It’s been a long time coming folks, and whether you knew it or not you’ve been there with me for the whole stretch. I was addicted to the SDMB before I finished undergrad back in 2000. When my future medical school told me I would be required to buy a laptop for the newly installed wireless network they’d installed I was stoked because I’d be able to continue my lurkerdom while in lecture, in the library or just lazing around the student lounge.
And so I have…the GPA may have suffered a bit, but I assure you, I am fully competent to begin my residency in Emergency Medicine at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC.
So Cheers to You, Teeming Millions! You have been a boon, a distraction, and most of all a source of limitless entertainment, information, and an escape from the stress of real life.
Oh cool - someone to share the load with Qadgop, answering questions about Doper aches and pains.
A huge, huge achievement - something that regardless of what you do, you can look back on and say “hey, at least I know I am capable of graduating from medical school.”
Congrats, USC. What’s your first year like in your ER residency? At my med school, the 1st year ER docs were the scutpuppies of the surgery department. Hope you don’t suffer a similar fate!
And for Og’s sake, enjoy yourself between now and July 1!!!
As a fellow North Carolina medical resident-type, let me just say…can you go down to Radiology and get these films for me? Oh, and track down these lab results. These two patients need rectal exams, too, when you get a chance.
Seriously, congratulations! I can’t believe mine was two years ago this week. If you need advice, comfort, etc. from someone who has gone just slightly before you, don’t hesitate.
What? Oh, like he’s never going to hear that over the course of the next few years. That’ll be right before he writes for all meds to be administered rectally.
Congratulations, and good luck. One small bit of advice: when someone asks you about their symptoms, don’t tell them they ought to see a doctor about that. Trust me, they will not find you witty or amusing.
