The Return Of The Phoenix

I’m back! Older, hopefully a little wiser, ego just a little deflated(that comes with age, right) and with a ton of facial hair that when out together could probably rival Uncle Vernon’s moustache.

I know. You really didn’t need to know that. I can practically hear y’all yelling TMI!!

But it wouldn’t really be a post from the Phoenix without a Harry Potter reference now, would it? 😉

Where was I all this while? Trying not to drown among the zillions of medical textbooks. Passing my final year exams. Finishing my one year of compulsory rotations.

So. I’m officially a doctor. One that has seen a pandemic in her very first year of getting prefixed.

Now the good news is that my family, extended family and neighbours that have sprouted out of nowhere suddenly seem to think that I’m worth something . That I might actually know my stuff.

And that’s what I thought too. But honestly, in just one year of internship, I have REALLY, TRULY come to realise exactly how vast medical science is. Exactly how unpredictable it can be. How just a second could mean the difference between life and death. How pulling 56 hour shifts is no biggie in our country.How sexism is very much rampant, even amongst people in this noble profession. How preheld prejudices can very much affect our decisions and thereby outcomes.And I’ve also seen the ugly side, forcing me to take off my rose tinted glasses. But more on that later. I’ll be detailing this in a separate Med School page.

So I’m back. For better or for worse, I have no idea. I even toyed with the idea of pulling down this blog and creating a new one from scratch. Very nearly did too. But then I realised, that all this, all these posts, all the experiences, are very much a part of me. Even the funny, humiliating ones. Even the posts I chose to repost. So there’s no point in just uprooting yourself and planting yourself in a new plot, because the battlescars are what add to your story. These are what make you unique, what make you different from everyone else.

Hopefully, I’ll be able to be a bit more regular from now on. 😀 Can you guys believe this blog has been here since 2014?!