Articles by Iria
I took this test that is going to decide if I can become a doctor or not.
One test. One shot.
If I fail I won't be able to move on.
I don't know what I will do. When I imagine the very real possibility that I might have failed the despair encompasses everything.
What will you guys...
Before Eric left for England he gave me his cat to watch over. At first I was a little put-off by this because she was never really that warm with me and I didn't want the responsibility.
Slowly though, I grew to love Annie. Even though she has a silly human name and takes forever before she...
He left on Thursday. An unknown future for him, me, and us.
The hardest day was that first one after I dropped him off at the airport. I stood watching the crowd after he disappeared into it and wished that I was one of them; going somewhere instead of staying behind. Looking towards an...
Today I turn 26, officially ending the first quarter of my life. During this time of tumult and apprehension I have become consumed with questions about the future. Maybe it is a quarter life crisis, maybe all people my age feel uncertain and anxious, or maybe it is just the result of recent...
All night I have been drawing all these comparisons between what I consider real pain, and my own. In the world there is famine and disease and poverty and loss. I have a roof over my head. I have security. I am privileged to study such an amazing craft. I have family and health and internet...
My mom used to say that no man is an island. That everything you do affects the people around you. And that they likewise affect you. Good or bad, everything is connected. It makes sense. But there have definitely been points on this journey where I have felt completely alone. An island on its...
?Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate,
but that we are powerful beyond measure?
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This blog may be a little self interested so be warned lol. Normally I am not one to say a lot of good things about myself. For the longest time I feel...
I think its all going to be ok.
Or maybe thats just the happiness I am still feeling after finishing Pediatric Endocrinology. Feels good man.
At the end of my presentation this morning the attendings told me I was one of the best students they have worked with and that they would be...
Family Medicine came and went in a blur. 6 weeks divided into 2 weeks In-Patient service and 4 of Out-Patient. I felt that this is what people think of when they romanticize what means to be a “doctor.”
The family practice physician sees patients of all ages, both genders, and all levels of...
What are you afraid of? Pick your poison, medical school has it.
Afraid of meeting new people? Not just patients, every few weeks when you change rotations, shifts, teams, services you are constantly meeting groups of new people in this line of work. The reason most people are afraid of...
From The River
You know a dream is like a river
Ever changing as it flows
And a dreamer is just a vessel
That must follow where it goes
Trying to learn from what's behind you
And never knowing what's in store
Makes each day a constant battle
Just to stay between the shores
And I...
If it is true what they say, that people have moved their faith in religion to faith in medicine (which seems a likely hypothesis when you consider it) does that mean that we are the new Gods?
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I know, I know, I signed up for this. I applied to...
It occurs to me that I never explained what this year is all about.
This is how I attempted to explain "rotations" to Shodai:
In the clinical year of medical school, students partake in what are called "rotations" or "clerkships"
A rotation is the time you spend on various services of...
Ana and Zara were two of the medical students on call with me last night in the trauma pit. I didn?t really know these girls particularly well before last night, but the Emergency Department and 24 hours of sleepless patient tending makes for fast friends.
In the interlude between Airlife...
So shit just got real on Pediatric Surgery
If anyone sees sunny around tell him I said thanks for suggesting I take this elective :angrywife
The hospital I am working in for this rotation is this old private Catholic hospital in downtown SA called Christus Santa Rosa. Its very Catholic...
So my attending decided to play match maker or something today.
I was sitting reading when she walked up to me and said "theres this patient in the interview room and I want you to talk to him. He's your age and seems really bright but he just has all these substance abuse issues that are...
Have you ever felt such despair that you don't see a way out?
I think every single day of this clerkship someone has come in with what we call "suicidal ideation." We count all these variables and ask them all these questions in order to assess their risk of actually going through with the...
Our clerkship director said that the secret to a successful first day of anything is simple. That if you learn the secret to the first day you'll do well in the medical field.
See, in medicine there are a ton of first days. First for each clerkship this year. And next year another crop of...
this one has 100% more angst lol :sag
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