I could be in California and travel to Asia occasionally, I’d TOTALLY do it. Its exciting, challenging, multifaceted and you really do get to say to yourself at the end of the day that you saved lives (Not true in most specialties).

My fallback plans are Anesthesia (where I would definitely get to do critical care but its also a specialty that appreciates and values good lifestyle), Urology, where everyone seems happy and the surgeries are cool. Medicine is looking more and more miserable and kinda painfully esoteric compared to the practicalities of surgery.