Category: Day by Day

Sleep Hygiene

Happy Monday, and welcome to Medical Mondays!

I feel like I’m extremely unqualified to tell you about sleep hygiene because medical students are notoriously horrible when it comes to sleep hygiene. Or really just healthy living habits in general. I think the only group that trumps us may be 1st-year residents/interns. …

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Day in the Life: OB/GYN

My preceptor is a total foodie. He may actually love food more than I do(?!). (This is how I knew we’d get along from the start.)

Life is, in short, wonderful, which is especially welcomed because I don’t know if you could glean from my last post, but…childbirth is not my thing. I …

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5 Things I’ve Been Told For Not Wanting Kids

Whether or not a woman wants to have children is apparently a really controversial topic. I’ve never understood this, because I fail to see the why and how.

Is it anyone’s business other than my own when it comes to whether or not I want to bring forth life into this world?

I’d like to …

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2015 North Carolina Family Medicine Day

Happy Monday, and welcome to Medical Mondays! I’m taking a tiny break from health topics to talk about an event my friend and I went to the weekend before this past one–the 2015 North Carolina Family Medicine Day! (I’m linking this up with Her Heartland Soul for Weekend Snapshots!

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Reflections on General Surgery

….Weirdly enough, this has been one of my absolute favorite rotations so far (here’s what a typical surgery day was like for me)!

F: I’m really surprised about how much I loved this rotation. I’m so sad that it’s already ended! :[ The weeks flew by! …

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