Funny How Life Works
Life really has a weird sense of humor. Back in high school, I absolutely hated chemistry. I tried so hard to like it, seriously. I told myself maybe I just needed to study harder, maybe I needed a better teacher, maybe I just needed more time. But no matter what I did, chemistry and I just never clicked. It felt like we were never meant to be. Then came medical school. And somehow, things got even worse. Biochemistry entered my life. Honestly, I thought chemistry was already difficult enough, but biochemistry felt like chemistry’s evil cousin. Everything was complicated, confusing, full of pathways and reactions that made my brain want to shut down immediately. I memorized things for exams, survived somehow, and moved on with my life still carrying that same dislike. And during my clinical years as a doctor? The rotation I disliked the most was Pediatrics. The patients cried all the time, the cases were tricky, the theories felt endless, and to make things even more stressful, t...
