A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.
-Hippocrates
Last time I updated, I mentioned that I’ve been sick recently. What I failed to mention was what happened. Well, even though it’s a little embarrassing, I’m going [...]
Entries Tagged as 'MS-0'
On Being A Patient
July 14th, 2008 2 Comments
Tags: antibiotics · brown recluse · diarrhea · HIV/AIDS · illness · medications · MS-0 · panic attacks · side effects · spider bite · thrush
The looming specter of financial aid
June 26th, 2008 3 Comments
So, I finally got my financial aid package all sorted out the other day. I’ve officially signed away my life.
It makes me want to cry.
This is what makes med school real. Not the acceptance and the accompanying promise of a (potentially) rewarding career. No. What makes it real to me is the fact that now [...]
Tags: financial aid · MS-0
The Mailman Cometh (Redux)
June 16th, 2008 1 Comment
I got another huge envelope the other day. Still no financial aid package. No super-slick magazine this time, either. Nope, this time, it was all business. Dozens of pages instructing me to fill out this form or that form, get this or that signed by a doctor, etc.
I understand that the [...]
Tags: crap I have to do before starting med school · mail · whining
The Mailman Cometh…
May 30th, 2008 2 Comments
So, I checked my mail the other day, and slipped in between a solicitation to apply for a credit card with a $10,000 limit (who do they think I am?) and the monthly electricity bill, there was a slim little envelope from my medical school. Upon seeing it, my mind immediately set out to [...]
Tags: finacial aid · MS-0 · scholarship
The joy and the agony of MS-0
May 22nd, 2008 No Comments
Last night I got a big packet from my med school. They send one out around the same time every month, and even though I keep expecting it to be my financial aid notice, it’s usually just a promotional magazine about how super-awesome their cancer research center is, or something about how their alumni [...]
Tags: MS-0 · summer plans
Let The Countdown Commence…
May 13th, 2008 No Comments
Holy crap. Where does the time go? This time last year, I was nervously preparing to take the MCAT, and now, here I am, posting to my med school blog about how I’m nervously preparing to begin med school. What a difference a year makes.
So, it’s now May 13th. That means [...]
Tags: Countdown · Pre-med · summer plans · wrapping up
