Eggshells

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Phrases like "We work behind the scenes." and "Unsung heroes" are common among us, medical technologists. Why? Few people knows about what being, or what it is to become a "Med Tech" We are often mistaken as Nurses or even Doctors; it can't be helped most people only know this two and even I before taking up this course, admit that I am unaware of what or who Medical Technologists were. As we continue this road we were taking up as Medical Technologist, we'd be getting used to identifying ourselves as "blood extractors" Yes, we collect blood from the patient and test it. We test it and the result will be interpreted by the doctors to help in the diagnosis of the patient. So what makes us so important? Laboratory examinations are first given when the doctor wants to confirm regarding the patient's situation, mostly when a patient has a fever and other cases. Meaning if you as a med tech where a keen listener to your professor or if

Ever since I was a kid I always dreamt of working in the hospital. It started off when I told my parents that I wanted to become a nurse, actually at that time I can't imagine being anyone else except becoming one, I'm not sure if I really understood what being a nurse really is, knowing the type of kid I was, but I was so sure that I'd like to become one. On the following years, as I grew older, news about nurses being unemployed in our country grew rampant and from then on I decided that I should quit thinking becoming one because it's not just all about what I want, it's also about how I would make myself grow and I just don't see that keeping my nose about this ambition of mine would do any good for me; but then that doesn't mean I quit dreaming on being on the medical field. In fact my hunger for it grew even louder, I think I thought for sure that being on the medical side is what's really meant for me. I decided to become a doctor. (Don't g