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What is a failure that you have experienced, but are proud to say you've overcome it?

User Profile: fruityPond7887
fruityPond7887 December 9th, 2021

It is inevitable that we will all have a failure at some point; we are human and I think it makes us who we are. One of my failures is that I've had to drop or retake a few classes in my undergraduate career. I felt so ashamed at the time, but they have allowed me to grow as an individual and show how resilient I can truly be. They've helped me realize that I can do anything I put my mind to and that nothing is ever permanent in this life. We can always become a better version of ourselves with hard work and dedication! So, what is a failure you've experienced and overcome? What did you learn from it? What would you change if you had to redo the experience? getty_459097117_299771.jpg

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User Profile: xandia
xandia December 11th, 2021
@fruityPond7887

1. What is a failure you have experienced and overcome?

When I was newbie medical technologist many years ago I was assigned to run electrolytes. Now electrolytes are two soft metals; sodium and potassium. The next two electrolytes are chloride and carbon dioxide. Back in the day, we used machines that were called flame photometers; a chloridometer, and a manual test that used lactic acid to release carbon dioxide in a patient's serum. I set up the flame photometer to run for sodium; the machine used a thin, narrow metal tube to aspirate the patient's serum into the machine. Well, I broke the machine; I mean I broke it spectacularly. Here I was a professional and I was breaking machines. I felt like I was the worst tech that had ever graduated from college. I wanted to quit right there and then. But an older medical technologist took me aside and explained that these things happen sometimes even to the best and brightest medical technologists. I felt a lot better after having that conversation with the older tech. I calmed down and continued to work. I'll always remember that older tech and thank her every day when I do my affirmations.

2. What did you learn from it?

I learned not to be so hard on myself. That I am human and I make mistakes just like everyone else on this planet. That I can recover from my failures and take away from the experience that I can be an excellent medical technologist and do the job I was trained to do.

3. What would you change if you had to redo the the experience?

I would have slowed down and not gone so fast. I would have taken the time to set the machine up properly instead of taking shortcuts I was not familiar with. I would have listened better instead of thinking I knew more than experienced techs who had been working with this machine for years. Ah, the fickleness of youth. 🏥🔬💉
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User Profile: fruityPond7887
fruityPond7887 OP December 13th, 2021

@xandia

Hi Xandia, thank you for sharing! I'm sure that experience was really difficult to manage and scary when it happened! I can promise I would feel the same when if that happened to me! I am happy to hear that you did learn from it though and you had support from a more advanced medical technologist! I know how hard it can be to not be hard on yourself. You live and you learn <3

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User Profile: exquisitePeace7976
exquisitePeace7976 December 11th, 2021

@fruityPond7887

There's many lessons i learned mostly the hard way and painful. but what i learned from the lessons will always be with me for life. Lesson Learned!

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User Profile: fruityPond7887
fruityPond7887 OP December 13th, 2021

@exquisitePeace7976 Thank you for sharing!

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