Personal Narrative: My Path To Become A Pharmacist

I chose the path to become a Pharmacist for many reasons. Relating to many others, I chose Pharmacy because of my interest towards modern medicine and how the human body reacts to certain chemicals. The first time I was sick, my parents had given me a colored liquid. I started to get curious as to why they were giving it to me and how something that looked like colored water would make me feel better. Surprisingly though, I had felt better in a matter of a few short days. This is when my curiosity and interest of medicine had blossomed. The way the human body reacts to a certain type of chemical is fascinating. There are new discoveries being made everyday. These chemical reactions are different for every person. Many people might have multiple side effects, none whatsoever, or the medication had no effect on the patient altogether. The unique aspects of a small pill or some sort of liquid full of chemicals with reactions that occur in your body became fascinating to me when I was in elementary school and at the beginning of early middle school. I was about eight or nine years old when I had started to gain an interest. I’ve always suffered from severe allergies, but this is when I started to …show more content…
The class I looked most forward to in high school was Anatomy and Physiology. In my Anatomy and Physiology class, we covered the basics of Anatomy and Physiology as well as depending on the unit we were on, our teacher would give us a list of diseases we would be tested on. We had to know what the disease was, the symptoms associated with it, and the treatment for the disease. Every time I went to the doctor’s office, I always did a little research of what I thought I might have, and how it would be treated. Once I would be prescribed for what kind I might have, I would ask him or her what it was and what type of medication they were giving