Welcome to my blog. I am writing this mostly as a journal, as I doubt I will have much of a readership. I am starting this as a 28 year old graduate from a state school (class of 2005) with a BA in history. I decided to pursue medicine after becoming disenchanted with law, so I began taking med-school pre-reqs. By the time my pre-reqs were completed, I had met my wife. I took a good job doing chemical synthesis with a biomedical supply and instrument company and put my med-school dreams on hold. I believed that a family life was incompatible with pursuing medicine, so I planned to make my chemical synthesis job into my career.
My (then future) wife and I bought a house in 2009 and were married in 2010. After the honeymoon we found out she was pregnant. Her pregnancy progressed well until she was diagnosed with severe pre-eclampsia at 31 weeks one day. Our son was delivered at 32 weeks and spent the next 5 weeks in the NICU.
This intense exposure to hospitals, doctors and medical problems did two things. First, it re-ignited my desire to go to medical school, which though I hadn't stopped wanting to attend, I had resigned myself to not entering that career path. Second, my actions, attitudes and the comments of the doctors and nurses at the hospital convinced my wife that I should not give up on my dream, and would not have to completely sacrifice my family life to be a doctor.
With her encouragement I re-took the MCAT and began the final steps toward applying to medical school. With any luck, this blog will not only document my attempts to gain admission, but my progress though medical school and beyond.
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