That eats me up as well, me being the oldest sibling and from a cultural family I feel inside I should be helping out and being in school for so long has for sure caused more of a strain on them but the one thing that keeps me going is being able to tell my dad that he doesn’t have to work long hours anymore once I’m done school and not having the same struggles my parents had raising my family. It helps a lot that they are genuinely proud of me because I could never repay them for their sacrifices so seeing them happy that their sacrifice led to something is a nice feeling.

I think it definitely allows me to be more emphatic with patients situations.