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Originally posted by ABBAKiss
This is apparently quite common. My sister, an OBGyn, hoped to avoid making an already uncomfortable situation (having her pal look at her crotch) even worse (and then pooping on said friend) that she went to great pains to ensure that she did not have enough food to create any fecal matter near her due date.
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My father-in-law (the OB-GYN) makes all his patients have enemas prior to delivery (if there is time, that is). He also complains about stinky feet; he thinks it's the result of the patients not wearing socks with their tennis shoes.
My husband's entire immediate family are physicians (he is the exception); I told my elder boy that the only profession he could choose that would be worse than being a lawyer is being a doctor. (Something all the in-laws readily agreed to!)
I sometimes fantasize about the life I should have had -- being a doctor (but damn if those labs during college were just too much of a hassle for me to ever have lasted through pre-med, much less medical school). However, in my reveries, I am NEVER an OB-GYN. Maybe a psychiatrist, but you can't really bill that much (kind of like being a lawyer -- what with your selling your time and all...) or a dermatologist -- you can easily see 4 patients an hour (but that can get kind of gross when patients have icky growths or other nasty conditions)... anaesthesiology, yeah -- that's it.... no office hours...
But residency, man, what a BITCH!! We're a bunch of pussies complaining about BigFlaw -- residency totally sucks. And doctors really don't make that much money (well, compared to the average joe, but certainly not compared to the average bigFlaw lawyer). Plus, you don't start earning until your 30s! (Assuming you specialize and went straight through school.) My brother-in-law (general surgery residency -- 7 years; oncological surgery fellowship -- 2 years) is 35 years old and JUST started his first job -- and makes under $200K.
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