It's been a while since I posted here but I wanted to write an update on my emet/medical journey

Two weeks ago after a long hard haul I was accepted into medical school for the class of 2018.

I came here originally looking for fellow emets who were involved in healthcare fields (Nurse, Doc, Midwife, EMT ect...) and while medicine is not a field that attracts people with our particular phobia there were enough of you out there to make me feel like it was doable.
I know that there are HUGE challenges ahead. Academically (obviously) and psychologically.... But I want to take this opportunity to celebrate the triumphs, and to ruminate on the idea that the more I have treated this phobia like another mountain to climb (much like the MCAT or Physics) the more benign it has become.
I have been able to slowly whittle away at this fear and while many years ago it practically consumed my every waking thought and dictated my life these days it rears it's ugly head far less frequently and usually with less venom. I have a much clearer understanding now of what my triggers really are and what lies at the heart of my fear.
Heck! when I joined this site a year ago I thought stepping one foot in an ER might kill me and now pediatric emergency medicine is at the top of my list. (I still dread the day I will inevitably end up on a rotation in the ER on St. Patricks day though)

Undoubtedly I foresee a few phobia induced panic attacks in my future but at this point I can honestly say it was WAY to hard to get this far and it is going to be ten times harder to make it through medical school. So, when I do, it SURE AS HELL won't be fear that holds me back.

So. that's my story. I just wanted to share and hopefully to encourage anyone else out there thinking about medicine.... Or anyone with any goal that you feel emet stands in the way of.
~M