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**scibble** · 01-21-2009, 01:40 PM

Originally Posted by BuffedGuy

The goal should be seven, not six.

No doctor makes less than six figures.

As for me, I don't care that much about how much money, as long as I can work 2-3 days a week only.

By the way, I think the reported incomes for doctors are heavily under-reported. My friend just finished his internal medicine residency and he makes $15,000 per month in bonuses alone. (He is a hospitalist.) And he is a lazy butt who gets off at like 4 pm almost every day.

i think people tend to over generalize based upon their personal experiences. that's not a typical salary, at least not anywhere in the midwest. usually the stat reported is average for the nation or a large region.

i could make a lot more money, but i dont because like you money is not my object. i like working four days per week and being a lazy ass myself

i get to spend time in the gym and spend time with my little children at home in the evenings

**BuffedGuy** · 01-21-2009, 01:57 PM

Originally Posted by scibble

i think people tend to over generalize based upon their personal experiences. that's not a typical salary, at least not anywhere in the midwest. usually the stat reported is average for the nation or a large region.

i could make a lot more money, but i dont because like you money is not my object. i like working four days per week and being a lazy ass myself

i get to spend time in the gym and spend time with my little children at home in the evenings

Yeah maybe it's because people only discuss extraordinary cases.

My other friend is just about to finish a nephro fellowship, and he is so burned out (from medical school + residency) that he says for two years he plans on just working four days a month, lol. He's probably just going to moonlight.

What are your views about PMR? I wanted to do PMR and then shoot for a spinal specialist fellowship.

**scibble** · 01-21-2009, 03:54 PM

Originally Posted by BuffedGuy

Yeah maybe it's because people only discuss extraordinary cases.

My other friend is just about to finish a nephro fellowship, and he is so burned out (from medical school + residency) that he says for two years he plans on just working four days a month, lol. He's probably just going to moonlight.

What are your views about PMR? I wanted to do PMR and then shoot for a spinal specialist fellowship.

i plead ignorance on the pmr field. i think there is a lot of potential there for those who enjoy that kind of work. you can rent a space, hire a couple hot PTs and a masseuse, buy some bicycles and get paid for people to come in and ride them LOL. Spine: there will never be a shortage of back problems. Most of my government exams are for people with back pain. at least 50% are back pain with NO OTHER problems. Yep, lots of potential there. Good spine rehab is needed. But otherwise I am not so knowledgeable about the specialty.

**BuffedGuy** · 01-21-2009, 04:17 PM

Originally Posted by scibble

i plead ignorance on the pmr field. i think there is a lot of potential there for those who enjoy that kind of work. you can rent a space, hire a couple hot PTs and a masseuse, buy some bicycles and get paid for people to come in and ride them LOL. Spine: there will never be a shortage of back problems. Most of my government exams are for people with back pain. at least 50% are back pain with NO OTHER problems. Yep, lots of potential there. Good spine rehab is needed. But otherwise I am not so knowledgeable about the specialty.

Cool. Thanks. That is one of the downfalls of PMR: you have to spend the rest of your life explaining what it is you do to others, even doctors.