u/tomatogirlie56

I have a background in biology and have the opportunity to go onto doing research and development (but ive taken a step back from biology). Idk how eager it'd be for me to want to 'cure' cystic fibrosis, I think i sound slightly delusional. But i think about it a lot, research in this field has been very fruitful and im motivated to try. However ive never even come across CF in my degree, I actually dont know much about it and im only now learning. Has anyone here contributed to CF research?

Idk how im gonna handle the reduced visibility.

It'd be nice for us to keep each other in our duas. I plan to make consistent dua throughout the day. Please keep me in your duas for my driving test pass and also to keep me in good health and imaan. And also for a free Palestine.

Ive seen people saying its gonna be harder now. Am I missing something surely itd be easier now. Or do they mean it'd be harder to get a sooner test without resellers?

I failed my first 2 tests (6 months apart) with 1 serious fault each and around 3 minors each too. They were the silliest faults e.g. I misread the speed limit. Anyway my next text is just under 2 months away and im picking lessons back up and I just don't feel like I can pass. Its because my first 2 tests just went so so well until I made that one major fault. So now I just keep thinking, if I could have such good tests and still fail them, what hope do I have? I was super confident for my 2nd test, my 3rd one i feel horrible. I need to get out of this mindset :(

Everything I care about in terms of values and purpose falls in line with the field of medicine and also everything im interested in - i have a 2.1 in biological sciences, focused on microbiology and I LOVED my degree because it had soo many medical case studies, I hated to labs side. However I have a huge mental block about it because of so many things. Financially, idk if I can do it since i took out 3 years of loans, I take care of my family financially and I dont have the best paying job tbh (im 22, graduated last October). I have 10k in savings but idk if that will be enough given my responsibilities + the costs of being a GEM student. Also, I have huge imposter syndrome and I wish I could get over it but GEM just seems impossible in my head. I wish I applied during 6th form when I was 18 and did undergrad med but it was the same issue, it just felt so unattainable. Part of me wants to make up for the mistake of not applying when I was 18 and not giving myself the chance. I have 2 A*s and an A in maths, chem and bioa levels and a 2.1 in biological sciences from Imperial. I've done well in education but medicine feels beyond me but perhaps im overthinking. Any thoughts?