This is a very bittersweet moment because I realize that the world of science is losing something that is very hard to come by: a patient researcher. Most researchers are out there trying to find the cutting-edge thing that will put their names in the history books. There are very few like me who will stick it out only to find the needed answers to long-term cures and treatments. Researchers of chronic diseases are few and far between. I am hoping that in the end, even though they study a very different disease, my new lab situation will benefit from what I know and they will come up with break-throughs that will will ultimately help the patients I was trying to help. Time will tell and I will long be out of the business before anyone will know.
On the flip side, I am getting such great encouragement from my faculty advisors in the bridge program. So far, everything that i have done has been very well received and I feel like we have momentum to keep the research going and get studies published. I am hoping to have time to discuss the experiments with the accounting chair when I go to sign my paperwork in May. I would love to start contacting firms to get volunteers to do these studies as soon as I start working. And Mark seems as excited as I am, so I hope that's a good sign!
Okay, I guess I need to get some work done today. It is so hard to get motivated when the end is so near. But there is still a lot to do, so I had better get to it!
Not sure what the bright "stuff" is on the left side of the photo ;). Someone said it's sunlight, but we haven't seen it in so long, I find it hard to believe! LOL!
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