when i grow up…

House is my hero. Well, maybe not quite. But when I become a doctor, I want to be just like House. I don’t care if that’s not what patients want. Well, maybe I don’t want to throw drugs at patients to eliminate possible diagnoses. But I do want to not have to apologize for being me. I’m just not good at being warm and fuzzy (my mother-in-law can very well attest to that) even though I’ve tried and tried. Does that mean that I won’t make a good doctor? Does it mean that I shouldn’t have even gotten into medical school? I sure hope not. But I’m tired of feeling inadequate because I’m a little lacking in the warm and fuzzy department. I’d like to think that I can still be a good doctor, that I’ll find my own way. And though House is extreme and so not real, he gives me hope that I’ll be okay after all.

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1. so why do you want to be a doctor? (part 2)Well, because I want to be just like House, of course! Again, I kid you not. Even more than I hear the infamous “I want to be a surgeon because of Grey’s Anatomy” line, I hear the “I want to be a doctor so that I can be just like House” line. Coming mostly from those same starry-eyed high school/college kids, of course. And again, I have to wonder every time I hear such a thing exactly what these kids are thinking, basing their aspirations on a made-up-and-therefore-completely-not real TV show character. But then I have to admit that I’m guilty of a little House worship myself. Not that watching House has made me want to become a doctor since I decided that way before any of these shows that make becoming a doctor seem oh-so-appealing came out. But in that I want to be abrasive like him. Because I’m a little lacking in the warm-and-fuzzy department and it’s nice to see that maybe, just maybe, I just might still make it despite my not-so-warm-and-fuzziness. But I know better than to actually aspire to be him. And just because I find him amusing doesn’t mean that I’m not going to try to be a little more warm-and-fuzzy. I know that a little warm-and-fuzziness goes a much longer way than all that snarkiness that we see on House does. And I would rather not be hated by my patients and colleagues, thank you. So, yes, I like House. And yes, I...
2. house is thisclose to not being my hero anymoreAs promised, here goes my post on how House is now pushing my much more-relaxed-compared-to-Grey’s-Anatomy limits. Although I’ve taken issue with some of the things that are portrayed on the show before, I’ve always liked House and even secretly kind of admired him. Not for his Vicodin addiction or his outright rude treatment of patients, but more for the fact that he isn’t warm-and-fuzzy and is still a decent doctor. That gave the somewhat socially awkward introvert in me some hope that I could still make it despite my social ineptness. But as with Grey’s Anatomy, House is crossing the line for me and I worry about what they’re filling our future doctors’ heads with since so many young people continue to be inspired by this character. So, why do I have a problem with him now when he’s done so many outrageous things in the past? Well, maybe because he had a point all of those times before—he was mean because it was his way of getting through to his patients. But this time, what he did was just out of pure spite and grossly unethical in my book. For those of you who are not familiar with the current plot, House encounters a patient in the clinic who has a problem with his penis. The patient wants House to take a sample, but House refuses because he thinks the problem is due to his nictoine gum rather than an infection. The patient doesn’t like his attitude and oneups...
3. family (season 3, episode 21)He didn’t look both ways before he nuked. We’re not GM.  No recalls, no rebates. WILSON: I treat patients for months, maybe years, not weeks like you. HOUSE: I’m taller. CUDDY: Do you have anything to add to this debate? HOUSE: Wilson’s right, Foreman’s wrong, and your shirt is way too revealing for the office. WILSON: I also believe in patients making their own choices. HOUSE: Because it lessens your guilt if things go wrong.  You’re not protecting their choices, you’re soothing your conscience. WILSON: By that logic, a sociopath would make the best patient advocate in the world. HOUSE: Am I blushing? CAMERON: Are you okay? HOUSE: I just tripped over Wilson’s self-righteousness. HOUSE: You’re pathetic.  I didn’t actually mean that. WILSON: Yes, you did. HOUSE: No, I didn’t.  To infinity. Adults don’t need adult conversations, just like I don’t need this one. DISCLAIMER: All copyrighted content is the property of its respective owners....

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