In a former life

So, what did you do before med?
 I must have been asked this question at least 100 times just this week. I wish I could recreate myself...I was a vet, a helicopter pilot, a musician, an artist, a lawyer, a writer.
 Why did you do medicine? The second most frequently asked question. My answer is always "I don't know". Maybe I should have gone and had a career in one of my make believe professions.
Today was the first day in the real world, not too daunting as I had a lovely senior Dr holding my hand. My first rotation is in the Emergency department for 10 weeks. Fortunately  I did two ED rotations as a student and worked as a nurse for a year in the public hospital ED, so it's not a completely foreign place. Today I learnt....it doesn't matter if you tell someone you can do something, or have done something a million times, or know something well. As an intern they think you know nothing, can do nothing and have never seen anything.
So when a trauma resus comes in and I get the cannula first go, take the bloods, run my own ABG, write up the X-ray and path forms correctly....they are surprised!
So, what did you do in a former life? I was / am and always will be a nurse, thank god!
Today...I did not suck!
 Dr.T xoxo