Today I left my call only about three to four hours earlier than when I would have normally left for the day on a regular workday. Funny how when you really think about it, post-call days don't really give you that much time to catch up on sleep compared to just working through through the whole day. I'll take what I can get, but it's pretty rough to say the least. Of course, people have been doing this for many years in medicine (why?), so I've really got nothing to complain about, right? It still amazes me that the medical field is such a hypocritical one in that it basically doesn't practice what it preaches. Take care of your health, but don't model after me. If I can contribute anything to the field of medicine as a whole when I am done with this whole process, I hope it will be to be the best physician I can to my patients, AND to change the practice in such a way that it allows for physicians to be human as well. And I won't even go into what I'd like to contribute in terms of my personal life. What a crazy profession.

Tags: residency