I totally understand why you would be leaning toward becoming a specialist based on your stated attributes and likings, and i do believe you would be great at whichever specialty you decide to pick at the end. However, after reading some of your blog entries and witnessing how you are able to incredibly connect and communicate with a mass number of people through your writing, I think its a shame you won’t be the asset to the primary care sector of medicine I think you would be. Primary care is all about establishing a certain relationship with patients that enable them to truly feel comfortable with their doctors to express all aspects of their life, which would in turn, help their doctors make the most accurate assessment of their health and how to treat them. That relationship is something that is seriously lacking in today’s primary care system in my opinion. You possess that gift to connect with people even through your anonymity and vice versa, which is remarkable…so I could only imagine what you would be like in the hospital/office setting when you are with people face to face. Also, that connection with patients is something you don’t always achieve when you do a specialty and I get the sense that is something you admire or value when practicing medicine (well at least it is something I do)

But, at the end of the day, you do know what is best for you and I wish you all the best. Good luck with making a decision =)