We’ve been on a road of neurons and the connections their axons make. A road filled with the cranial nerves, stroke consequences, brain tumors, and psychiatric disorders. Everything brain. A rhythmic pulse of a beating heart. A rise and fall of expanding lungs. Tears of joy, ecstasy, sorrow. A decision to choose. To say yes…… Continue reading Keep Going
Category: Medical School
A Story
Once a month, at the Swallow Hill Music Hall in Denver there is a gathering of people. To listen to strangers share their fears, accomplishments, comedy, sadness, and adventure. It’s beautiful to watch someone walk up on stage, brave enough to speak out loud some of the most vulnerable details of their lives. This is…… Continue reading A Story
Welcome to Phase 2
Last Monday morning, Carley drove up to my house and handed me a pink T-shirt. The back read, “Camp CU SOM” and featured an image of a fire amongst the trees. We were headed for Estes Park, Colorado where we would help welcome 184 new students to the first phase of their medical education. Contrast…… Continue reading Welcome to Phase 2
A Week in the Life
The last few months have been BUSY, but we just finished up and I am officially a second-year medical student! I’ve recently had several people ask me what it’s like in med school – how do we spend our time and whatnot. Sometimes it’s hard for me to imagine [remember] what life was like before…… Continue reading A Week in the Life
Capitol Reef National Park, Utah
Home to dust, cacti, and rocks. Capitol Reef National Park is a little know plot of land stuck between Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and Canyonlands National Park. Southern Utah is filled with a collection of canyons and desert and starry night skies. This was our destination as we hit I-70 early one Saturday morning to…… Continue reading Capitol Reef National Park, Utah
Perspective//
In a brief moment above the water, I thought I would take a breath of air before plunging back under. We started back at school on January 2nd. Winter break was the most relaxing, yet busy, two weeks. I managed to go yo-yo skiing, backcountry skiing, watch an absurd amount of the Crown and get…… Continue reading Perspective//
I’ve Lost My Wisdom
Hey, I know it’s been a while. These last two months have been humbling and exhausting and I haven’t had much energy to write. During this first semester of medical school, I’ve learned the entire human body, a multitude of rare genetic disorders and the molecular basis of disease. It was a little bit…… Continue reading I’ve Lost My Wisdom
I Am Thankful
How often do we utter those three words? How often do we say out loud, or write down, “I am thankful because of…”? I would argue, not enough. Mostly because I’m guilty of it. Our days are busy, they might feel hard and overwhelming. We might not feel like we have anything to be thankful…… Continue reading I Am Thankful
Monday Night Update
People say that time flies when they’re having fun, but I know [without a doubt], that whoever first spoke those words has never tried to learn a semester’s worth of material in 2 weeks. Time seems to pass these days according to my exam schedule – and yes – we recently learned my entire fall…… Continue reading Monday Night Update
A New Rhythm
Human Body Block [aka Gross Anatomy] lasts 9 weeks. At the beginning it seemed like the block would take forever. I remember thinking to myself, “how will I ever make it through this?” Somehow, I’m making it through this. We are two tests down, with roughly 3 weeks left and one more exam. The days pass…… Continue reading A New Rhythm
