Tuesday, July 3, 2012

And IN this corner weighing in at .......

     It has taken me a while to summon the courage to write about my endeavors as a medical student. Since this blog is a written record of my personal journey into becoming a practicing physician I have to keep a record of my ups and downs. Since my last entry A lot of things has happened. I stopped school due to the lack of finances. Some of you might wonder "Why share this personal information?!?" It has taken me 8 months to find an answer to that and it is just simple. I WANT TO HELP PEOPLE. I want to make sure that at-least ONE PERSON does not make the same miscalculations as I have. If you have made these miscalculation, you are not alone in your struggle keep on fighting it's not over until it's over.

 Here are some useful information that you could use:
 - Please get your finances arranged before stepping off the continent. If you can have all your student loans be paid off before you go to another school out of the country please do so. Even if you have to post pone your acceptance, or post pone your application to international medical schools. Having to worry about it does take a lot of time and energy away from your studies. Medical School will be unbearable if you have to worry about it all the time.
 - Have digital copies of all your paperwork so you could just email/electronic fax. Have those copies in your personal dropbox, box, google docs, or whatever free cloud services there are available. - Have STRONG Passwords for these services for increased security - Encrypt them also
 - DO NOT Overlook your potential living expenses.
 - Visit the country to see how it is before committing to their school. VISIT the actual campus. Before deciding to go to an offshore medical school.

      As far as my current mental state concerned it is a testament to God's blessing it is where it is right now. I have shed tears of frustration, stayed up for days at a time just beating myself up contemplating all the "what if's", and yet somehow I remain hopeful. I have clung to the Bible character's story of the struggles like none other. The stories I re-read and cling too the most are the Stories of Joseph and Job.

 Joseph's story that relates to me was the despair that Joseph was in after being betrayed by his brothers and sold into slavery. He struggled for years, but eventually led him to be placed in Egypt to be more powerful than everyone except the Pharaoh himself.
The Patience of Job in seeing on how he persevered through the the following
     - trials of loosing his livestock, lands, production, and ALL of his Children
      - Loss of Health by having Boil cover his body
     - having friends blame you for all the events that happened (talk about moral support) it lead up to the restoration of all the things he lost 
    - Living long enough to enjoy it all

These two stories also allows me to have the strength and the Faith in God that allows me to be able to stand this 7+months of not being in school and I will see my goals achieved. I am fortunate enough to not have any siblings to betray me like Joseph, and have more supportive friends than what Job did. In short God has looked out for me by putting me with the right people at the right time. If you ask me How I am doing right now after receiving  one of life's hay-makers. Here is my reply:

 I got knocked down at the end of the 2nd round. I'm still in this fight because I have the best fight trainer in the world in my corner: God.

-Prostudent4life

4 comments:

  1. Thank you so much for being so candid with us. My husband just got "accepted" to the Bonaire campus. We have been married for 10 years and have a strong relationship grounded by faith in Jesus. If we go, we'll be bringing our 4 girls ages 8, 2, and 1 year old twins. (I know... That's where the faith REALLY comes in) ;-).

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  2. (My keyboard locked up) what are your thoughts of living on an island with a large family and also any advice on securing loans. Running out of money is a huge fear of mine as well!

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