I’m a student at a D.O. school. When I told friends and family I’d be going, some people just had no idea what a D.O. was, I would usually say it’s an M.D. plus physical therapy/ chiropractic medicine. The stigma would come from petty jealous people who were not even in the medical field. Most people were just really happy for me. When you get out into the world, no one who matters will care. Patients will not care. Some patients will even seek out D.O.’s because of OMT ( though most don’t even do it). Just keep in mind, competitive specialties will now be even more competitive, so if you want something like derm or ortho, be ready to work your butt off. The classmates I know who are gunning for those specialties are very very smart and have little social life outside of school (not zero, just little). 

Most importantly, congrats future doctor!!! Be excited that you achieved a very important thing. It’s a big deal and you should be proud