Okay, so this question it totally absurd, I know. The real question is, how in the world do med-school students deal with being sick?
I don’t get sick that often, but when I do…I don’t want to work anything other than my tear ducts! I caught a cold over the weekend (joy of joys, the weekend prior to finals) and I’m sitting here in half stupor pouring over my study guide hoping that something, anything, will penetrate my comatose brain.
What would I be doing if I were already in med-school? Preparing for major tests, memorizing details of body and disease, needing to work million hour shifts with no sleep!? Bah! What if I just lose it and just start crying or something? Oh my goodness, this is bad.
This little journey into my cold-germ infested psyche has brought me to the realization that I should probably be preparing for medical school physically/immune-systemly as well as academically and financially. A proper diet and exercise in order to lose weight and prepare for many many hours on my feet flitting from one emergency to the next. A proper diet and exercise in order to heal and boost my immune systems ability to ward of disease and infection. A proper diet and exercise to provide nutrients and energy to my organs, including my brain, for better ability to retain and quickly access stored information so I don’t kill any patience because I couldn’t remember.
Do we see a trend here? Oh yeah, a proper diet and exercise, duh. Sounds like someone has a lot of changes to make in the coming months – don’t want to get through pre-med hell with the intellectual stamina for medical school and then have to drop out because I don’t have the physical stamina or well-being to cut it. More to come on my impending lifestyle changes!
“In order to change we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired.”
Love,
Beth
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