Medical Field Experience Essay

Like any other young child, I often found myself in doctors offices with various minor illnesses. With this came my inquisitive interest for the medical field. I could never comprehend how doctors knew what was wrong and how to treat patients so efficiently. At the time I was oblivious to the fact that many people were left with no answers and excruciating ongoing pain. However, my fascination changed when I entered the eighth grade. This was where I began to endure the ongoing pain for myself. My chronic migraines commenced and have not gone away since. In the beginning of this complication I was hopeful for the cure, but as time went on I realized how life changing this was going to be for me. It is not the pain that is so draining, it has

I am a very talkative and positive person, but I was discouraged from voicing my problem and I got diminutive in my speaking. The doctors would tell me that my mindset was wrong, that with age they would disappear, or that I would get used to them being there. They would rush through my appointments and ask me to come back in a couple of weeks if it did not go away. Often times if I went with my mother they would ask her questions about my problem instead of me. We would try to direct the attention to me, but it did not change the issue. Around three years of the same answer I realized that I needed to come up with the change for how I have been treated. My passion for the medical field came back because I realized that I could do something about my problem. There are many people who undergo the same difficulties I do with health care providers; Since I can put myself in their place I am able to empathize on a different level. What I realized that bothers me most is even if someone cannot figure out the treatment I need, my outlook on the situation would be different if they had just given sympathy and compassion. Those are two things someone seeking help values and mentally needs to feel that they will get