A Lifestyle & Medicine Blog
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, 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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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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I would be lying if I said that I didn’t ever feel self-doubt about choosing medicine as my career path. Sometimes it feels like an all too regular visitor. I suppose that’s par for the course when you’re dedicating over a decade of your life to mostly work and little play. You have to sometimes…
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I’m sitting in a beautiful coffee shop called Neighbours in my sister’s trendy Calgarian neighbourhood. This is my very first time blogging and I have to say it feels a little weird being this vulnerable and open. Yet while I look around at all the cute couples having coffee on this early albeit beautiful Sunday…
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SINCERELY MILLIE 