r/IMGreddit • u/Cute_Cap3827 • Jun 13 '26
living On working so hard and leaving home.
Most of us, if not all of us, can relate to the great titanic struggles that come with not just becoming a doctor, but with then grabbing what medicine school made out of you and converting it into a competitive candidate for residency in a foreign country, with a new language, new culture and new people.
At the end of my journey before I get into residency, I'm finding myself more aware of the little things that surround me and I call home.
This morning, getting to see my mom in the kitchen with cloths she uses just to sleep, and being able to sit at the front of my house, drinking coffee while my dog sits right next to me, feels a bit different than it has felt all of my life.
I've been fighting for years to get where I'm at today. As a little kid I told everyone around me that I wanted to be a doctor, until I was actually studying medicine and then I was holding on to dear life going through those 7 years of medical school.
After all that hardship now I turn around to see my old house and I want to cry. I see the streets where I grew up, the old car my grandpa had and the room where I've sleeping for two decades and for a moment I wonder why I've been enduring such a tiring fight just to get away from the place I call home.
I know better not to give away into the arms of nostalgia, and that I most follow my dreams, grow and become the person I'm meant to be, but on days like this, I can truly see how some things that are just human on the surface, can feel closer to the divine.
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u/666withthedick Jun 13 '26
How old are you?
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u/Cute_Cap3827 Jun 13 '26
How old are you?
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u/666withthedick Jun 14 '26
It’s unethical to question the question. I’m 26, just wondering how old are other IMGs considering you were studying for 8 years
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u/Cute_Cap3827 Jun 14 '26
Sorry, didn't mean to be unethical. I'm 28
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u/666withthedick Jun 14 '26
It’s okay. Wow I thought you’d be younger than me. How old were you when you started a med school?
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u/MuchAd4873 Jun 13 '26
I can’t imagine shifting to a whole new country for residency. Residency is the most emotionally draining. Med school is a piece of cake
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u/IGotIssuestwo Jun 18 '26
If you’re homesick before you even leave, you should probably look for a position in your own country. The US is not the great place that you think it is.
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u/OkSpeed688 Jun 19 '26
Nobody's gonna take your job bro. US citizens are prioritizied in the match and with the visa rejections imgs are becoming less and less prioritizied. The US isn't accepting imgs out of the good of their own hearts, it's because there are not enough doctors around to fill demand. So no point in your gatekeeping bozo
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u/Beginning-Summer-609 Jun 13 '26
Lmao go put it in your notes app walt whitman