Ob?Gyn

You should all be concerned that I get the majority of my medical knowledge from Wikipedia. Fear for your future children (should I decide to become an Ob/Gyn or pediatrician or GP and you decide to send your offspring to me).

Speaking of becoming an Ob/Gyn, is it weird that I'm actually thinking of becoming one? Except the Ob part (I do not like babies/pregnant women). This idea came to me because I was watching a Ross Kemp documentary on rape and genocide and other really pleasant stuff in some part of Africa (honestly, I cannot remember. I am ignorant as well so it's probably Rwanda or somewhere. I just avoid associating Rwanda with genocide because then everyone will be all, "ALL YOU KNOW IS RWANDA." Well, yeah. All I know is Rwanda. What am I even saying?).

Ross was visiting this isolated hospital/clinic in Some Part of Africa and talking to the main doctor/founder of the hospital. The doctor was describing how the majority of his patients were little kids and babies who were raped. He used the phrase "their insides are just exploded." It just killed me. I kept thinking of how these little babies, not old enough to understand what was happening to them, were being horrifically and violently raped, their internal organs literally being torn apart.

And suddenly the idea of being an Ob/Gyn came to me and I had this picture of going to this isolated clinic and helping repair tiny babys' exploded insides.

Obviously, this is unlikely to happen because I'm not brave enough and tend to take the safer route. But it was a thought of mine. I'd like to help people who really, really need it. Enough of this suburban GP shit, helping kids with colds and old people with ingrown toenails. I'm not saying they don't deserve help or don't need it but the stark comparison to people out there in other countries who are literally dying and suffering pain that makes ingrown toenails look like stroking a fluffy bunny is jarring.

J