Update and Starting Again

I haven't forgot about this blog, I simply have been trying to heal up and get my health together over the past 8 months.  Much easier said than done.  Since posting I have had another surgery in September, studied and passed my Step 2 (written portion only).  And now I am gearing up to begin rotations again.  I start with Family Medicine that is only 20 minutes away from my house.  I am excited.

I am very excited yet very nervous.  I know that going to school, having a routine, and doing things with purpose in live will be very helpful mentally.  In my mind I am very ready to get back to learning medicine.  It will be great.  One thing that may be difficult is physically being able be busy all day.  Not only have I been off for 8 months, but have become so deconditioned, it will take some time and effort to build up stamina to get through my day without getting very tired.  It is nothing I can't handle as I was way worse in June when I had to stop school.  When I took time off I thought that by now I'd be hopping around all geared up to hop right back into life.  Instead, I am proceeding with cautious optimism.  I have to be optimistic that my hip will heal up and that I won't hurt the rest of my life.  I has to happen, at least to a point where I can live life.

So I am starting with Family Medicine for a month and then Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation for two weeks.  After this I am really hoping to get Sports Medicine, Pain Management, or Rheumatology. We will see what we can set up.  I still have to do General Surgery and Emergency Medicine (which have proved to be very difficult to schedule up until now).  It is super exciting to get back to what I had intended to do for the last year.

Since I will get getting back into my medical education, I will start to update more often.  I have many different things that I have had to deal with since being off, many realizations and changes with how I view education, friends, careers, and life in general.  I hope to incorporate these views and realizations into the blog in the near future.  Until then...I'M BAAAACK!