End of MSII

Today is Friday. There is officially one week left of MS year II. I can hardly believe we have reached the half way point and now we have to start thinking about away rotations and residency! Mark has scheduled his exam for the end of June in our home town. We'll be staying with my parents so that I can have help with the kids while he is out 8-5 studying. Being the "think into the far future" "plann-er ahead-er"of the relationship I have already printed out some instructions and requirements for away rotations.

Any suggestions on how to research away rotations? Is it possible that they could harm you more than help you for residency??

How It Started

I graduated from nursing school in 2005. I had been married to my best friend from high school for a year and a half. He was applying to medical school for the first time. When he didn't get in anywhere he applied again for the following year as well as to graduate school for engineering. During that year of waiting to receive interviews we got pregnant with our first child who would be due in the Fall of 2007. When we hadn't heard that he'd been accepted anywhere by March of 2007 we thought he would definitely be doing engineering. We'd live 30 minutes from both of our parents while he went to school for his masters. I could keep working at my same job and have my parents watch the baby when he was born. We had things figured out.

In April we got a letter..."we'd like to interview you for medical school, blah blah blah."  An interview? In April? That was a late interview! He went. He interviewed and time passed. We didn't hear a thing until June 18th when I answered the phone call saying Mark would start medical school in two months. Yikes!

Within a month we were moving to a new state. I had to find a new job. We had to find a new church. AND!! I had to find a new doctor whom I liked to deliver our baby when I was already twenty something weeks along. We were very excited, but a little nervous too.

Now here we are in 2009. Mark is a week away from being done with his 2nd year and USMLE step one is at the end of June. We now have 2 babies, 14 months apart. I am a SAHM. Mark is his class' president, and has been doing orthopedic research for almost a year.

I wanted to start this blog for those of us out there who are married to a man in medicine! We definitely need to connect with each other since we go through the same sort of things. I love my life. It's unique and challenging and has some extremely rough times, yet it's an exciting journey.

I'd like to hear your ideas on how to help support your man with boards coming up so soon! What are some things they can do to get a break from studying and get refreshed and recharged in a small amount of time so they can get back to studying :)

I would also like to hear some of your stories on how everything medicine started for you!