Veterinarians definitely have great jobs, if helping animals and their owners is a passion. To me, mending people would be a little better than Fluffy the cat .

To those who have expressed discontent as doctors, are you referring primarily to the financial/reimbursment situation or has medicine been less fulfilling in other aspects as well? I have spent plenty of hours shadowing and conversing with local doctors and have never heard such outright disaproval as this. I am well aware of the fact that being a doc is not a great money making scheme, and that in the 7-9 years it takes I know of MANY ways I could make PLENTY more money. I have come to terms with this, while knowing that those ways of earning money also come at a price (unless you're Matt White or someone like that...). On the other hand, my experiences have shown most docs to live quite comfortably and to have a rather high quality of life in knowing and loving what they do. I know doctors who work 80 hours a week to the point that they neglect their families because they love it (and also I assume for a much higher income) and other who work three days a week at a doc-in-the-box and teach at med schools on the side, because they like it.

I was just wondering if any of you could expound on the feelings you have expressed.

thanks again