<p>norcalguy,</p>
<p>I was under the impression that one needed a liver to survive. I know one doesn't need a gallbladder under some circumstances, but how does one carry on without a liver?</p>
<p>the only organs that you can "screw around" with are genitals. I wouldnt want anyone to screw around w/ my genitals , unless the doctor is hot.. and nice/gentle.</p>
<p>btw you can live w/ maybe 1/3 of your liver, so you can live w/o most if the surgeon makes mistake and cuts away chunks</p>
<p>okay everyone has been saying oh yeah i wanna be a neurosugeon and alot of other people say its hard etc alot of work etc etc</p>
<p>sooo how do you know it you should actually persue this career and not just be one of the people who just say they want to???</p>
<p>From what everybody tells me, it's not something you'll really decide until you're finishing up med school or even beyond. You have to want to be a doctor first; then when you get to the point of picking specialties (or lack thereof), worry about becoming a neurosurgeon or whatever.</p>
<p>sp816,</p>
<p>You get into med school, you do well on your exams (board exams), then you interview successfully for a residency in the field you want to be in, you complete the residency, and then you probably do a fellowship as well.</p>
<p>Worry about getting into med school for now.</p>
<p>I dont want to make any comments about what kind of surgeon/medical proffesion i want to pursue, but can someone give me a breakdown of a biochem major and if its something I would be interested in if I love math and science (mostly chem but am learning to like bio).</p>
<p>Unless things have changed alot, the pre med courses are chemistry, organic chemisrty, biology, physics and calculus. Those were the only sciences course I took in undergrad (yup liberal arts major), studied and took the MCAT’s. Today I enjoy doing heart surgery very much.</p>