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Cancer diagnosis chapter two. "Surviving" med school took on a whole new sentiment when I was diagnosed with not one, but two cancers.

A CANCER DIAGNOSIS DURING MEDICAL SCHOOL: CHAPTER 2

I walked home. For the time of year, it was warm enough and I needed to just think. From the lot where my Jeep is parked on a daily basis to our house, it is probably a 15-minute stroll. I tried to process what had just been revealed an hour or so before. I had …

We are officially in year four of medical school! Year three came with it's own unique set of challenges. Here are three things I learned...

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 …

Cancer. "Surviving" med school took on a whole new sentiment in my third year rotations when I was diagnosed with not one, but two cancers.

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 …

Celebrating a graduation from high school, college, a master's program, or medical school is a big deal! Celebrate with Basic Invite!

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 …

Mental health is not always beautiful, but it can have beautiful outcomes. Here are 4 concrete ways I've invested in my mental health.

4 WAYS TO INVEST IN YOUR MENTAL HEALTH

Life is not always beautiful, but the outcomes can be. (1) Similarly, I’ve found that postpartum depression and anxiety are not always beautiful. But the outcome can be. I think the key word there is CAN. October 10, 2020 was World Mental Health Day. It’s been a few months since World Mental Health Day, but …

As we approach the end of clinical rotations, here are 10 tips to survive and thrive during clinicals from a med spouse and med student.

10 TIPS TO THRIVE DURING CLINICAL ROTATIONS FROM A MED STUDENT AND MED WIFE

And just like that, 8 weeks of surgery are done and we are already half way through psychiatry! As we are nearing the tail end of our clinical rotations, I thought it would be good to put together a list of things we’ve learned that have helped us get through clinicals as a family and …

1 OUT OF 1,000: CORD PROLAPSE BIRTH TRAUMA

1 out of 1000. I was 1 out of 1000. We were 1 out of 1000… When they give you the statistics that the chance of something going wrong is extremely low, there is always the one. The one that becomes the statistic. There is one person, one woman, one baby, one birth that becomes …

YEAR TWO AS A MED SCHOOL WIFE

We are officially in year three of medical school! Today is the first day of clinical rotations. How has time gone by so fast? I can’t believe we are already half way through our med school journey. Year one as a med school wife was probably more challenging than year two. But I still learned …

So, your hubby realized his dream and got into med school! This is a huge accomplishment. Here are 10 pieces of advice to the med student wife..

SO, YOUR HUSBAND GOT INTO MEDICAL SCHOOL

This guest post is from Sarah, a fellow medical wife. Her husband recently finished medical school at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada. They are beginning a residency in pediatrics at Memorial University in Newfoundland. When I reached out to Sarah about sharing her words of wisdom after finishing medical school, she was more than happy …

Med students across the nation are uncertain when they will be able to take their USMLE boards like Step 1 because of COVID-19 restrictions and closures.

THE UNCERTAINTY OF STEP 1 AMID COVID-19

6:15 am. Alarm goes off. It keeps going off. I quietly yell at my husband… “Blade! Your alarm!” He snoozes it. Our two-year-old daughter is sleeping in the room right next to us, so I don’t want it to wake her up. Plus, let’s be honest, I want to keep sleeping… 6:25 am the alarm …