Thanks for sharing, Amy. It's been a lifelong challenge. I would have never been able to go through nursing school. I am a holistic health coach having graduated from Institute for Integrative Nutrition in 2011. I know my limits. Understanding the calcium/magnesium/potassium/sodium channel is beyond my ability. I get lost halfway through it and cannot double back.
I have often wished I'd gone to school to be a doc or nurse, but there's no way my brain would have managed.
But, like you, I can see the big picture in a heartbeat, and relate the steps already taken. Brains are most definitely weird! ;)