A Lifestyle & Medicine Blog
Ugh, the dreaded weight scale. I recently returned to Dublin after almost three months in North America. Between studying for back-to-back board exams, working on residency applications, travelling and completing electives, it suffices to say that I have not been eating the best. All this time, I had managed to push all the weight-gain thoughts…
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I am sitting under the cool duvet covers of my Airbnb bedroom after a long, but awesome day on the Family Medicine Inpatient Service at the Mayo Clinic. After lathering up and washing off the hospital aroma (if you know, you know) with a wonderfully hot shower, I am sitting here in my cream silk…
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Ah, body image. The infamous concept that many of my generation (and those before & after me) have struggled with. With the strong emphasis of beauty over all other traits, the instant access of filtered photos, pencil thin models, and the generally appalling lack of diversity, its easy to see why self-confidence issues are as…
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Struggling to be productive in this predominately online, WFH era? You are not alone. I’ve been trialling ways to maximise productivity without feeling too much screen induced fatigue. It’s so easy to get distracted when you are sitting at home. So here is a list of my top productivity tips that have sky rocketed by…
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Ah, the dreaded USMLE… *shudder*. It is dreaded for a damn good reason. Preparing for this eight hour exam was the most gruelling experience I have undergone in my academic career. It really is mind over matter for this beast: a test of one’s endurance and mental fortitude. In this post, I am going to…
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I will be the first to admit that I suffer from some serious imposter syndrome. I’m not sure when this internal echoing of “you aren’t good enough” came into play (I suspect the years of growing up with horrendous acne probably did the trick), but it has been unwelcome company for a long time. In…
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This one is for all of you who are taking on the USMLE Step 1 in the near future! For a FULL STEP 1 debrief, keep your eyes out for my blog post coming out in a few days (it is taking me quite some time to compile all of my thoughts for that one,…
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Ah, acne….the bane of my existence. The one part of my life that I just cannot seem to tackle. I feel like I have been in a decade long tennis match with an opponent who never gets tired. You see, since the wee age of 12, cystic inflammatory acne has been my unwelcome company, creeping…
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It all began October 8th, 2018. I had gone for dinner the night before. I woke up feeling sick to my stomach with my head pounding: the classic food poisoning picture, nothing major to stress over. I skipped school that day, deciding to take it easy, indulging in fizzy drinks and relying heavily on Gravol (the…
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An open letter to anyone who believes being an IMG (International Medical Graduate) and doing medicine abroad is the easy way out, Let me tell you my dear, I wish being an IMG was simple. But it simply is not, it is frustrating. You constantly have to have your elevator pitch of why you went abroad ready…
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SINCERELY MILLIE 