Going to Seattle for the SHEA/CDC Training Course proved to be very tiring. I flew JetBlue and had no flight delays or mishaps with the exception of a $7 blanket offer and lack of peanut snacks as someone on the plane had a severe nut allergy. I flew on late night flights to and fro, spent […]
I Don’t Like It Here!
Lately, I’ve been thinking of what it means to be a woman in terms of having a career, gender roles, and childbearing and I don’t like it. Several articles and unsolicited comments have set me on this path, namely a recent article titled Women Doctors: Waste of Money? in BusinessWeek that is actually based on […]
Dear Friends, Thank You
Dear Friends, I just wanted to thank you so much for your thoughts of me on my birthday! My room-mate apparently spread the word that I was in a “bad mood” – like when am I not in a moody state? Anyway…. I got SLAMMED with consults at work on Friday. SLAMMED! No, I don’t […]
End of Residency
It’s almost too good to be true and although I’m still in training pursuing a fellowship, the end of residency is a major milestone. We had a graduation ceremony about a month ago. A lot of spouses, fiances, significant others and children were around. Just a sprinkling of parents and siblings though. The graduation ceremony was […]