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, …
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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 …