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https://www.facebook.com/groups/livesofdoctorwives/Melisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06853815094926344439noreply@blogger.comBlogger706125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733275816481882855.post-51122668490240858302015-09-25T04:00:00.000-04:002015-09-25T04:00:04.545-04:00Dealing with a disappointing move<br />
It’s that time of year again. <br />
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The time of year when so many of us pack up our lives and move for our spouse’s career. Any move can be stressful, but it’s an especially rough undertaking when you’re less than enthusiastic about your new location. Doctors’ wives are often in a unique situation in which we have very little choice about where we relocate to—thanks to the infamous Match. <br />
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So if you are finding yourself trying to settle into a new home after a disappointing move, you are not alone. <br />
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If I am being completely honest, I can tell you that I was more than a little disappointed when we saw our Match results in 2013. My husband, the soon to be doctor, and I would be married exactly a week after the Match ceremony and I had been hoping on starting our marriage out with an adventure. I had hoped we would Match somewhere new and exciting, somewhere outside of our home state and med school state of Ohio. <br />
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When we opened our envelope, not only did it say we would be staying in Ohio, but it was the residency was in the one city I did not get to visit on my husband’s interview trail. It was the one place on his rank list that I truly had overlooked and was not expecting. <br />
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Looking back, I shouldn’t have been so surprised. The program was placed pretty high on his rank list. Whether it was wishful thinking or ignorant oversight, I’m not sure, but when we found out we would be moving to Akron, Ohio I was shocked…and less than enthusiastic.<br />
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In the following months as we prepared for our relocation I became even more apprehensive. The city wasn’t ideal for finding a job in my field. It was a half hour closer to my husband’s family and 2 hours farther from my family. We were having trouble finding a place to live. The reasons to be disappointed in our new home just kept building up in my mind.<br />
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Then I realized it: I wasn’t really giving what would be my home for the next 3 years or more a fair shot. I was focusing on the negative and my outlook on our new hometown, as well as the opportunities it would provide, wouldn’t improve until my attitude did.<br />
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It is amazing to me to think that two years have already passed. I can’t tell you that it has always been easy or that I loved our new town in every moment, but I can say that I am very happy there now. <br />
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I want to share a few of the things that helped me deal with my disappointing move, as well as few things that—looking back—I wish I would have done from the start. I hope some of these tips can help someone else who is learning to love a new location after a move.<br />
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My tips:<br />
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<li>Make your new location your home.</li>
In our medical journey, I have always said paraphrased the old adage "Home is where the heart is" because for me it is more accurate to say "home is where my husband is." While some days that may feel like I should make the hospital my home, it helped me to remember that our new town <i>was</i> home now. It helped me to quit referring to our last city as "home". I couldn’t start loving and thinking of our new location as my home if I was continuing to think of and refer to someplace else as my home.<br />
<li>Make your house your home.</li>
We bought our home, a condo in a suburb of our new city. There is a lot of debate about whether buying or renting is better in residency. I can’t speak to which is best and think it is a personal decision for each couple, but for me it has allowed a lot of freedom to invest my energy and emotions into our house, making it our own. Even if you rent, I would suggest doing what you can to make your house feel like a home. If you can’t make big changes or even cosmetic adjustments to flooring, wall colors, etc., try to find the areas where you can make it <i>yours</i>. Hang your favorite pictures, go thrift shopping or yard sale-ing to find new pieces of décor or furniture that will help you feel more at home. For me, the more I could make my house, or things in it, into a "project" the more invested in and connected to it I started to feel.<br />
<li>Go exploring.</li>
Safety first if you do this! However, I do recommend taking a good look around your new city. Find what it has to offer. Where are the fun places to visit like museums, the zoo, restaurants, etc.? Where are the best shopping areas? Are there any neighborhoods you would LOVE to live in if you ended up staying there long-term? What is downtown like? Is your city more white-collar corporate focused or blue collar industry focused? It is also helpful to know, but maybe not visit, where the more dangerous parts of town are. Getting to know your city helps you learn to love it. While a lot can be found out behind the screen of your computer, I suggest taking field trips and physically exploring when and where you can. Remember, stay safe!<br />
<li>Get a pet.</li>
Okay, I know this isn’t for everyone, but if your personal preferences, living situation, and budget allow, I definitely suggest getting a pet. I’m a big supporter of dog rescue organizations, but go with what is right for you. A pet helps you by providing both company and something to automatically love about your new city—its where you got Fido/Fluffy/Benedict Cumberbatch<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>! We rescued a hound puppy a year into our residency and it was the best thing I did after moving. It forced me to get out and go on walks in our neighborhood, which helped me meet a lot of our neighbors—the cute puppy as a conversation starter was good too. He makes me feel more comfortable when my husband is working late at night or all night. If my dog isn’t worried about that noise, it is probably okay. He keeps me company and gave me a purpose before I found a job in my field. <br />
<li>Get involved.</li>
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Whether it is getting a job or finding someplace to volunteer some time, I recommend finding someplace to get connected in your new city. If you have kids, maybe it will be something at their school. If you can’t get a pet but wish you could (or even if you have one) maybe you can find a humane society or rescue group to volunteer with. Maybe there is a group at the hospital, either of other wives or a volunteer system. If you are involved in a religious group, see if your place of worship needs help in any way. Nonprofit organizations like museums, theatres, food banks, or shelter houses are always looking for volunteers. Finding some place to give your time, for pay or as a volunteer can help you feel connected to the city and see first-hand the value it holds and great people that live there. <br />
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What I wish I had done:<br />
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<li>"Borrow an Egg"</li>
I live in a very safe neighborhood. I wish I would have gone around to my nearest neighbors’ homes and introduced myself in the first few months of living here. I envision it like you see on the TV, with a 50’s style housewife bringing a pie to the neighbors and letting them know that she lives next door now. I don’t know if I would have brought pie, but I do know it would have been nice to get to know my neighbors early on, and just to know there was someone next door that I could come to in case of an emergency... or in case I needed to borrow an egg.<br />
<li>Stay in town.</li>
This relates a lot to #1 in my tips, but I wish I would have spent more time staying in town early on. I went to visit friends in our last city pretty often in the first few months of living in our new city. I know many of you won’t have this chance because your move is much farther from your last city than mine was. I’m not saying to never visit friends either. I just wish I would have spent more time staying in town and getting to know my new home instead of keeping my heart so focused on our old town.<br />
<li>Play pretend.</li>
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While sometimes it is comforting (and realistic) to keep in mind that residency is temporary and living in this location may also be temporary, sometimes it can add more stress knowing you’ll just be picking up and leaving again (relatively) shortly. I wish I would have allowed myself to pretend that this was forever, or at least to let go of my focus on it being temporary. I know in the beginning I was less willing to fall in love with my new city because I knew it wasn’t "forever." If it helps you, let yourself pretend it is forever. Sometimes we need to let go of counting down the months and days in order to let ourselves be happy in our current situation.<br />
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I hope some of these tips help you. If nothing else, I want you to know that you’re not alone. Many of us have been through a disappointing move. There is hope. I, for one, have come out on the other side, happy and enjoying our home. I hope you will too! And remember, even if you don’t end up loving your new city, you love your spouse and as long as you are with them, you are home. <br />
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Lives of Doctor Wiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03561820117378369490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733275816481882855.post-63760051908550925732015-09-14T11:00:00.000-04:002015-11-04T11:57:08.917-05:00Premed Perspective: Be the Rock<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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I was stuck while writing this blog post. </div>
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I’m not in a very positive place, and I don’t want to be a
downer to readers…. But this path isn’t always ‘easy’ or ‘pretty’. While some
individuals are blessed with a smoother process, others may not. We just happen
to be one of those others. Not that a bumpy road is at all new or unfamiliar to
us. We have always had to overcome and persevere. Add any other motivational
growth buzz words into that as you’d like…. It’s us.</div>
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Our lives represent one giant motivational poster. </div>
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It’s crap.</div>
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To be perfectly honest, we just are too stubborn to give up
and go to plan B. </div>
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After turning everything necessary for med school
applications into the AACOMAS website, Hubs was hit with a problem with getting
the military to send some of his credits in. It’s some acronym that I hadn’t
heard of until this problem came up. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After a back and forth of about a week and a
half, finally AACOMAS said to ‘just delete’ the military stuff and don’t worry
about it since it was a non-necessary part of the application. </div>
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It would have been nice to know that before we wasted almost
2 weeks calling and emailing.</div>
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Delays.</div>
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Hurry up and wait.</div>
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We are now entering week 4 of verification of transcripts. We
had everything together back at the end of July…. It’s the middle of August. </div>
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Such is life.</div>
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Persistence.</div>
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Stubbornness.</div>
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Grit.</div>
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Tenacity.</div>
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Determination.</div>
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THAT is what gets you through this process.</div>
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Don’t take no for an answer. There is a light at the end of
this long, 8-16 year tunnel. </div>
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Do your thing. Motivate and push your partner.</div>
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Remain the bright and confident rock.</div>
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Get it done.</div>
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Then go have a nice, quiet, frustrated cry in a steamy hot
bath.</div>
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Add some Epsom salt and essential oils to top it off.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03428288634634956074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733275816481882855.post-3790460042324750282015-09-12T05:30:00.000-04:002015-09-12T05:30:00.227-04:00We graduated from medical school last month and I feel more lost than when we started this journey four years ago. Contradictory, my husband feels more stable with the start of his residency upon us. <br />
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After two years into medical school life changed for us. We moved two hours away to complete our third year of rotations. And thus the crux of where my journey of being off-track began. I was a teacher and expecting my second child in August during third year. Finding a job in a new location and asking for maternity leave; just didn’t look good. So, we decided I would stay home. That was a decision I really wanted to happen. When I left my career I had moved into administration and it was beginning to be quite a struggle with taking care of the home front. So, I took homemaking on by the horns and vowed to become the best June Cleaver ever (dang type A personality).<br />
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I did what I knew best, I got involved….I got all of us involved. Each day was a full schedule. I thought to myself, "If I just keep busy I won’t get board." At the time I thought being a stay-at-home mom meant I would become boring and be sitting on the couch and eating bon bons all day. The kids and I ended up burnt out. I wasn’t a nice mom, I didn’t have emotional or physical time for my husband and I resented our decision for me to stay home. I had to go back to the drawing board and figure out how to be a stay at home mom. How did others make it look so fun? So easy? So full of worth?<br />
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From then on we cut out several activities. I kept our afternoons free at home so I wouldn’t be rushing in and attempting a hot meal exhausted and at the end of my rope. We just stayed home when my husband was off and did at-home activities. Things started looking better, I felt a relief and started to enjoy being home. So, that is how people made it look good; they embraced and made a flow for their family.<br />
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Then enters medical school to throw us for a loop again. We had two options for fourth year; the kids and I stay in a town we just moved to while my husband was gone for six months or we move to MI with my family and see my husband. So, this AZ based family scoured the REI annual sale for winter items and headed to the Midwest. <br />
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Living with family with two very active boys was a whole other adjustment within itself. We were so grateful for the ability to save money and see my husband, but I had to learn how to be a stay at home mom again. In a new environment, no friends, no playmates, no activities, no church, and no feeling of community and not even in our own home. I did my best to keep my boys in library time and we ended up joining a gym, which saved my life, but life was defiantly different. Instead of playing with my kids I constantly followed them picking up after them. I held my breath when they played inside because I was afraid they would break something. I was exhausted of just surviving. <br />
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Now, fast-forward to today; we are in our own home in our new town. As soon as we moved in we began renovating, painting, unpacking, you know the usual excited new homeowner things. We are in our own space in a place I know we will be for at least four years. <br />
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But why am I not happy? Why am I not over joyous with this victory over medical school and matching in a residency? <br />
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We sat and did our budget the other day (non joyous answer right there) and we decided I had to bring in some type of income. Specifically to help with the overhaul we did on the house and just to give us an emergency fund again. So, I took the bull by the horns again and updated my resume and pulled out my references. But I had no where to go, I had no place to land….what have I done in two years….what am I doing with my time? Oh sure I could get my teaching certificate in MI, but when I left education I was in administration and I am not sure I have it in me to climb the ranks again and go back to teaching in a school system.<br />
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I found myself asking, "Who am I" and answering "I am a wife of a doctor" and it made me mad. I am a wife of a doctor who has sacrificed her career, her things, her feeling of a community, of things I knew all to help my husband fulfill his dream. And you know what, I was kind of angry with this for a week. Like drink a bottle of wine angry. I don’t know if it was the five moves in four years or the feeling that I have been just barely making it by and for the first time in my life I didn’t know what to do next.<br />
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Then, my husband got an email and asked me to take care of it. And it dawned on me…I am a wife of a doctor who couldn’t have done it without me. All those moves, all those new cable set ups, quotes for moving, packing of boxes and still making a homemade dinner (most of the time), yeah that was me. <br />
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Then, I even thought I have two young boys that I keep alive every day and one that is starting to read…because of ME. <br />
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I know it is so easy to get wrapped up in what you have said good-bye to in order for your husband to become a doctor. But at the same time look at what you have learned to embrace. I am not afraid….of anything really, nothing. Any change, any upset I know I can handle…because I have handled A LOT. What I have realized is that I am not identified by my career or my income (or lack thereof one). <br />
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So, what am I? I am a wife of a doctor who loves her doctor and her children more than anything. <br />
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Celebrate the small success, don’t dwell on the good-byes and embrace the change!<br />
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To all you doctors wives out there….YOU can do this and YOU can find out even more who you really are in the process.<br />
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NAME: Stacie Johnson<br />
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PROFESSION: A practicing wife and stay at home mom<br />
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(Oh and P.S. I have started watching children to help with our budget. But I always ask myself "What do I want to be when I grow up?").<br />
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Lives of Doctor Wiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03561820117378369490noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733275816481882855.post-2732090603368459172015-08-28T05:00:00.000-04:002015-08-28T05:00:05.410-04:00Tales of a Doctor’s Wife on a Prairie<span style="font-size: small;">My journey as a Dr.’s wife, like many of you, has been quite the adventure. Before I met DrH, I never thought I’d be married to a Doctor- let alone living in the middle-of-nowhere in southern Minnesota. Even though I grew up on a farm not that far where we presently live, I vowed when I left for college that I would never go back. Boy has that come to haunt me! None-the-less, living in a rural setting as a Dr.’s wife has most certainly had its sets of challenge and perks.<br />
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In July 2010, we packed up our house, dog, and then four month old daughter in Columbus, Ohio and moved 15 hours to a town of 700 people and began to start a new life. It was during that first year of transition that I noticed some of the challenges of being married to a Doctor in small town. While I am finally coming to acceptance of our life on the prairie, it has taken time to adjust. And for anyone transitioning between medical school, residency, or the #itgetsbetter phase in life, there will be some up and downs. Just allow yourself time to adjust. It’s not easy. <br />
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Within the first week of moving to rural Minnesota, I noticed our street was becoming a parade route. I would be working in the kitchen and then look out to see people s-l-o-w-l-y driving by our house- perhaps even stopping in front of our house- all wanting to see the house where "DrH" was now living in. And this parade continued in the grocery store, community functions, church, really…everywhere we went. It got old and I felt this pressure to be "happy and okay" when I really wasn’t. I wasn’t happy to be living in the middle of nowhere with no friends- even though both of our families live within 30 miles of the town. Everyone was so happy to have us living there; it was almost too much stress to handle. Today the "parade" has died down, though I still feel people stare at us when we go places. And, we have learned that we need to strategically sit in certain places at functions to avoid patients wanting to talk to DrH about their ailments. In a small town, it does not matter where you go, you will always run into a patient.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;">I think it’s also funny that everyone assumes I know everything about all of my husband’s patients or who is in the hospital. I do not know how many times I have been stopped and asked questions about patients. Honestly, I have no desire to know this information and YES, HIPAA applies to small-town USA too! </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: small;"></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"> Though adds an extra level of challenge to it. I joke I’m usually the last person to find out information, but that’s okay. I am glad that my husband takes HIPAA seriously.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Finding friendships is tough. I’m not going to lie; this has been one of the toughest things to get used to while living in rural Minnesota. Many of the folks who live in the area have lived there their whole lives and tend to congregate with their high school buddies. I’m considered an "outsider" so I’m not really welcome in their circles. Also, I think people are intimidated by me because I am "the Doctor’s wife." It also doesn’t help that people hang out at the local bars on the weekends and we can’t go there because DrH’s patients hang out there. To people in the community, it looks like we are being "stuck up" or "too good" but the reality is we try to avoid some of these situations for the sake of my husband’s mental health. On the bright side, when DrH and I get a chance to get away, we truly "get away" from the area and have a fabulous time. Cost of living is minimal, so we have saved up and have gone on some amazing trips since we moved to the prairie. It’s in those moments we can just be us- not "DrH and his wife. "<br />
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A year ago in July, we did one of the best things for ourselves; we moved out to a place in the country. We were living in the small town prior to this and we found it to be isolating and very public. We found a fabulous place with a much bigger home, 15 acres of land, AND a winery/vineyard. This place (for a ridiculously low price) has been our oasis and happy place. Call nights are a little more challenging because of our move, but our world is much happier. It’s worth it! And in a month, we will have an open winery to the public! This move has helped my outlook on living on the prairie and has brought a fresh perspective and a level of acceptance on what it means to be a Dr’s wife. I have accepted that call will part of our life forever and that our kids and I must go on with our plans and not dwell on the "he’s missing it again" mentality. I have also learned that the more I get involved in the community, the more people get to know me as an individual and not just the "Dr’s wife." That also applies to us as a couple, too. Finally, I am excited about our future and all the adventures life will bring on the prairie. Though I never thought I’d be living in rural Minnesota married to a Doctor and now an owner of a vineyard, I couldn’t <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>imagine this journey without my partner-in-crime. I find this more reason to accept and celebrate the challenges and perks of living in rural "middle-of-nowhere" Minnesota. <br />
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Krista Kopperud<br />
</span>Lives of Doctor Wiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03561820117378369490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733275816481882855.post-60719874991908760182015-08-14T06:00:00.000-04:002015-08-14T06:00:00.504-04:00To Buy or Not to Buy - That is the QuestionI have helped over 100 physician families decide whether to buy or rent. Like any other investment, it is a personal decision. You can make money but you can also lose money. If you don't like to take risks or if you aren't sure where you want to live, then you definitely should rent. <br />
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I like to share my personal experience. We bought our first house during medical school and owned it 2 years. We made $40k. We then bought a house during residency and it owned it 3 years and we broke even. We bought a house during fellowship and it owned 2 years. We made $130k. Our first house during practice we owned for 5 years and lost $50k. <br />
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We are now in hopefully our final house. We have owned it for 4 years and if we sold today we would make about $200k. My husband is 10 years into practice and we have also bought 2 vacation rentals as investments and have partial ownership in the his practice's buildings. Our vacation rentals have been our favorite investment because our family has built many memories at the beach. Even if the value went down on the vacation rentals, we wouldn't sell because we enjoy them and we make money yearly from the vacation rentals. <br />
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I like sharing my story because we have made and lost money in real estate. Overall, we have made money investing in real estate. Personally, I understand real estate much more as an investment than stocks. We have lost much more money in the stock market over the years. I have gotten much more personal enjoyment out of real estate than I have ever gotten out of owning Google or any other stock. <br />
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I read one comment that said real estate was the "worst financial mistake" for a doctor. I would always look to see who is giving the advice. Financial advisors typically make money selling stocks and insurance while realtors make money selling real estate. When making a decision to buy or rent, seek out expert opinion and then pray what is the best decision for your family. I am happy to give advice. I have told many people over the years it is better to rent making a decision to buy or rent, seek out expert opinion and then pray what is the best decision for your family. I am happy to give advice. I have told many people over the years it is better to rent.Lives of Doctor Wiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03561820117378369490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733275816481882855.post-7355601065633883332015-08-11T15:46:00.001-04:002015-09-05T13:33:46.662-04:00Survivor Stories: Having a Successful Medical Marriage<style>
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After nine years of marriage (and 11 years together) my
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</span>Our close friends told us they were divorcing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were shocked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are the first of our friends to divorce,
although I sadly accept that they probably won’t be the last.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While we were not only shocked at the news of
the divorce, we were more surprised by the circumstances that ultimately caused
the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was a professional couple
that worked a lot, but they seemed to have a great connection and healthy
relationship during their limited time together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It made me wonder how anyone stays married to
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I started seeking advice from physician wives I
know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their answers to my questions were
so powerful that I expanded my interviewing to other seasoned wives willing to
take the time to answer them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I focused
on wives who have been married to their physician husbands for over 30
years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I felt that 30 years certainly
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Their insight was amazing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And with their words came examples of
hardship, frugality, adaptation and most importantly, independence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not only did it show me how possible it is to
have a loving, long-term medical marriage, but was also critical in showing me
how much MY attitude, effort, and commitment is needed to make this work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Given our blog post limits, this is just a
snippet of the interviews (one response per question).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The respondents are all anonymous so their
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Linda – “Internship was definitely
the hardest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the time my husband was
an intern we had 4 children one being a newborn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He worked probably 120 hours a week (no kidding!).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just learned that we had to go on with life
with or without him there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We ate dinner
at 6:00 and if he was there great, if not he ate when he got home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had to keep a schedule for the kids’
sake.”</div>
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Karen –“ I would say our
biggest support system besides each other would have to be our friends that we
were close with in the Emergency Residency program. Our family on both
sides was out of state and too far away to see much more than on holidays and
summers. So, our support system became our fellow residency friends who
were going through the same things that we were at the same time. We soon
learned that they were our new “FAMILY” who we could count on and go to in an
emergency. About 3 weeks after my husband started his new residency, I
had a miscarriage, and needed to go to the hospital. Since we had to
find someone to care for our 10 month old daughter quickly, we called our new
friends, a couple we had just met in the residency program a few days before
and asked if they could help us out with her while we went to the hospital.
They were our angels and came to our rescue that day in a time of crisis
and need, which was such a gift for us and our daughter. We realized that
day our new friends were our "new family” and to this day our
connection to these special people is a priceless treasure.”</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">SACRIFICE What personal sacrifice have you made for your
husband's career? Has this created problems in your marriage? How did you
overcome any resentment?</span></div>
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Susan – “Well, me not having a
career.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When my husband and I got
married I kinda knew what I was getting into, although we didn’t have a lot of
physicians in the family our next door neighbor was a surgeon and I noticed he
was never home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I kinda knew it was
going to be a rigorous schedule for my husband.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And we talked about that and I made the decision, we made the decision
together, that I was able to stay home with the kids.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And that was definitely a gift.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It didn’t create any problems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I accepted it, and had been in fashion
merchandizing which did not have great pay, and the next level would have meant
travelling and doing buying and I didn’t see that fitting into the equation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really wanted to have two or three children
and that’s a big commitment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Somebody’s
got to be there and frankly, now that I hear the stories after they had grown
up, apparently I missed a few things along the way – even though I was home
full time. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I can’t imagine what would
have happened if I wasn’t around.”</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">FAMILY PLANNING When did you join your husband on your
journey? What is the best time to start a family? What types of things did you
do to keep consistency in your family life? </span></div>
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Mary - “We had our first child when
he was PGY3 and second child when he was moonlighting while starting a new
practice. I have to give my husband the credit for keeping as much
consistency as possible. He insisted on "family dinners" every
night - whether in or out. I, on the other hand insisted on date nights
every weekend! Still do! I needed something to look forward to by
the end of the week. We employed local teens to babysit when we moved 30
minutes from my parents. We also took weekend trips alone - something I
usually planned --again, something I needed to keep sane.”</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">MARRIAGE Did you know what you were getting into marrying a
physician? How do you nurture your marriage?</span></div>
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Nancy – “My best friend's
mother was married to a busy general surgeon. She raised six children
almost on her own. She was a marvelous role model - a woman of grace and
elegance, who sat me down six weeks before my wedding and told me how he
wouldn't be around for most of the important things in our lives - and that if
I couldn't handle that without making him FEEL BADLY about it, I shouldn't dare
walk down that aisle. She told me he would already feel badly enough about
everything he would miss, and that if I showered resentment on top of that, we
wouldn't have a good marriage. She was right, and I recount that story to
every potential physician partner I've ever met.”</div>
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Patricia – “We are not
involved in organized religion, but we share the same values and desire to be
decent people. We believe in God, that people are more than just themselves and
part of something bigger, and we believe things happen for a reason that has a
greater purpose. Our faith is something we have in common and one of the
reasons we have remained in love. In other words, we admire each other’s values
even though we know we are imperfect and make mistakes. We’ve never doubted
that we are well-intended and that helps us approach challenges between us.”</div>
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to younger medical couples? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Patricia – “ My
advice is to realize that money represents different things to different people
and when you’re dealing with money you aren’t really talking about dollars but
people’s fears and dreams. Know what money means to your spouse… what it
represents (security, self-worth, social acceptance, freedom, etc) and then
work from there. Without understanding this, the potential for conflicts over
finances unnecessarily increases.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">FUTURE OF MEDICINE What are the new challenges for today’s
physicians? Did you or would you encourage your children to pursue medicine?</span></div>
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Linda – “I don’t think today’s
physicians are treated the same way as they were years ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are to many insurance worries for a
physician NOT to order to many tests because there is always the fear of being
sued.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There seem to be less physicians
so their work load is greater.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Would my
husband do it again…maybe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>None of our 5
children went into medicine because I think they saw how hard it was on their
dad, the hours, the time away from family, they see the money is nice but not
the hard work and pressure it took to get to this point.”</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">BENEFITS At what point did you feel like it had all came
together? What is the best part of being a physician’s wife?</span></div>
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Karen - “For me, being a
physician’s wife, has been and is an honor, with many more positives than
negatives. It is a mixed bag with many sacrifices and
frustrations, but also many blessings. One of the most sobering parts of
being a physician’s wife over the years is the awareness that because my
husband’s chair is empty at our family dinner table, somebody in the ER just
might be getting a second chance at life because my husband is there running a
CPR code, saving a heart attack patient from dying far too young, or running
the trauma room on a young accident victim. There is a certain joy in
knowing that because our Daddy/husband is gone from our dinner table tonight
and is working, that somebody else’s Daddy will be alive and will return to his
family’s dinner table next week.”</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">ADVICE Knowing what you know now, would you have changed
anything along the way? What lessons of life have you learned?</span></div>
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Mary – “Wow, a tough
one. Everyone has to live their life the way that's most comfortable for
them -duh!. For us it was being a couple, having a family, and just being
the true people we are. No faking it. You are who you are.
Medicine is not a glamorous job, but with it comes respect and admiration from
others. Don't abuse that. Make your marriage come first - you won't
be sorry. A lot of women I know put their children first above all else,
and end up with lousy marriages. I never felt that way. With our
kids out and on their own, you only have each other - keep up the fun, the love
and the sex!”</div>
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If you would like to read more, I have all of the responses compiled into an eBook
that is available for free on my website (see below).</div>
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Amber Stueven is wife to an EM physician and mom to two
little girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has a website for
physician spouses at <a href="http://www.drswives.com/">www.PhysicianSpouses.com</a> *not affiliated with LDW.
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09498209510842868609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733275816481882855.post-19350298686515863532015-08-08T01:31:00.002-04:002015-08-21T18:10:59.115-04:00"You know you're married to a Medical Student when..."Here we are! Gearing up for the second year of medical school. Where did the first year go? How did we survive it? No, really. <i>HOW</i> did we survive it?! At least this time around we feel settled and refreshed after (our last ever!) summer. SDrH enjoyed his summer research program and we got to spend almost every evening and weekend together...<br />
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<b>BUT</b> (Because you knew there was a "but" coming.)<br />
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But I'm already working on a mental list in my head. You know, the list in which you keep all the things that you plan to do when medical school causes your life (social, marital, and otherwise) to come to a screeching halt. So far, painting the trim in the bathroom and cleaning out my closet are in the lead. Fun! But you know what? This is not unique to me. I'm not the only gal #marriedtomedicine. There are 4,000+ women on the Lives of Doctors' Wives Facebook page who are right there with me or have been there before. And these women <i>knooooow</i>. And I know that they know that they know. So I recently posed the following question: <b>"You know you're married to a medical student when..."</b> And boy, did they deliver. Some are hilarious, some are a little sad, but the best part...they get it. Because #wecandohardthings.<br />
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<b>"You know you're married to a medical student when..."</b></h3>
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You start off your ER visits by explaining that your husband is a medical student and then apologizing.</div>
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Your toddlers start to wave and say, "Bye!" every time they see their dad.</div>
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You refuse to look at their computer screen for fear of seeing one of those really gross, disgusting pictures.<br />
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You have date night in the library.<br />
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Bacteria is suddenly much more terrifying and you spend a fortune on hand sanitizer and antibacterial wipes. </div>
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You spend part of your "honeymoon" at residency interviews.</div>
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You find a lump in your armpit and immediately assume you have cancer until he does an exam and reassures you that it's just a lymph node. </div>
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Your home smells like formaldehyde.</div>
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You break your toe on their massive copy of Robbins (true, painful story).</div>
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They fall asleep prepping for Step 1 at the kitchen table...at 4:00pm on a Saturday.</div>
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You quiz your husband on pharmacology between labor contractions.</div>
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You have the feeling of financial security twice a year...on loan disbursement days. </div>
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You get called the "best wife ever" by SDrH's classmates because you manage to go into labor the day of the big exam, but labor on your own at home for about 12 hours before he can actually get home. </div>
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When your main expenditure is coffee.</div>
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With every new class, you get diagnosed with very rare medical diseases that only happen in third world counties that you've never been to. </div>
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Every prayer by your kids includes, "Please bless Daddy that he will do well on his test."</div>
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You find a trunk full of bones on loan from the department of anatomy in your living room.</div>
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You think you are holding hands with your husband only to realize that he's actually studying the anatomy of your hands. </div>
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When you become the practice patient. </div>
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When SDrH expresses frustration over not being able to watch television in double speed like his recorded lectures.</div>
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Your 2 year old waves while dad drives away and says, "Bye Daddy! Thanks for coming to my house!"</div>
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When quizzing your husband, you find that you can't pronounce half of the words on the flashcard.</div>
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You have to institute a rule that all pictures from lectures are not allowed to be shown at the dinner table.</div>
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You get no sympathy when you're sick.<br />
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You randomly catch SDrH eyeing the inside of your arm and saying, "I would go in right...there!" as he pretends his finger is a needle and pokes your arm vein with it.<br />
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You don't need weapons for intruders because you have massive medical books. </div>
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Your toddler wants a working Otoscope for Christmas. </div>
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"Friday" is actually any day that he finishes a big test.</div>
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You're not allowed to talk about what you'll do when Step 1 is over because that means it's coming up too fast. The night before the exam, even YOU can't sleep.</div>
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You give up your walk-in closet to be his office so you can actually see him during the day.</div>
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Moving home was more economical than paying rent for an apartment you'd never get a chance to </div>
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He's worried you have a tumor every time you have a headache. </div>
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You attend more weddings and social events alone than as a couple. Eventually people stop asking where he is.</div>
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You learn to make Thanksgiving dinner from start to finish all by yourself because you can't get home to be with family...all because finals start the following week.<br />
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You actually get questions right when helping him study.<br />
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Your SDrH sends you and your sick 3 year old to the ER with <i>4 INDEX CARDS</i> fully filled out on both sides with detailed progression, symptoms, and a "diagnosis" to give the doctor.</div>
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You laugh hysterically when friends/family ask if you'll be available more than a week in advance. </div>
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You run into an old acquaintance you haven't seen in a while, tell them your hubby is a med student, and then dread the following question..."So, when is he going to be DONE?" Because then you have to explain match, residency, etc. and see the look of disbelief and/or pity in their eyes.<br />
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You splurge on Taco Bell for special occasions.<br />
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You go to bed and find your husband sitting on the bed with a skeleton that he has named "Yourick".</div>
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When you're about to *ahem* "get lucky" and he suddenly stops and says, "You have a lump in your right breast, put your hand behind your head," and proceeds to do a <i>FULL BREAST EXAM </i>in which he calmly (and correctly) diagnoses a benign fibroadenoma. Then he says, "Now where were we?" as I dissolve into tears thinking I have cancer.</div>
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Told ya. These gals <i>knooooow</i>. There's strength in numbers, ladies. Here's hoping this year is kind to you and your med student! </div>
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Natalie<br />
visit my personal blog at <a href="http://thehappyredhead.com/">thehappyredhead.com</a></div>
thehappyredheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02273831303637568389noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733275816481882855.post-4681718973756100922015-07-31T06:00:00.000-04:002015-07-31T06:00:05.390-04:00Work, Baby, WorkI didn’t start to hate DrH’s career until our daughter was born. We’d been together for six years—through all four years of medical school and one year of anesthesia residency all in the west. Now we were on the east coast for his final three years of residency. While we had always felt the inconvenient parts of him being a doctor in training, I never truly hated his job. Having a baby changed everything.<br />
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I grew up with two doctors for parents—one family practice and the other internal medicine. They practiced in my tiny hometown in Montana and took on celebrity status amongst its citizens. My dad delivered many of my friends and classmates. My mom kept their mothers and fathers sane and healthy. Everywhere I went I was told, "Oh I just love your parents. You’re so lucky." And I was. They were smart and could provide everything we needed. But I also saw how stressed they were at home and the energy they didn’t have for marital discussions, helping with homework, and decorating the Christmas tree. I knew how many hours a week I spent at daycare. In many of our home videos, my dad looks like he’s half asleep—because after delivering a baby at 4 o’clock the previous morning he probably was. I decided at a young age (as did my two sisters) to never be a doctor. I didn’t want anything to do with that life—the life of sacrifice at home to serve others. And then I met my wonderful husband.<br />
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When we started dating, he had already gotten into medical school. Right away, I shared my trepidation with him about the medical lifestyle. But he was a starry-eyed, first-in-the-family-to-become-a-doctor type and said he valued family time above all else and would never go into a specialty that didn’t respect that. And in addition to falling in love with him and knowing I would do anything to be near him, I believed him, thinking that my childhood experience was myopic—that the overworked, rural primary care physician wasn’t the only model out there. <br />
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And actually, medical school started to convince me that doctor training wasn’t that bad. Everyone told us to brace ourselves for how hard it would be. Throughout it all I just laughed to think of that, still do. Med school seemed totally doable! Being an independent woman with a lucrative job, I was happy to have my own thing going on and the space and time to meet with friends and do creative projects while he studied. We did date nights every week, went to concerts, and took little road trips on the weekends. He would study in the car. During fourth year we got engaged and traveled together for all of his away rotations, taking our adventurous wheaten terrier with us. It was a blast—a month each in six major cities, playing the tourists with our free time, planning our wedding, and visiting friends and family. I picked him up and dropped him off every day at work, exploring the city with our pup and doing at-home transcription during the days. On his days off, we sunbathed in San Diego, saw museums in Chicago, and strolled in New York’s Central Park. For the most part, we felt free and happy.<br />
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Then everybody warned us again: "The first year of residency is the worst." The dreaded intern year loomed after our wedding and honeymoon were over. Luckily, we matched for that year in the same city as medical school had been, so we were able to stay near all of the friends we had met the previous four years. I soon got pregnant and stayed busy working, planning for baby, doing home projects, and figuring out the move out east for the following year. Intern year flew by, and we were mostly still able to keep our date nights and sanity. Days off we spent at the pool or hiking and always felt rejuvenated afterwards. The best part was that DrH was truly free when he came home—no studying or applications or thank-you letters. We thought we had made it and felt like the next three years while financially hard—I was going to stay at home with our daughter in one of the most expensive cities in the US—would be emotionally and physically easier. <br />
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Wow, were we wrong! In October of this year, we welcomed our daughter into the world. Even planning for her birth was stressful beyond anything we had imagined. They wouldn’t give DrH any days off surrounding the birth, so we had to plan an induction for his vacation week (that he requested around the due date and thankfully got). Luckily I went into labor naturally one day before the scheduled induction, so he still had five days to spend with us in the hospital and settle us at home. We were lucky he had even that, and he was able to be with me through the entire process, which ended up being as wonderful an experience as labor can be. We had time to go to the first pediatrician appointment together and make sure our house was set up for our new leading lady. However, those days were over in a flash. The night before he had to go back to work, I thought he might cry (and I certainly did!). He knew once he was back in the hospital work zone, the sweet bubble of love we were creating at home around our new tiny family member would burst. <br />
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And it did in a way. As the early months of her life went by I started to get very, very bitter. It didn’t help that all of our friends and family were now thousands of miles away. But even had they been close, I wanted DrH home. He was missing so many things. I knew he had to work to support us, but did he have to work so much? Did his job have to demand everything from him? Our daughter was changing before my eyes every day, and he was only seeing it through my pictures and videos of her first smiles, motions, and baths. By the time he got home, she was often cranky and ready for bed if not already asleep. Besides, even when he was home now, I felt a huge divide of what I was experiencing and what he was. He was so tired and overworked on top of the debilitating fatigue of having a newborn that he was hardly able to participate in our family. Many times he would fall asleep while holding her. It broke my heart. I wanted my daughter to have a present and awake father, the kind I didn’t have growing up. Like my father, DrH was an amazing dad, sacrificing everything he could to make our daughter and me happy. But time and energy were two things he just couldn’t give because his job was sucking them from him. <br />
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DrH started to get bitter, too, so it made it hard for me to be supportive. When he complained about work, I was quick to agree and criticize it whereas in previous years I had reserves of energy and positivity. Before, I knew his dream of being a doctor was becoming more and more tenable, and I wanted him to succeed and to support him in it. Now I couldn’t see the positive side of it, and he really needed me to. He still loved the mechanics of what he did, but the workload was harder than anything either of us had envisioned for PGY2 mostly because his hospital had massively increased its caseload that year. He was doing his best, but he just felt he was falling behind in fatherhood. And he wasn’t even giving all he needed to at work. In every spare moment, he was supposed to be studying for his big end-of-year test, but he just wanted to play with his baby girl. He felt the constant pull of these two demands, and all his desire pulled him toward family. His priorities had changed after her birth, but he still had to provide for us. We both knew that this was what we had signed up for—that residency wasn’t easy and that he would still have limited family time. Even if we wanted to reconsider, we were in far too much debt now to do so! We often wonder how many doctors in training are in a similar boat. <br />
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Our daughter turns eight months old soon. We are thankfully sleeping more and feeling better about being new parents. We also know we are so fortunate that he has a stable job, our daughter is healthy, and we are making do. I remind myself every day that many people in the world don’t have that and that life is not easy for anyone! But I am still trying to find a new peace with his work post-baby and trying to get rid of the bitterness—mostly because it harms our situation more than helps. PGY2 is nearly over, and the months are flying by. I know that we will blink, and his last two years of residency will be over. Hopefully this will free up some family time. It is hard not to just dream of that day. But I also know that by that time our daughter will be two and a half—walking, talking, forming opinions and saying crazy things, most of which he will have missed because he was working. We say regularly that we wished the payoff were even marginally worth the sacrifice right now. He recently told me very matter-of-factly that if he had to do it all again he would have chosen engineering or even just a nine-to-five job. Maybe the payoff is coming. Maybe it will all be worth it in the end. Until then we will keep plugging away and trying every day to focus on the joy our daughter has immeasurably brought to our lives—to focus on the moments and love we’re gaining not missing. After all, life is only now.<br />
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CatherineLives of Doctor Wiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03561820117378369490noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733275816481882855.post-45953235802756881942015-07-28T10:00:00.000-04:002015-07-28T10:00:05.038-04:00Tasty Tuesday: Quick and Cheap<div class="MsoNormal">
I think my dad invented the 30 Minute Meal, NOT Rachel Ray
(if only he knew how much he could have made pitching that gig). See I am an only child. An only child that had a deep competitive
side and started competing in gymnastics at age 6, which led to 5 hour practices
every day of the week, which means I didn’t get home until well after 8pm every
night. My parents wanted to eat without
me and according to them, I wanted nothing to do with that idea. In fact I’m
still kind of like this; I HATE eating alone (yes I might have married into the
wrong profession). Therefore, my dad was
tasked to making dinner while my mom picked me up from gymnastics and I was
tasked with eating it as quickly as I could so that I would have time for
homework and a shower before bed because, yes, gymnastics practice started at
4:30am the next morning. Turns out, quick and cheap was a skill set I indeed needed to learn.
When my husband started medical school, I was tasked with finding a meal
that was not only quick to make, quick to eat, but also cheap to make. When residency came, I needed it even more
than ever (especially since I now had an additional two mouths feed). Down memory lane I went (and to the phone to
call Dad). Here are a few of our favorites (all meals based on 4
people)….</div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sausage and Mac N
Cheese <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<u>Ingredients:<o:p></o:p></u></div>
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Linked Sausage <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">1/2
bag LARGE elbow noodles <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">1/4
block Velveeta cheese <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Whole
milk<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Country
crock butter <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Salt<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Vegetable
oil <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Directions: <o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">In
large pot salt H2O and add a few tablespoons of vegetable oil. Bring water to
boil. Add 1/2 bag of large elbow noodles. Cook until soft but still have a
small bite. Drain immediately. Put noodles back into pot. Add one large spoon
sized scoop of country crock butter. Add milk until so slightly see it through
the noodles. Cut 1/4 of Velveeta cheese block into cubes and add them. Turn
stove on low-low/medium. Stir constantly. Pull off immediately. Either
boil or grill sausage links.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">*Note:
should be runnier than "normal" Mac n cheese. May need to add more
cheese or milk but don't add more butter to get the right consistency. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sloppy Joes and Green
Beans<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<u>Ingredients</u>:<o:p></o:p></div>
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1-Pound Ground Beef <o:p></o:p></div>
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1 Package McCormick Sloppy Joe Mix<o:p></o:p></div>
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1/3 Cup Ketchup <o:p></o:p></div>
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Garlic Salt <o:p></o:p></div>
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1 Cup Frozen Green Beans <o:p></o:p></div>
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2 Tbs Butter<o:p></o:p></div>
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Hamburger Buns<o:p></o:p></div>
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<u><span style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Directions: <o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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Brown the ground beef.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Drain Fat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Season with garlic
salt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Add Sloppy Joe Mix and
Ketchup.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mix well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Meanwhile sauté green beans with butter and
seasoned with garlic salt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Toast
hamburger buns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Place meat mixture
inside buns and serve! <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Tacos/Taco Salad<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<br /></div>
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<u>Ingredients:<o:p></o:p></u></div>
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Tortillas <o:p></o:p></div>
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Lettuce <o:p></o:p></div>
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Grated Cheese <o:p></o:p></div>
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1-Pound Ground Beef <o:p></o:p></div>
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1 Can Rotel Tomatoes (original flavor) <o:p></o:p></div>
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Garlic Salt<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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1 package McCormick Taco Mix<o:p></o:p></div>
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<u><span style="color: #1a1a1a; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Directions: <o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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One more year of waiting. </div>
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I can’t tell, yet, if it’s a blessing or an annoyance. </div>
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Hubs learned a valuable lesson from submitting applications
on the tail end of the cycle.</div>
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We get an extra year of saving and family time.</div>
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We have to face another application cycle, with more schools
and more wait time.</div>
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Hubs can take a class or two to help boost his GPA.</div>
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I’ve come to the realization that I am just along for the
ride. </div>
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If I try to force anything or over plan our lives, I always
end up disappointed.</div>
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The military taught me that within the first year of Hub’s
contract. </div>
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There is nothing more frustrating than putting all of your
eggs in one basket and staring at them as they all break apart and start
dripping on your lap.</div>
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While we were waiting to hear for any status change on our
wait listed application, I took to looking into every aspect of the possible
changes in our lives.</div>
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I was overwhelmed, stressed and on the verge of a breakdown.
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My problem was not that I was preparing, but that I was
hording all my eggs.</div>
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Damn that basket.</div>
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Things were piling up and piling up. </div>
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Life.</div>
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I wasn’t living it while we were waiting.</div>
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I was storing it for a time when everything would be settled
and decided.</div>
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It was a terrible way to handle being wait listed.</div>
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It took our entire family getting sick to snap me out of it.
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I was miserable, Baby was miserable… (Hubs wasn’t as bad off
because he worked 2<sup>nd</sup> shift and rarely tends to not really be around
the family as a whole. I can’t tell if he is lucky or not. )</div>
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I was ignoring the life I was living by obsessing this life
that could be.</div>
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The life that wasn't confirmed yet. </div>
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Nothing was set in stone and I was planning like it was
going to happen tomorrow.</div>
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I took a break from my obsessive compulsive need to look at
absolutely everything to help Baby get better.</div>
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I took time to invest in some time for myself. </div>
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I took the time to look at the stress and mental deadlock
that Hubs was in due to the exact same waiting game.</div>
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It was taking a toll on all of us.</div>
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I decided then and there that our family was going to treat being
wait listed like a ‘No’.</div>
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We were going to live our lives like we were staying put for
another year. </div>
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We were going to slow down and enjoy ourselves and each
other.</div>
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I was going to allow THIS life to overshadow THAT
possibility. </div>
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I couldn’t be happier with the result.</div>
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I haven’t stopped thinking of the future, I think I have
most of that sorted and stored for an emergency move, if needed.</div>
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But I’m excited to plan little family vacations for when we
get interviews we have to travel for. </div>
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One step at a time.</div>
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Positive, realistic thinking.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03428288634634956074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733275816481882855.post-22377435278330222272015-07-17T06:00:00.000-04:002015-07-17T06:00:04.149-04:00A Year of FirstsTwo years ago my now mother-in-law handed me a book titled "Surviving Residency: A medical spouse guide to embracing the training years" by Kristen M. Math. It’s an amazing read. I was 23 years old, seriously dating a medical student who was approaching graduation, talking about engagement, marriage, and a life that seemed like a dream. I had no idea what God had in store for me.<br />
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When my mother-in-law handed me that book, I tore into it anxious to know about what this whole "residency" thing was about. I made it to the preface and read this:<br />
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"The medical training years present unique challenges that test even the strongest relationships. Medical school and residency training require a commitment of time and emotional resources that can leave little room for family… Even with the 80 hour workweek rules firmly in place, many students and residents find that they are exhausted by the relentless cycle of stress." <br />
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Wait. What?<br />
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I stopped dead in my reading tracks. 80-hour work week? What do you mean 80-hour workweek? Relentless cycle of stress? Exhaustion? <br />
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I’m not sure if anyone else felt this way, but I can honestly say I had no idea what being married to a physician would be like. Sure, we’d dated throughout medical school and it sucked. We didn’t get to see each other very much, and I knew he was stressed out a lot, but I was never face to face with it because we lived 30 minutes apart. But I figured, shoot, once we are married, we will be living together and even if he works long hours, I still get to see him. Little did I know…<br />
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Then before I knew it…he proposed. <br />
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After about a year of wedding planning, our lives began to speed up. Within a span of a few months, there was Match Day, graduation, our wedding and his first day as an intern. <br />
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BOOM. <br />
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And here I sit a year later after celebrating our first anniversary and the first year of residency, proud, extremely proud, that we made it through. <br />
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Residency is hard. In the beginning I remember looking at the calendar each month, as my DrH would post his schedule and crying. Yes. Crying. There were rotations that I absolutely dreaded; two weeks of overnight shifts, call nights, weekend calls, all of it in new rotations he’d never experienced before as a Doctor. He was exhausted all the time, stressed beyond belief, and was scared to death that he might make a bad decision.<br />
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The first year of marriage is hard. I wasn’t used to being alone that much. I got to sleep in the same bed as my husband for about 1 month before his first night shift began. I had a lot of lonely nights and embarrassing breakdowns to friends and family. There were fights, abrupt changes of plans, and prepared dinner plates that never got eaten.<br />
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But there is a season for everything. And even though this past year was hard, SO hard, I can look back now and say, "We made it." Not only did we make it, we grew so close to one another. <br />
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One year of marriage is complete. One year of residency is complete. And there are so many more years ahead of us that the years we spent in residency will look so small compared to what we will have someday. So as we say in our group, #itgetsbetter <span style="font-family: Wingdings;"></span> <br />
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We established rules to fight by. We agreed to always be 100% honest with each other about our feelings, regardless. We communicate, we listen, and we pick our battles. We forgive each other like God forgave us, and we embrace the fact we are a team. We are going through this together, and we will make it together. <br />
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My DrH went from escaping to hospital bathrooms and breaking down over the uncertainty of his decisions to a newfound confidence in himself I’d never seen before. I watched him work so hard to be a great physician and an amazing husband. He kicked some serious butt, and I am so proud of him. <br />
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Granted, we are still growing. We are still experiencing our "firsts" as a married couple. But as most of you know, being married to a physician is hard work. It is emotionally draining, exhausting and stressful. And yet once you get your first "wins" together, you can start to look back and say, "We did it." <br />
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So keep doing it. It gets better sisters. <br />
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Love you all, <br />
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Lauren Lives of Doctor Wiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03561820117378369490noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733275816481882855.post-74160364801309334152015-07-12T13:28:00.001-04:002015-07-12T13:28:58.105-04:00SHOW-OFF SUNDAYS<b>LDW OFFICIAL FEATURE: SHOW-OFF SUNDAYS! </b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiouFvgBEy_fHMEK1DR6DsxW8ZIBuPkcPwr6sxaezrxC-3VgMWwBMzwuMdN7_6x-BaKAYWx_REQA_eajbe-aWkVRx5GO-JOj9w7LSmPHMRDQUnYHcz7Ww_DS_JVnmHBOvED0XHTM2vxn5Yg/s1600/11044642_10152670500161669_244607039723016479_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiouFvgBEy_fHMEK1DR6DsxW8ZIBuPkcPwr6sxaezrxC-3VgMWwBMzwuMdN7_6x-BaKAYWx_REQA_eajbe-aWkVRx5GO-JOj9w7LSmPHMRDQUnYHcz7Ww_DS_JVnmHBOvED0XHTM2vxn5Yg/s320/11044642_10152670500161669_244607039723016479_n.jpg" /></a></div>
It's that time again! Show-Off Sunday! Link up your blog posts, website, Etsy shop items, etc. This is your chance to SHOW OFF! We can't wait to see what you have been working on! Lives of Doctor Wiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03561820117378369490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733275816481882855.post-23120178883656655422015-07-08T21:23:00.001-04:002015-07-08T21:23:16.580-04:00five things I've learned as a resident's wifeI bet that somewhere in your home you have a shelf (or four) full of thick maroon books with embossed gold letters, with impressive titles signed by even more impressive names that represent everything your spouse has learned over the past year, decade, or lifetime, depending on where you are along the journey.<br />
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(In our house, there's also a small basement mountain of wrinkled handouts and brochures and journals, but it's not pretty and we do not speak of it.)<br />
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Well, I'm not sure that anything I've learned can be found in those fancy books, but I've tried not to allow my education to stagnate while my dear doctor's expands. Here's what I've learned, over the past three years (and eight days) I've spent as a resident's wife:<br />
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<b>1. I can do hard things. </b>Water breaks, contractions are a minute apart, and DrH forgot his cell phone? No problem; have him overhead paged and keep legs crossed until he gets home. Two-year-old splits his forehead open and for sure needs stitches, and DrH (again!) forgot his phone? Stop the bleeding, load Daniel Tiger on the iPad and the kids in the car, and head to the hospital. Good thing he's already there.<br />
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(Bonus lesson: when DrH forgets his cell phone, move heaven and earth to get it back to him before catastrophe strikes.)<br />
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<b>2. I am my husband's keeper.</b> Caregiver burnout is a real thing, and doctors spend a lot of time thinking about others and not much thinking about themselves. My husband forgets to eat, stays up too late studying, and doesn't always recognize his body's need to exercise. If I make sure he has protein bars and almonds stashed in his bag, that his light is turned off at ten, and I kick him outside to go for a nice long run every few days, he is much happier and his body functions better, which makes for a better husband, father, and physician.<br />
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<b>3. I may not be a physician, but I am capable. </b>We were at Costco during medical school and a gentleman there came up to us and said, "sir, have you considered upgrading your membership?" I told him that we'd considered it and decided against, thank you very much. The rep gave me a look, and again speaking to my husband, said, "and what are YOUR thoughts on upgrading?" My husband, bless his heart, said, "My wife already told you we're not interested. She deals with our finances so it's her call." I've tried to remember that as I've been talked down to and disregarded over the past few years (I'm looking at you, window company who wouldn't talk to me without "the man of the house" present!). I can manage our finances. I can hire contractors. I can differentiate between necessary repairs and upsell at the mechanic. I deserve to be treated with respect, even though I "only" have one degree.<br />
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<b>4. I need date nights.</b> Ideally, with my husband. We finally started feeling like we could afford to hire a sitter during his third year, and getting a night to ourselves every now and then. But if he's not available, I have two handsome sons who are more than happy to take me out to dinner, and if for some reason that's not an option, I can snarf some ice cream at night and watch Netflix. I just need little luxuries every now and then.<br />
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<b>5. It gets better; it gets worse. </b>Some parts of life are so much better than they were in medical school (a paycheck! A house! Kids!). Some are so much more stressful (a mortgage! Aging family members! Kids with a thousand doctor appointments!). But no matter where we are on the rollercoaster, we can still expect good things to come. I often think of my mom's favorite quotation: "this too shall pass."<br />
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There's more. I've learned how to change the flapper thingy in the toilet, how to clean surgical marker of most clothing, how to emerge from Target with most of my dignity intact while wrangling a tantrumming toddler. I've learned it's ok to serve scrambled eggs for dinner as often as necessary, and that there's no shame if your kid wears the same thing twice in a row because you didn't quite get the laundry switched over last night. I've learned to quilt, to refinish furniture, and to research my family history. And I've learned that as a doctor's wife, the only expectations you have to fulfill are the ones set by you and your husband, not by the "real doctors' wives of wherever" or your in-laws or your husband's co-workers.<br />
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And now I'm curious: what have <i>you</i> learned lately?<br />
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<br />Tasha Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08084911456184710346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733275816481882855.post-7430282883511709262015-07-05T10:26:00.000-04:002015-07-05T10:26:28.250-04:00<b>LDW OFFICIAL FEATURE: SHOW-OFF SUNDAYS! </b>
It's that time again! Show-Off Sunday! Link up your blog posts, website, Etsy shop items, etc. This is your chance to SHOW OFF! We can't wait to see what you have been working on! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghs8W_zSDaWS1E9hiuzQLbEmyFyhtn7VWQfg03U9XOT0zS_7pOz3tPVDivs2rNRak3DKWOY7iuEQ0bZMa4uyh-iwpnhn1x6BLICBjd16mqbDmUbnW3yCGfZDcNXbuDY1zXhyphenhyphenR0sNvoYXUv/s1600/11044642_10152670500161669_244607039723016479_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghs8W_zSDaWS1E9hiuzQLbEmyFyhtn7VWQfg03U9XOT0zS_7pOz3tPVDivs2rNRak3DKWOY7iuEQ0bZMa4uyh-iwpnhn1x6BLICBjd16mqbDmUbnW3yCGfZDcNXbuDY1zXhyphenhyphenR0sNvoYXUv/s320/11044642_10152670500161669_244607039723016479_n.jpg" /></a></div>
Lives of Doctor Wiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03561820117378369490noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733275816481882855.post-37650250435536068392015-07-03T06:00:00.000-04:002015-07-03T06:00:05.090-04:00Next Time your Doctor is Running Behind Schedule<span style="font-size: large;">I had an epiphany.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tonight Jake is working a 30-hour shift at the children’s hospital, so I spent an hour making dinner and 25 minutes of driving so we could enjoy a homemade meal together. Our meals are usually anywhere from 30 seconds to 25 minutes. Tops. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I waited on the bottom floor of the hospital for him to come jogging down the stairs like he usually does, anticipating our meager dinner and few quiet moments in the resident’s lounge, updates on my day and details about his. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Five minutes pass. Then 10. Sure enough, 45 minutes pass and my hot salmon dinner is no longer warm — and neither is my mood. Eventually Jake comes rushing down the stairs only to tell me he’s so sorry, but we can’t eat dinner together tonight. I had to hand over the meal and jet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">His young patient was out of surgery and not quite stable yet. He couldn’t waste any time and needed to get back to his room. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Duh. He was late for our classy hospital dinner because he was dealing with a sick child who needed him. Lots of children, actually. And worried parents. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For a moment, I had forgotten. I was only concerned about my time, my comfort, my needs and my meal.</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was grumpy that I had to wait, only to be turned away. And I bet you, too, get impatient when you wait in a doctor’s office. How dare the doctor make us wait, right? He’s just “in it for my money,” anyway. He’s out to get me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fallacy. (No one seems to consider how much medical school costs. And how many years it takes to get out of debt. Personal message me if you’d like details. And our W2.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Doctors put other’s kids before their own. They miss dinners with their pregnant wives, anniversaries, birthdays, sports events and baptisms. They commit to putting their needs second, working thousands of hours, studying for a million more — not to mention the lack of sleep and emotional toll of deaths and child abuse. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You may be waiting an extra 30 minutes for your appointment, and that’s got to be frustrating. I can’t speak for all doctors, but from what I’ve witnessed firsthand on the inside, the majority are doing their very best to give <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">every</i> patient the attention and care they need. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We may never know what struggles the child and parents are having in the appointment before our own, or what cold dinner waits on the doctor's table at home. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So let's lighten up a bit. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">By: Brooke Willardson Porter</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Check out Brooke's blog - <a href="http://atleastitsnotasingle.blogspot.com/">http://atleastitsnotasingle.blogspot.com/</a></span></div>
Lives of Doctor Wiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03561820117378369490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733275816481882855.post-64467610177823276862015-07-02T11:05:00.000-04:002015-07-02T11:05:27.335-04:00And the Winner is. . . <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: #eeeeee; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px;">
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Baby Blanket OR a Grey Alpaca Wool Scarf<br /><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Winners choice of two colors </div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Welch Allen triple- head stethoscope / dynamic blood pressure monitor</div>
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4.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Keurig K45 Elite Single-Serve Brewing System<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div>
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5.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>KitchenAid 7-Cup Food Processor with Exact Slice System</div>
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6. <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Ninja Food Blender</div>
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<b>Won by <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif;">Mary Corchran</span></b></div>
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7.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Keurig K45 Elite Single-Serve Brewing System</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Donated by: Li Khan</div>
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<b>Won by <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif;">Ashley Harris</span></b></div>
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8.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>State Wood Art</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Custom State Piece </div>
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10. <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Scentsy Warmer</div>
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11. <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Jamberry Mani-Pedi Pack</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Matching Nail Wraps and Application Tools</div>
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12. <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>21 Day Fix Program</div>
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13.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Lavender Apple Product</div>
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14.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Leather Studded Wrap Bracelet</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Bracelet in the color of your choice</div>
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16.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Medical Spanish Textbook Package</div>
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17.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Menstrual Cup *Brand New*</div>
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18. <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Le Creuset Cast Iron 2 Qt. Heart Shaped Dutch Oven (Red)</div>
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19.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Printable Party</div>
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22.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Paparazzi Accessories Fashion Fix Set #1</div>
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24.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Paparazzi Accessories Fashion Fix Set #3</div>
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25.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Younique 3D Fiber Lash Mascara</div>
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26.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>KEEP Collective Leather Reversible Bracelet</div>
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28.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Personalized Photo Book</div>
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31.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Lilly Pulitzer Wristlet Clutch</div>
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34. <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Stack of Books</div>
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36.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Princess Inspired Apron Dress-Up</div>
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37.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Baby Foot</div>
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38. <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Ultimate Body Applicator (“wrap”) and a sample of Greens</div>
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39.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Jamberry Nail Wraps (sheet)</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Donated by: Ashley Rodenkirch</div>
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41.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Sally Hansen Miracle Gel Nail Polish and Top Coat</div>
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42.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Wen Cucumber Aloe Re Moist Intensive Hair Treatment (2oz)</div>
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43.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Wen Fall Ginger Pumpkin Cleansing Conditioner (16oz) </div>
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44.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Wen Fig Cleansing Conditioner (16oz)</div>
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45.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Black Coach Wallet<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div>
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46.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Black Coach Purse</div>
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47.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Pearl Set</div>
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48.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>31 Picnic Thermal</div>
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49.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>32 oz Choffy french press and a 2 lb bag of La Espanola</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Donated by: Melisa Mons <span style="white-space: pre;">in honor of Assistance in Health Care</span></div>
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50.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>5 Copies of For Doctors’ Eyes Only</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Donated by: Larson Financial</div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Won by <span data-sheets-userformat="[null,null,575,[null,0],[null,2,65280],[null,[[null,2,0,null,null,[null,2,0]],[null,0,0,3],[null,1,0,null,1]]],[null,[[null,2,0,null,null,[null,2,0]],[null,0,0,3],[null,1,0,null,1]]],[null,[[null,2,0,null,null,[null,2,0]],[null,0,0,3],[null,1,0,null,1]]],[null,[[null,2,0,null,null,[null,2,0]],[null,0,0,3],[null,1,0,null,1]]],null,null,null,0]" data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Jessica Grant"]">Jessica Grant, </span><span data-sheets-userformat="[null,null,575,[null,0],[null,2,65280],[null,[[null,2,0,null,null,[null,2,0]],[null,0,0,3],[null,1,0,null,1]]],[null,[[null,2,0,null,null,[null,2,0]],[null,0,0,3],[null,1,0,null,1]]],[null,[[null,2,0,null,null,[null,2,0]],[null,0,0,3],[null,1,0,null,1]]],[null,[[null,2,0,null,null,[null,2,0]],[null,0,0,3],[null,1,0,null,1]]],null,null,null,0]" data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Kathryn Goel"]">Kathryn Goel, </span><span data-sheets-userformat="[null,null,575,[null,0],[null,2,65280],[null,[[null,2,0,null,null,[null,2,0]],[null,0,0,3],[null,1,0,null,1]]],[null,[[null,2,0,null,null,[null,2,0]],[null,0,0,3],[null,1,0,null,1]]],[null,[[null,2,0,null,null,[null,2,0]],[null,0,0,3],[null,1,0,null,1]]],[null,[[null,2,0,null,null,[null,2,0]],[null,0,0,3],[null,1,0,null,1]]],null,null,null,0]" data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Erika Pasquel Johnson"]">Erika Pasquel Johnson, </span><span data-sheets-userformat="[null,null,575,[null,0],[null,2,65280],[null,[[null,2,0,null,null,[null,2,0]],[null,0,0,3],[null,1,0,null,1]]],[null,[[null,2,0,null,null,[null,2,0]],[null,0,0,3],[null,1,0,null,1]]],[null,[[null,2,0,null,null,[null,2,0]],[null,0,0,3],[null,1,0,null,1]]],[null,[[null,2,0,null,null,[null,2,0]],[null,0,0,3],[null,1,0,null,1]]],null,null,null,0]" data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Ashley Quibodeaux Thurston"]">Ashley Quibodeaux Thurston, & </span><span data-sheets-userformat="[null,null,575,[null,0],[null,2,65280],[null,[[null,2,0,null,null,[null,2,0]],[null,0,0,3],[null,1,0,null,1]]],[null,[[null,2,0,null,null,[null,2,0]],[null,0,0,3],[null,1,0,null,1]]],[null,[[null,2,0,null,null,[null,2,0]],[null,0,0,3],[null,1,0,null,1]]],[null,[[null,2,0,null,null,[null,2,0]],[null,0,0,3],[null,1,0,null,1]]],null,null,null,0]" data-sheets-value="[null,2,"Nicole Woody"]">Nicole Woody</span></span></b><br style="background-color: #eeeeee;" /><br />
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51. <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Avita Wellness Gift Certificate</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1 month of free health coaching</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Avita Wellness</div>
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<b>Won by <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif;">Jill Adams</span></b></div>
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52.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$50 Target Gift Card</div>
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53.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$50 Target Gift Card</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Donated by: Rebecca Peterson</div>
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54: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$25 Target Gift Card</div>
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55.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$25 Gift Certificate for Littlest Things Boutique</div>
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56.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$25 Target Gift Card</div>
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57.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$25 Target Gift Card</div>
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58.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>AMAZING SCRUB Certificate (JoElla)</div>
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59.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The High Wire Shop Certificate - $30</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The High Wire Shop</div>
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60.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$100 Amazon Gift Card</div>
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61.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Mama’s Nests Jewelry Certificate - $50 or less</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Mama’s Nests</div>
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62.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Mama’s Nests Jewelry Certificate - $50 or less</div>
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63.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Powell’s Book Gift Certificate - $25</div>
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64.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Photographers Element - $150 Gift Certificate</div>
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LDW Giveawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05235811112293643792noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733275816481882855.post-50130928445620590722015-06-30T22:25:00.000-04:002015-06-30T22:25:01.858-04:00Tasty Tuesday: Happy 4th of July<div class="MsoNormal">
I can’t believe that July is here!!! I personally love
July.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Start of a new medical year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bright sun and blue skies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Swimming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Flip -flops. No school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Fireworks. Red, white, and blue. BBQ. Watermelon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fishing…. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seriously my list could go on forever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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This year my husband has off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know that’s a phrase we don’t get to say
often, but he’s studying for boards, so NO CALL.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This means I’m in “feast” mode.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bring on the BBQ. YUMMM!!! One of my best
friend’s dad used to make crock-pot brisket.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I know GENIUS!!! We are headed to the beach and I thought this would be
a perfect, somewhat budget friendly, and easy 4<sup>th</sup> of July meal for
the family.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Here’s what’s on our menu this weekend (serving portions for
4-6 people)…. Also check out the FB post about summer holiday menus (6/30);
thank you for the ideas ladies!! <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Crock-Pot Brisket</b> <o:p></o:p></div>
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Brisket the size of your Crock-Pot
(~5-6 pounds)<o:p></o:p></div>
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½ bottle of Allegro Marinade<o:p></o:p></div>
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½ bottle Liquid Smoke<o:p></o:p></div>
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Black Pepper<o:p></o:p></div>
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Garlic Powder<o:p></o:p></div>
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Salt <o:p></o:p></div>
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Cumin <o:p></o:p></div>
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*Put all ingredients into crock-pot
and set on high for 6-8 hours and then turn to low until ready to eat. Either
slice brisket into strips or shred it with two forks (my favorite because then
you can use it for brisket tacos and quesadillas late in the week).<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Sautéed Green Beans</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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1 Pound Green Beans <o:p></o:p></div>
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½ Stick butter <o:p></o:p></div>
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1 TBS Garlic Salt <o:p></o:p></div>
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*Place all in a non-stick skillet.
Turn heat on low medium.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Place lid on
top of skillet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sautee until beans are
soft but still have a firm “bite” to them. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Watermelon Slices</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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*Cut a watermelon however you’d
like!! Sometimes I just take a spoon to half a watermelon and start scooping
it!! This year I’m trying the Pinterest idea of cookie cutter shaped cutouts. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Chocolate Pie with Meringue</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><b>Pie
Filling</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Pre-Made Pie Crust <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>1.5 Cup
Sugar<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>½ Cup
Cornstarch <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>½ tsp Salt <o:p></o:p></div>
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4.5 Cup Whole Milk <o:p></o:p></div>
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6 Egg Yokes (only yokes)<o:p></o:p></div>
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4.5 TBSP Butter<o:p></o:p></div>
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2 ¼ tsp Vanilla<o:p></o:p></div>
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4.5 Squares of Baker’s Semi Sweet
Chocolate Squares<o:p></o:p></div>
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* The secret to the filling is that
you MUST USE a double Boiler (of course if you don't have a double boiler you can make one with a bowl and pot of boiling water).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mix first
three ingredients in the double boiler.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Set over Boiling water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Slowly
add in milk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stir well to dissolve (I
use a whisk the entire time).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Add in
chocolate squares (break them for easier mixing).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Continue to stir until thick and bubbly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then stir two minutes more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remove from hear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Add a couple of spoonfuls of the hot filling
to the beaten egg yolks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stir well and
gradually return to the filling mixture over heat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Continue to stir until bubbles begin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then stir another two minutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remove from heat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stir in butter and vanilla (make sure they
are mixed well).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Add everything to the
baked pie shell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Top with meringue or
whipped cream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cut pie with a cold, damp
chef knife.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Meringue<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">4 Eggs Whites (whites only)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">¼ tsp Cream of Tartar <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">2 TBSP Sugar<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">½ tsp Vanilla Extract<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">* Place egg whites and cream of tartar in a bowl and whisk (I use the
stand mixer with a whisk attachment).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Beat egg whites until soft peaks form and then gradually add sugar and
continue beating until stiff peaks form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Top pie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bake at 375* for 10-12
minutes or until meringue is golden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Make sure pie is completely cooled before cutting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hope you all have a blessed Medical New Year and a Happy 4<sup>th</sup>
of July!! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Stephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16065593115354091417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733275816481882855.post-18220689863541315002015-06-29T18:14:00.002-04:002015-06-29T18:26:17.708-04:00Med School, Baby! <div class="MsoNormal">
My last post was April 6<sup>th</sup>. In it, I said
something to the effect that at some point in medical school, God willing, we
would have a child. <o:p></o:p></div>
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What I didn’t know as I posted that, with what I thought was
a stomach ache from deviled eggs that sat in my mother-in-law's car too long the
day before for Easter, was that I would find out in a few hours that God was
indeed, willing. <o:p></o:p></div>
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DH was seeing patients that afternoon around the corner from
where we live and texted me to tell me he was leaving and would be home in 5
minutes. He didn’t know I was nervously wandering the house and trying to
breath. When I heard him open the garage to put his bike away, I went in the
kitchen and when he walked in, I told him we needed to talk about Christmas. He
was super confused and then I broke down crying and said, “because we are going
to have a baby”. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Am I scared of adding a baby into the med school, full-time
working mix? Uh, ya! Pregnancy in itself hasn’t been super easy so far. I feel
some degree of “not good” every day, even at 16 weeks. Most days that includes
a headache, horrible gas pains even though I am still thin, dizziness and
shortness of breath. I don’t sleep more than an hour at a time without waking
up, at least a little bit. I had a subchorianic bleed for nearly a month with
fears of another miscarriage (I got pregnant last fall and found out by having an early, painful miscarriage). I think about 3<sup>rd</sup> year which will
start around the time our little one is 5 months old and get a bit of anxiety. I
don’t want DH to miss out. I don’t want to feel overdone. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We will get through it though, like we do everything, one
moment at a time. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Medical school does indeed make a lot of things interesting
and different, but I can’t worry about what will/could be, too much. Instead,
here is what has been different about pregnancy so far being married to a med
student… <o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->We found out I was pregnant while he was in the Reproductive
Endocrinology block. You’re welcome, DH. Books and diagrams not needed, we got
the live act right here.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Nothing fazes him. Did he enjoy seeing blood or
watching me get the lovely probe? No. Did he even bat an eyelash at it or feel
grossed out? No. He would ask to see my spotting at times (TMI?) so he could
better monitor if we should contact the doctor, it was getting better, etc. That’s
love… and medicine. <o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->He palpates my belly for my uterus. He will feel
around my belly and tell me right where the uterus is. Handy, especially since
you can’t tell I am pregnant at all yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Has helped me really discern what is my digestive system revolting and
something that could be concerning.<o:p></o:p></div>
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to and I can’t lie about it. His last block taught him about listeria, what
pregnant women shouldn’t eat and how it can hurt them. He’s now militant about
it with me. Freaking A medical school, I just want a Blizzard and cold cuts! <o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->He’s not emotional at ultrasounds. He’s a sappy
guy at heart. Way more so than I am. I didn’t cry on our wedding day, he wept
like a baby (a manly, tough guy baby). You’d think that seeing his child on
ultrasound would get him all sorts of verklempt, but instead he is studying
technique, the computer program, the baby’s structure, the placenta, my
ovaries, etc. He still gets a little of the “oh look there is my kid!” feeling
and reaction, but he still kinda puts his “medical student” hat on when in
there. He doesn’t want to look like a total civilian.</div>
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Second year will sure be different than first year!
Baby is due on December 16<sup>th</sup> and the block final is on December 22<sup>nd</sup>,
which means we better hope baby is very late! Which then puts it being born
basically on Christmas, which is its own challenge. At least he will be on
break for two weeks to get me back on my feet, or at least a bit, before things ramp up again! </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14061556951379501424noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733275816481882855.post-35454556481886994072015-06-28T16:23:00.000-04:002015-06-28T16:23:05.107-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEYyW6-bg4VEi0TIE1y6Xs9xSKXPDqV9yGo2iGzfzNMyR_4Oj0oJyFgN6IlHGmK_ATv17Qa-G99ZR0xd9GSfP6LspwMof_IjHDvn60Gc6zOSHepKxoqaOqoUIKZNjDH7Srpbup1i5L9hLE/s1600/11044642_10152670500161669_244607039723016479_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEYyW6-bg4VEi0TIE1y6Xs9xSKXPDqV9yGo2iGzfzNMyR_4Oj0oJyFgN6IlHGmK_ATv17Qa-G99ZR0xd9GSfP6LspwMof_IjHDvn60Gc6zOSHepKxoqaOqoUIKZNjDH7Srpbup1i5L9hLE/s320/11044642_10152670500161669_244607039723016479_n.jpg" /></a></div>
<b>LDW OFFICIAL FEATURE: SHOW-OFF SUNDAYS!</b>
It's that time again! Show-Off Sunday! Link up your blog posts, website, Etsy shop items, etc. This is your chance to SHOW OFF! We can't wait to see what you have been working on!Lives of Doctor Wiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03561820117378369490noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733275816481882855.post-68432997336170085382015-06-24T22:42:00.001-04:002015-06-29T17:40:14.780-04:00ANNUAL LDW MEDICAL NEW YEAR GIVEAWAY<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px;">
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It’s that time of year again… the Annual Medical New Year Lives of Doctor’s Wives Giveaway! </div>
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While the rest of the world looks to January 1st as the beginning of everything new, us here in the medical world look forward to July! July is a huge month for us! It is often accompanied by new beginnings, especially for those of us who are closer to the beginning of the adventure! It’s can be full of many changes, including but definitely not limited to: possible moves, saying goodbye to good friends, meeting new friends, advancing another year in your medical training or medical practice, and a plethora of other emotions and life changing events that those outside of the medical world have a hard time understanding! The best part of LDW is knowing that you are not alone in this journey. There is almost always someone who has some words of advice and encouragement for what you are going through! </div>
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Because July is such a big month for many of us, each year in July LDW likes to celebrate the Medical New Year by holding a giveaway! Many generous ladies have donated some awesome prizes that can be won! All you have to do is enter.</div>
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First, let’s take a look at the rules:<br />
(These rules were copied and pasted from the rules from years past)</div>
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<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"></span>You must be a member of the Lives of Doctors' Wives Facebook Group</li>
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<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"></span>We will be verifying all entries, so please be honest about which requirements you choose to do on the Rafflecopter widget. You can log into it though your FB account, and then just read the directions, follow them if you so choose, and click on them confirm that you entered. It is a bit of work, but you are not required to do any of the for entry other than leaving a blog comment. Going through the other options will earn you extra entries and give our amazing donors a little love! </li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"></span>The contest will be open for one week, at which point we will use the Rafflecopter widget to randomly draw winners. Because the computer will be doing all of the drawing, EVERYONE in LDW is eligible to enter - including our donors, moderators and administrators. I don’t choose the winners, we just email them to tell them they won. We will email winners once I have verified the entries. If winners do not respond to our emails within 24 hours, they forfeit their prizes and another winner will be chosen.</li>
<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"></span>Due to the sheer volume of entries and prizes, you do not get to pick and choose your prizes. We will simply go down the list of available prizes. The first winner drawn gets the first prize on the list and so forth. If you do not want your prize, that is fine, but you will not get another one. You will simply be choosing not to win anything. I apologize for any disappointment that this may cause, but we simply cannot keep up with the requests and switching around prizes this year! </li>
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And now on to the donations! </div>
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4.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Keurig K45 Elite Single-Serve Brewing System<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div>
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7.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Keurig K45 Elite Single-Serve Brewing System</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>21 Day Fix, Shakeology Sample, and Program Support</div>
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14.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Leather Studded Wrap Bracelet</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Designs by Spring Lily<br />
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26.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>KEEP Collective Leather Reversible Bracelet</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Once Upon a Memory Books</div>
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32.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Adult Coloring Book and Colored Pencils</div>
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33. <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Philosophy Bath Set</div>
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34. <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Stack of Books</div>
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35.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Scentsy Bricks (3)</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Donated by: Lesli Swearingen<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div>
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36.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Princess Inspired Apron Dress-Up</div>
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37.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Baby Foot</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Donated by: Priya Raje</div>
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38. <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Ultimate Body Applicator (“wrap”) and a sample of Greens</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>It Works</div>
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39.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Jamberry Nail Wraps (sheet)</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Donated by: Ashley Rodenkirch</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Jamberry</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>www.ashleyrodenkirch.jamberrynails.net</div>
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40.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Younique Stiff Upper Lip lip stain (choice of any tint)</div>
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41.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Sally Hansen Miracle Gel Nail Polish and Top Coat</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Donated by: Lauren Richardson in honor of <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/ICSFoundation?fref=ts">www.facebook.com/ICSFoundation?fref=ts</a></div>
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42.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Wen Cucumber Aloe Re Moist Intensive Hair Treatment (2oz)</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Donated by: Clara Tsai</div>
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43.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Wen Fall Ginger Pumpkin Cleansing Conditioner (16oz) </div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Donated by: Clara Tsai</div>
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44.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Wen Fig Cleansing Conditioner (16oz)</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Donated by: Clara Tsai</div>
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45.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Black Coach Wallet<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Donated by: Clara Tsai</div>
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46.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Black Coach Purse</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Donated by: Clara Tsai</div>
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47.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Pearl Set</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Donated by: Janie Branscomb</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Sierra West Jewelers</div>
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48.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>31 Picnic Thermal</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Thirty-One Bags</div>
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54: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$25 Target Gift Card</div>
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55.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>$25 Gift Certificate for Littlest Things Boutique</div>
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58.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>AMAZING SCRUB Certificate (JoElla)</div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Mama’s Nests</div>
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62.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Mama’s Nests Jewelry Certificate - $50 or less</div>
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<script src="//widget-prime.rafflecopter.com/launch.js"></script>LDW Giveawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05235811112293643792noreply@blogger.com315tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733275816481882855.post-10084866106038267892015-06-19T06:00:00.000-04:002015-06-19T06:00:03.064-04:00Lives of Doctor Wives – Not Just Another Facebook Group<span style="font-size: small;">It all started when I was teaching 5th grade and a parent told me about this "group of doctor wives" on Facebook. Her husband was just finishing up residency at the time. They have three kids, and she clearly knew the hardships of the medical journey. I remember she told me how a fellow LDW member had gone out of her way to check out a rental in the city they were headed to for fellowship. I remember thinking to myself, "Yeah, ok. We'll probably never be in a position to need that." But I wanted to join the group anyways. <br />
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LDW Facebook group soon became my new addiction. I was caught numerous times sitting on the couch, snickering or dropping my jaw at something I was reading on LDW. My husband would say things like, "Are you on LDW again?" <i>No, I'm STILL on LDW.</i> "What are they saying?" <i>You wouldn't understand. </i>"Why don't you come hang out with me?" <i>Because there's a juicy debate going on! Or because I'm learning how to potty train our children we don't yet have.</i><br />
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Fast-forward to three years later, and I found myself searching for places to live where we matched. (But please note, prior to submitting our match list we had to poll the wives about how to rank our top 3.) I was now the one having Facebook conversations with a fellow LDW member regarding rentals in our soon-to-be residency city. She sent me links and information on rental options, along with the ins and outs of the city. Then she shared a coworker's contact information whom was planning to move out of a rental home. We traveled almost 7 hours to search for the perfect rental that we would bring home our first child to later that fall. It was a stressful time, as most rentals were being swiped up before we could even make our scheduled appointments. None of the homes we viewed were going to work out for us, except for the last one. It is the last one that a LDW member shared with us. It had not even been advertised as a rental. I sit in that very home right now, writing this! I'm not quite sure what we would have done had we not had this as an option.<br />
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Moving to a new city for intern year hundreds of miles away from anyone you know IRL (in real life-LDW lingo) is tough. Add on being pregnant to that mix, and things become even more challenging! Just one month after moving and getting settled in, I went into premature labor. This involved a multi-week hospitalization. Having no friends IRL yet, guess who was kind enough to bring me outside food several times? Yup, two LDW members I hadn't even met yet. Definitely a one-of-a-kind first impression when you're sporting a hospital gown, haven't showered in days, and cannot walk because you're so drugged. I must have sent a message that I was pretty desperate when one friend chose to deliver me fresh produce I'd begged for. The crosswords and magazines were much appreciated, as well! Our first date in the hospital must have went well. We are still friends today!<br />
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When I went into labor at 32 weeks pregnant, one of the first things I did in the hospital was consult "the hive" for success stories of babies who were born around that gestational age. I was overwhelmed with the amount of responses I received. Wives were private messaging me their cell phone numbers if I needed someone to talk to. I heard success story after success story that helped put my mind at ease. Our son ended up waiting one more month before making his appearance, and everything turned out okay. For awhile, though, we weren’t sure what was going to happen. When we arrived home, I was further blessed by other doctor wives whom I hadn't met in person or only briefly met. We received baby gifts in the mail and in person from fellow LDW's. It was so nice to know that they were thinking of us and excited for the arrival of our little one. Nothing can fulfill the desire I had to be close to family during the birth of our first child, but the extra sentiments I received certainly helped. <br />
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I am writing this simply to express my thankfulness for this online community. Although I may not be as active as I'd like to be in the FB group, I've certainly gained a lot through its existence. The medical journey is unique, and it is difficult to find other women who understand. It's even harder to find women who can give advice when we need it since they've been here at one point. And let's face it, LDW can be a good dose of entertainment! I think we all know why he begs me to "get off of your phone and spend time with me." He's jealous he doesn't qualify to become a member, nor have a group quite like this one. <br />
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If you are a LDW member and reading this, thank you. Thank you for listening to me cry over spilt milk. Thank you for your opinion on which outfit looks better on me. Thank you for sharing your embarrassing stories to make me laugh when I need it most. Thank you for all the tips and tricks regarding parenting and being a doctor’s wife. But most importantly, thank you for joining LDW to help connect me with friends and resources for a lifetime!<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><br />
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</span>By Kristen MaxfieldLives of Doctor Wiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03561820117378369490noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733275816481882855.post-87387408335839410262015-06-05T04:00:00.000-04:002015-06-05T10:20:39.491-04:00The Worst Decision I Ever Made <span style="font-size: small;">…was falling for a doctor. Anyone not married to medicine won’t understand how heartbreakingly true that statement is but will shame me for even thinking about not being by his side. But, come on, you know it’s the worst.<br />
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What a shame it was when we met in college as he studied molecular biology. He put up with my endless girly shenanigans and I faked enjoying working out because a few more minutes flirting with each other was better than anything else we could or should be doing.<br />
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How terrible when he had to move far away for medical school and I agreed to go with him because although no one had gotten down on bended knee yet, we knew an important question would be popped soon enough…and that the answer would be a resounding yes.<br />
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Oh, the misery of adding a research year (to be a more competitive applicant), walking down the aisle, moving in together, and seeing what all the fuss about marital bliss was! Those early years were a mix of interviews, newlywed nights, rank lists, and mister and missus days.<br />
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And then there was residency, which meant another move (but this time thirteen hours away). Just as the ink dried on his seven year contract…TWO pink lines appeared! And then disappeared. Too soon and just two weeks before he disappeared into the hospital for intern year. The wounds of the years that would follow still sting. <br />
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Work, work, work for him. Labs, tests, needles for me. <br />
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Baby? No baby. <br />
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Family? Friends? Nope. None of those out here either. <br />
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But there were plenty of hours…countless hours of him learning how to save lives at work and then us struggling to keep ours afloat at home. No one understood what we went through to help him live the dream of being a doctor while hiding the nightmare of personal struggles.<br />
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What kind of masochist chooses this life? Who agrees to move around again and again? Who supports a career that comes with so many strings? Who works this hard with this little recognition? Because no matter whose side of the family or which friend it is, everyone applauds his dedication and sacrifice but merely expects mine. <i>How can you not want him to succeed and do everything in your power to make it easier for him to do that? It could be worse, you know? Why are you the one complaining? You don’t work those hours; he does.</i> Because, of course, while he’s working I’m certainly not. What kind of monster hates her husband’s job sometimes…oftentimes?<br />
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And then…BABY! And baby! And baby! And, goodness gracious, another baby. And the hours at work went on and on. As our lives grew and changed, our responsibilities increased, but only my to-do list got longer. Take care of everything I need, everything he needs, everything we need, AND everything they need too. After all, he has to go to work. Those dreadful words always coming at the most inopportune times: I have to go into the hospital. Forget missing the big events and dates! That was commonplace at this late in the game. Now the small moments, the ones that meant nothing to anyone but me and him and them, were being stolen too. Studying for boards. Reading for cases. Prepping for presentations. Falling asleep ALL THE TIME. In fact, I still don’t know how that hilarious story about his attending ended because he only got halfway through the first word before falling asleep with a mouthful of the dinner I prepared for our family. Terrible decision.<br />
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That’s right. I learned to cook! And I’m kind of good at it. I also taught myself how to pay bills, do taxes, work in the yard, collect trash and recycling, balance schedules, not miss my career right now, make appointments for home repairs and health repairs, deal with two families who don’t really get it, take one, two, three, and four babies out alone, be an independent woman AND man, remember everything, and forget nothing. I learned it all, but he has the degree and the letters behind his name. Horrible decision.<br />
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The worst decision I ever made lead me to a life where I live in a lovely home with my four amazing children and their disappearing, zombie father. My partner is never fully present. Their daddy lives at the hospital. I sleep alone more times in a week than I thought I would in a year. Everyone we know cheers him on for the incredible work he does while barely mentioning all that I give to make it possible for him to succeed. So there are moments where instead of being grateful, I curse the stars for having me look up at the stud standing in front of me so many, many years ago. The explosion of my heart in that moment left me no choice but to begin my happily ever after.<br />
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But I stay. And I always will.<br />
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Because the worst decision I ever made looks at me with tired eyes, scruffy face, smelly scrubs, an empty stomach, a full bladder, an impressive brain, a strong will, and a thankful heart. He kisses me. He hugs me. And he calls me the best decision he ever made.<br />
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BOOM goes my heart.<br />
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And who could need more than that?<br />
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By: Soraya<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span>Lives of Doctor Wiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03561820117378369490noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733275816481882855.post-17752283292834560592015-05-25T11:55:00.000-04:002015-05-25T11:55:00.040-04:00Premed Perspective: The Application Wait<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">That’s the mentality that helps you to keep throughout this whole medical school application process.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">We.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"> After applications were turned in, a little message popped up.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">‘Congratulations! Your applications have been submitted. Now comes the hardest part. Waiting.’<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">We could hear replies up until 5-6 weeks out.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">The first response was a quick and definite ‘no’ at the end of week 1 into The Wait.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">It’s okay, because it was our last choice with a VERY small class number.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">The second we heard back from about 2 weeks into The Wait.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">It was an offer for an interview!<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">There was a lot of celebrating in the isle of a Target when DH called me from work to tell me.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Commence trip planning for said interview.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Praise the Lord for hotel rates given specifically for those coming to interview, otherwise we would have been out quite a bit of money… Not that it would have kept us from the interview itself.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Things went really great at the interview.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">DH always comes off as personable, responsible and professional, so we never worried about the interview itself.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">He came out feeling solid and confident in the impression that he made on everyone he met.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">The wait continued for a reply from the school.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">After 2 weeks we received a letter stating that DH was placed on the Alternate list for this upcoming class.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">He could be accepted up until 2 weeks before orientation.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Alternate?<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Is that different from a waitlist?<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Is he ranked in this ‘Alternate list’?<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">When would movement start?<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Was it common for a lot of movement from this ‘Alternate list’?<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">We have been trying to get information about it, but as you can imagine it is a little hard to get a hold of anyone, considering they are dealing with dozens to hundreds of people in the exact situation, asking the exact same questions.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">That means that until we are told otherwise, we are still in this eternal wait.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">The middle of week 3 of The Wait we heard back from THE school.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Our number 1 pick was a ‘No, thank you’.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">That was a bad call to get at work.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">With half of Our applications being turned down it was time for a little pep talk.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">This was not the end of the world.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Maybe it just was not meant to be.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Maybe the Lord has other plans for us.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">With half of the applications being negative, at this point it was time to talk about the possibility that this may not be THE year.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">If We don’t get into a school this year, We need to try to find out the reasons for being turned down.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">I encouraged DH to possibly call and get a little more information about why he was turned down. If it’s something we can do in the possible extra year, then we need to get that in the works and on the books. Being proactive about things is the key to getting things done.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Some people may feel that being persistent after being turned down is a bit pushy… I see it as being assertive, yes, but more determined than anything else.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Committed.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Once he emailed, he got a fairly generic response back.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">‘Continue shadowing, take classes to raise your GPA, consider retaking your MCAT to boost your score’… Those kinds of things.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">So that got us a ton of great information.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Not.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Our 4<sup>th</sup> school never replied to the initial application.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">We called and called to see if there was an error, or if something was missing, but never got a response.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Whatever.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">We believe, can pretty much bet, that DH’s timing may have hindered his applications this year.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Because of how late his MACT re-take was in the year, it put him submitting his full applications right at the deadlines.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">This choice may have cost him his entrance into medical school this year.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">It’s the nature of the beast and your impression on a school starts from that very first application.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">You have to assume that every little bit of information about the applicant is taken from the beginning, every action is calculated and taken into consideration.<u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">We have decided to learn from this and have turned around and submitted everything again so that he makes the early application timeline for the next cycle of applications.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Yes, that does mean investing more money into this process.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Yes, we still have a chance that DH will be notified of acceptance this cycle.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">We are just covering our all of our bases.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">If it happens that DH’s name comes up and we get the acceptance letter, we will rescind our applications for next cycle and start our journey.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Multiple application cycles are not abnormal, so our story isn't unique.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">The joys of putting your life in the hands of others...<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">There is nothing that you can do in the meantime.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">No amount of stressing or worrying will change your circumstances.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">So, we are continuing to just live our lives.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Enjoying the spring weather and continuing to pray for good news.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><i><b>How are Your applications going?</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><i><b>How many are prepping their families for the next application cycle?</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><i><b>Do you want to share helpful hints that you have for getting through this stage?</b></i></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03428288634634956074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733275816481882855.post-57551928582120137132015-05-22T06:00:00.000-04:002015-05-22T13:09:47.344-04:00I Call Shotgun<span style="font-family: Segoe UI;">Medical school is like a road trip. You know the destination. You know what mile markers you will pass along the way. You know what you would like to achieve. You also know that road trips have lots of unknowns. The same thing that makes the trip exciting also makes it very scary. It’s stressful knowing there is potential for break downs or getting lost along the way. It’s stressful knowing that you could start your road trip and realize you may want to turn back. Even with all of these knowns and unknowns of road trips, we still get in the car, fill up, check for the wallet, grab the camera and buckle our seatbelts, because we all know the best part about road trips is not the destination … it’s the journey. <br />
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Through our medical school journey, I’ve been lucky enough to have the shotgun seat since the start of the trip. My husband and I have had many stops along the way. We’ve traveled the entire ride with our two children (buckled in, of course), and so far I would say we’re still enjoying the road, even though it’s getting a little bumpy. <br />
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My husband is MS4. As those who have traveled this road before us know, what makes the fourth year exciting also makes it scary. This is the part of the trip where we endure audition rotations, interviews, big financial expenses, ranking and the match. This is the year where the title of Doctor is given and with that so are the responsibilities of that title. <br />
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Are we prepared? I don’t know… <br />
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What I do know is that we traveled a long way to get where we are. The best part of riding shotgun is knowing you had a major influence along the way. I’ve been right by my husband’s side when he first decided we were taking the medical school journey. I’ve been right there with him as he prepared for the MCAT, sent applications, interviewed, got accepted into medical school and moved our family across the country. <br />
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I made sure I tightened our seatbelts as we endured the long days of MS1 and MS2 always keeping my eyes open and looking for moments of encouragement. There really isn’t much that you can do when your spouse is studying for 16-18 hours a day, other than being supportive and making sure they know you are there if they need you. <br />
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MS3 was a great part of the journey, aside from the stress of the board exam. It was the part of the trip where you really get to decide how you’re going to move forward. What kind of doctor do you really want to be? What size hospital do you feel best in? Can you work with others? Can you handle the long enduring days of this lifestyle? Can you handle death? Can you remember what you are learning? Can you apply what you’re learning? Can you rely on others to help, teach and guide you? With each question, my husband experienced a bit of self-doubt. He experienced the part of the trip where you think "Did I make the right choice?" The answer was yes. We have traveled so far to get to this spot. It is now time once again to tighten that seatbelt and finish the trip. <br />
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We know this year will be difficult. My husband scheduled 5 away audition rotations and I am prepared to be a single mom for literally half the year. We have no intentions of celebrating the major holidays on the actual day this year. We don’t even know if we will be home on Christmas or sitting in a hotel. We don’t know if we saved enough money to pay for this year, we don’t know if the CV is good enough to get interviews. We haven’t decided on our top programs yet. We haven’t even started to think about the match. <br />
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One thing we do know is that we are all still in the car heading in the right direction. <br />
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When I was asked to contribute to the LDW blog, I thought, "Yikes, I don’t have any good advice." I went back and forth about what to write and realized every journey is different, and what I could bring to the table is the importance of enjoying the journey. Our children are 9 and 7, we are 8 years into the medical school process and we are nowhere near done. The only ride our children will ever have with us as children is the medical school one, so we want to make sure to enjoy it. <br />
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To all the medical school families on this road trip, try to enjoy it. Remember why you wanted to go. Remember where you want to be. Make sure you still take a moment at each stop along the way to be grateful that you have traveled this far. I know we’re grateful for the journey so far. <br />
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By: Kendi Judy</span><br />Lives of Doctor Wiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03561820117378369490noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733275816481882855.post-55329539125832211812015-05-15T13:00:00.003-04:002015-05-15T13:00:50.551-04:00It could always be worse.<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In May of 2013, my second-born was three weeks old and our house was annihilated by a hailstorm. We huddled in the basement as huge hail and glass-shattering winds swept through our home, tore shingles from our roof and shredded our exterior paint. We were ten months into residency, and still struggling to transition from the abundant loans of medical school to a tight PGY-1 paycheck. We went to bed after the storm had passed feeling like the unluckiest family in the world.</span><br />
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<br />I still panic during storms. The months of dealing with contractors as a new home owner, the stress of paying out the deductible on our homeowner's insurance when we were also paying hospital bills for our new baby, the nap times disturbed as our whole neighborhood reroofed, the whole process. It was awful. And here's what's worse: the day after our hailstorm, an F5 tornado hit Moore, Oklahoma, and twenty-four people died. The panic I feel now is less about the stress that we went through, and more about the fear of what <i>could </i>have happened.<br />Our anniversary was this week. Eight years, almost every bit of them wonderful and all but our first dominated by medical school or residency. The sitter was booked and our reservations were scheduled, and thank goodness we hadn't bought the movie tickets in advance because (of course), the day ran long with a trauma case added on, and my apologetic husband called to tell me we'd need to reschedule. </div>
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<br />Our poor kids, they couldn't figure out why I was crying. And you know, I got mad. I got so mad at that inconsiderate patient who just HAD to have something awful happen on our special day and just HAD to go into surgery to make my husband late. </div>
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<br />I'm embarrassed to say how long it took me to regroup sympathetic feelings. This poor patient, having surgery on a Friday night. And my frustration transitioned into something else. I'm still disappointed we missed our date. But it could have been so much worse. It could have been my husband needing surgery, or me, or our precious kids. I sat up waiting for my husband to come home. In the hospital, there was a wife wondering <i>whether </i>her husband would come home. </div>
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<br />A hailstorm is nothing next to a tornado, and missing an anniversary date can't possibly be compared to missing a spouse because you're in the waiting room and he's on the table.</div>
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<br />But. They're both bad, right? It's important that we allow ourselves those moments of frustration and grieving when our plans get canceled and our schedules are flipped on their heads and our kids are begging to see their daddy, since it's been three days. I am still so grateful that our hailstorm didn't spin into a tornado and that we were all safe, but while gratitude made the next six months of repairs easier to bear, it didn't make them fun. Residency is so hard on families, and just because there are paths that are harder (military spouses, I salute you!), it doesn't take away from the difficulties that we face.</div>
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<br />So dig into that container of phish food if your date gets canceled, sister, you've earned it. Allow yourselves a Netflix marathon instead of scrubbing your floors. And hey, if you're feeling really gutsy, don't cancel the sitter. Take yourself out to a movie instead. And allow yourself to feel disappointed. It could be worse. It's still not fun.</div>
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