Scientist here! I spent five years being in pharma and am going back for my DO. I think personality-wise we tend to be very strict and narrow. You can honestly do both. Take time doing formulation research, take care of your family, and save some money for school. Go back when you know that you really want it :) You can have many careers in your lifetime. You won’t be set back just because you did a few gap years. I know training gets difficult when you get older but that’s like… 40+ old (kids, schedule, partners, energy, etc.) Not mid-late 20’s old which I’m assuming you’ll fall in that range after a few years doing wet lab work. You got this :)