My bad. I misinterpreted what you said. I had a hard time figuring out what the f*#k you were trying to say, mostly because your syntax is atrocious--question marks after statements, verbs and subjects missing, stream of consciousness. But whatever. I glanced at your post while I was in the operating room with my attention somewhat divided, and I jumped to the wrong conclusion. So shoot me.
Nonetheless, you sound like a complete jackass. I'm surprised the mod hasn't banned you yet. Initially I was pissed off by your comments, but then I realized that you're just a f*#*ing optometrist. I don't really give a **** what you think because you're not a real doctor.
People like yourself remind me of this episode of Millionaire Matchmaker that I watched with my wife a few months ago. Basically this guy was asked about his career by one of the millionaires and his response was, "I'm a doctor." When he was asked what kind of doctor, he responded with something to the effect that he managed the medications for patients in the hospital, keeping things vague of course. On further questioning, he said that he was a pharmacist. The millionaire then proceeded to make fun of him for not being a "real" doctor.
Optometrists like yourself seem to crave the respect and privileges that come with being a physician. However, obviously you were not willing to put forth the necessary time and effort to become a physician. There are HUGE sacrifices associated with becoming a physician--sacrifices that you never endured.
You never took the MCAT. You never went through the cutthroat admissions process for medical school and you never experienced the painful grind of medical school--the sleepless nights, the extraordinary volume of material, the stress of exams. You never sweated through the 9 hour experience known as Step 1 of the USMLE. Nor did you ever sit through the 9 hour USMLE Step 2 CK, or the 8 hour USMLE Step 2 CS, or the 16 hour USMLE Step III exam. You didn't go through the endless pimping by attendings on rounds during medical school, internship, and residency.
You've never been on overnight call in the ICU every fourth night. You have no clue what it means to round on patients. You've never been in the operating room as a surgeon or a surgeon's first assist. You don't know what it's like to be responsible for an ICU full of critically ill patients as an intern or resident. You sent a patient to the ER. Have you ever actually rotated through the ER as a
doctor? I have.
The bottom line is that, comparatively speaking, your inflated sense of accomplishment doesn't mean very much, certainly not to me. Optometry is a respectable field, but don't fool yourself into thinking that it's on par with the education of a physician. Optometry and medicine are vastly different in terms of barriers to entry, rigor of education and competency assessment, and overall length of training. In every category, medicine dwarfs optometry.
As a senior resident on the verge of graduation, I'm one of the select few who
actually made it through the grueling process of becoming a physician. I made the cut for a top ten medical school. I graduated in the top 25% of my class. I scored in the 99th percentile on the USMLE. I matched into a highly competitive surgical subspecialty at one of the premier programs in the country. I have a fellowship lined up at one of the most respected institutions in the world.
You can deride me all you want, but the truth of the matter is that in a few short months, I'll be a board certified physician. I'll be one of the REAL doctors that you so desperately want to be equated to. I made the requisite sacrifice to be a physician. You didn't.
End of discussion.
