Why I Went Into Medicine

Kids; Our lives can be so complacent that we are carried on the currents of microscopic time into the next moment of existence.\r\n\r\nI was once asked why I wanted to become a doctor of medicine. It took me a few minutes to gain some clarity on the answer, however, this is what came to me intuitively. My father was diagnosed with prostate cancer when I was twelve. Most of what I remember was the fear on everybody’s faces. In those days, prostate cancer was a sticky note of death.\r\n\r\nI think, at age twelve, I had experienced enough guilt training that my grandiose child figured that I could become a health care professional and save my father. The accuracy of that is questionable, but the reasoning is interesting.