yeah, but you'll be making millions...

what? you crazy?

ain't no doctor making no kind of millions unless they are (in no particular order)

1) plastic surgeon
2) neurosurgeon
3) dermatologist
4) radiologist
5) physician to the "stars"

and no, i'm NOT A STUDENT! what in the world is going on here? obviously medicine has been so shrouded in mystery that the plebians haven't any idea what i do.

after college i, like thousands of other altruistic souls, went to medical school. for some medical school is 4 years hard labor and gruel. for others it was longer. i fit in the category of the latter. so on graduation day in med school i get to borrow a gown that has three black sashes on the arms (indicating that i have reached a pinnacle of academic success unmatched by 95% of the populace) and dark green stripes. the dark green stripes indicate that i am one of the few, the proud, the doctors!

so now i have all the head knowledge to be a doctor, a physician, a medicine wo/man BUT and ladies and gents, here's a BIG BUT (i like big butts and i can not lie...hahaha...i actually don't like big butts but i figured a little pop culture is good for the numb soul); in order to PRACTICE medicine i need to undergo some mind-numbingly soul piercing years of specialized training known as....RESIDENCY!

so all these tired but hopeful medical students who have just left their respective and hallowed halls of medical school now disperse into groups of individuals at different hospitals across the country with the sole purpose of acquiring specialized knowledge in their specialized field. how many specialized fields are there? according to the American Board of Medical Specialties there are over ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY FIVE specialties and subspecialties...

okay, so that means that after med school, your MD now has to go through some kind of initiation rites to become a....[fill in the blank]. These are not salad eating student years. these are pedal to the metal, boots to the combat field, shoelaces tied up, armor shield up, phasors drawn, gas mask on, YES YOU ARE WORKING OVER 80 HOURS A WEEK W/ MULTIPLE 24 HOUR CALLS AND YOU AIN'T GONNA SAY ONE WORD, years.

yup, your average MD is working 6/7 days a week, over 80hours. and you wonder why they're so tired hunh? well, just b/c we're big bad doctors doesn't mean we get big bad money.

right no