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Friday, August 05, 2011
Got the most heart-warming evaluation from Dr Towbin. I couldn't help but smile deep inside, and feel so tremendously touched.
I have grown so much. It's crazy to think I'm down to my last year in my medicine residency!
Bumped into Ashwin, who was a third year when I was an intern- He is now into his 2nd year of renal fellowship, whilst I'm now a super senior on the floors (*lol*). He said 'Can you believe it? You're almost done, Sueyi!'. I responded excitedly "I know! I was a baby when I started, I've grown up!", and he laughed.
Time does fly. I wrote to the 3 sisters at home telling them to enjoy school, enjoy learning. So that when they enter the workforce, they can instead focus on building rapport with people around them, and on growing up, and learning on developing their interpersonal skills.
I am contented. I can't ask for more, I've been really lucky :) *thank you*
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Monday, August 01, 2011
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I'm feeling mentally exhausted. Also, for some reason, emotionally drained. Lsat night, I slept over at my best friend's place- and we talked for 3 hours straight til 3am. We've all been overworked and overwhelmed from happenings at work- and have not caught up for a long time.It was really therapeutic and soul-fulfilling. Today, we celebrated Pat's birthday at Lillie's Q, and Roselyn, Fareed joined the 4 of us for ice-cream and iced coffee. I was just really happy, it was serene, low-key but just what I needed. It was medicine for my soul. My friends - whom I have not seen for months. Last night, Tarek and I sat together at Palak's house party and just talked away- about life, relationships, family- our lives revolve so much around our work, because we spend so much time at work, that a lot of sacrifices are made in other parts of our lives inevitably. And the sad thing about it, is that the people who are not in medicine whose lives are intertwined with ours, will also have to understand that - and will need to know that if they'd like to be a part of our lives, they'll also have to sacrifice -a lot. This fact has hit even more recently with me pulling more than 85-90 hours per week for the last month. I'd barely stepped out of my apartment if I'm not in the hospital. It's hard not to feel consumed by medicine, but the irony is that, although we complain about working so hard, working such long brutal hours- we love our jobs. We love what we do. I guess the hard part for me now, is to learn how to juggle having a normal life outside of medicine, and putting in effort to spending time with people outside of work, people who care for me, people who've been there for me.
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