Here are 16 times when 2nd/3rd generation doctors hate, love or love to hate the glorious family
history.
1. Kids always say
" My family had no doctors. my parents always wanted to have a doctor kid. So much pressure. " Seriously ? You don't know the pressure of becoming
doctor when it is the only designated profession in your family.
2. When first
question on return from your first day of college wasn't how was the college. It was "Kon sa region mila hai?"
3. When you are
preparing for a substage in your car and your uncle asks kon si substage hai and
proceeds immediately to quizzing you and getting disappointed in your severe lack
of knowledge.
4. When your
grandmother makes you study Forensic Medicine with her from now extinct books
for two hours daily for a month and is severely disappointed by you regardless of the fact you managed to pass by a wide margin.
5. When you get
home after a bad viva , you aren't
consoled but asked k pocha Kia.
6. When your sister likes to open your Histology copy and make fun of your drawings while remarking, "Ye goblet cells becharon ko kia ho gya hai?" and "Ye itna mota epithelium kyn hai?"
7. When you have
never been ,to the extent of your memory, asked for a medicine for a disease by
a family member. The extent of your medical knowledge is rightly assumed to be
limited to Panadol and Zyrtec.
8. When your parents like to know each and every point of your spotting conveniently forgetting the fact that if you knew all the points you wouldn't have failed
every spotting you had ever given.
9. When you go for
preparation of OSPE before exams you are asked on return "_______ model dekha tha ? " or told about the
various methods your relatives have
devised over the years for remembering slides and models.
10. Whenever a doctor's name comes up , you are told about his/her institution, year of graduation ,
spouse, love/arranged marriage, kids, and atleast three generations of
forefathers.
12. When the most
normal table discussion in your family involves discussing medicine related apps (Epocrates, Sanford and
Up-to-date are top contenders btw) and
you try hard not to fall asleep on the table.
13. When your mom
is doing "viva sifarish" in her subject left and right and when you
even joke about your bad prep for viva , she is like " To parh lo na. My
teachers found out who my mother was after I graduated" .
14.When you and
grandmother are attendants of a patient and the nurse tries to rebuffs your
grandma for asking the IV medicine with a condescending smile and your
grandmother , like a boss , says " I am a doctor . My granddaughter
too" and you almost feel sorry for the embarassed nurse. Almost.
16.When you go to
a doctor with your parents and half the time is spent arguing whether the
doctor should take the fees or not.
PS. In short having doctors in your family is an amazing experience :) I know I am blessed and this article is just for comic
relief (although each incidence is 100% real ;) )