Ever lived in Lexington, Ky?

[Grant]

I like it there. Relatively close (1 day driving distance) to a lot of Eastern US places. About 3 billion times better than Houston, in my opinion.

[Skidmark]

Would she need to?

True, and while I know a lot of ladies would dream of sitting on their ass all day, there are some who would want to work!

[Denny]

She can do Mary Kay or Amway... Dave would just be tickled to host those parties.

[STANGGT40]

It's worth it...you should go. They do not have DADT in med school so you should be good.

sounds like a great change at 30+ years old...8-10 years of school and internship, right?

[davbrucas]

Yes...there are several opportunities for my wife. And she will still work...because she loves what she does. She wont make as much as she does here though.

Physician salary is location dependent...especially with Emergency Medicine. The south pays much better than the north. ER docs average $300k but that is just the base salary with fulltime hours. Most ER docs work a couple more shifts per month to earn more money so the numbers you see on the net arent accurate. The job up there is pretty lucrative because 97% of their patient base is insured and the hospital is very busy...but has a system set up to where they can move the patients through the system very efficiently. So the more patients I see the the more money I make. Where I am now, I get an hourly rate regardless of how many patients I see...but there is an incentive on top of the hourly rate to get you to work harder.

Denny, you still have to jump through all the BS hoops to get to this point!

[DON SVO]

I got offered a job there and they are offering significantly more than I currently make along with a better benefits package. I spent some time at Ft Campbell when I was in the Army but have only been to Lexington twice. Just looking for some opinions on what the area is like...including golf, weather, housing, etc. Thanks.

I know when I worked for Staffcare that our clients in KY always had docs going in and out, there were always contracts there for my docs to go. They paid well, everyone loved it except in winter, winter is pretty brutal up there.

They have a HUGE level 1 trauma center that covers something like 3 counties. Am I pretty close to correct on the hospital?

[davbrucas]

She can do Mary Kay or Amway... Dave would just be tickled to host those parties.

Yeah....that's me. Mr Metrosexual. Not.

[Denny]

Nah... I could never do what you do, bro. I'm not even going to pretend. You've got me beat since '93 and by a LONG shot!

BTW, the tags in this thread are weak. OK, maybe the Uranus one is OK.

[Chili]

I've flown in and out of there about a dozen times but never actually stayed there. I used to travel to a shit-ass town in Eastern KY up in the mountains. I would stay clear of anywhere too far east of there, bunch of fucked up people out that way.

[The King]

I've flown in and out of there about a dozen times but never actually stayed there. I used to travel to a shit-ass town in Eastern KY up in the mountains. I would stay clear of anywhere too far east of there, bunch of fucked up people out that way.

Ashland, KY perhaps?

[Sean88gt]

sounds like a great change at 30+ years old...8-10 years of school and internship, right?

Where were you when I was 18? Dickhole.

I'll graduate with JD at 37. Hopefully my prior experience and the path I hope to take will get me beyond the slave part.

[davbrucas]

Nah... I could never do what you do, bro. I'm not even going to pretend. You've got me beat since '93 and by a LONG shot!

BTW, the tags in this thread are weak. OK, maybe the Uranus one is OK.

Since 93? Were you even out of high school then?

[Denny]

I was in high school, you were in Somolia.

[davbrucas]

Ashland, KY perhaps?

Never been there...shit hole? Heck, it's on the border of WV so it must be.

[davbrucas]

I was in high school, you were in Somolia.

Didnt know how old you are...I got out of the Army in 94.