October 10, 2021 is World Mental Health Day. According to the World Health Organization, “The overall objective of World Mental Health Day is to raise awareness of mental health issues around the world and to mobilize efforts in support of mental health….But World Mental Health Day is about more than advocacy. It also provides an opportunity to …
NATIONAL PHYSICIAN (AND MED STUDENT) SUICIDE AWARENESS DAY
Today is National Physician Suicide Awareness Day. While medical students don’t have an M.D. behind their name, I think they still should be included in this group. Physicians, residents, med students are super human. We as the public expect them to walk into our exam room, treat us perfectly kind, answer all our questions, and …
A CANCER DIAGNOSIS DURING MEDICAL SCHOOL: CHAPTER 4
Waiting for my surgery date to finally roll around was like waiting for Christmas day as a five-year-old. It took FOREVER. The difference was that instead of unknown gifts that would be unveiled when the day finally arrived, the unknown in my current circumstance was tied to my survival. We would “unwrap”, so to say, …
CHALLENGES OF AN AWAY ROTATION
“The Savior is never closer to you than when you are facing or climbing a mountain with faith.” –President Russell M Nelson I’ll be honest, the past few weeks have been ROUGH. This mountain of a month that we are climbing is a tough journey. Today is day 17 of Blade’s away rotation. Since the start …
YEAR THREE AS A MED SCHOOL WIFE
We are officially in year four of medical school! Today is Blade’s first day of his sub-internship in orthopedic surgery. I am blown away that we are 75 percent done with medical school! Well, probably more like 78 percent because Blade graduates in May 2022. Year one as a med school wife was probably more challenging …
A CANCER DIAGNOSIS DURING MEDICAL SCHOOL: BECOMING THE PATIENT
Cancer. People always joke about surviving medical school. With the long hours, tons of information, fatigue, and emotional up and downs – often times you feel like you’re drowning. Third year is even more notorious for this as you transition to clinical work in fields such as surgery, obygn, internal medicine, etc. “Surviving” took on …
GRAD CARDS, GRADUATION ANNOUNCEMENTS, AND MORE WITH BASIC INVITE
In approximately one year, we will celebrate Blade’s medical school graduation and we will be on to residency. I can’t believe how fast time flies. It seems like we just graduated from undergrad! But, it actually has been four years for me (2017) and three years for Blade (2018). Look how young we look! Hazel …