Mr Doctor

@shakeshack with @ssstuti (Taken with instagram)

Fri, 18 May 2012 15:44:39 -0400

@shakeshack with @ssstuti (Taken with instagram)

#picstitch #carwhoring (Taken with instagram)

Tue, 01 May 2012 02:10:32 -0400

#picstitch #carwhoring (Taken with instagram)

Expectations

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:52:57 -0400

whatshouldwecallmedschool:

What I thought med school would be like

what it’s actually like

Hunger games with the giffers (Taken with instagram)

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 22:45:16 -0400

Hunger games with the giffers (Taken with instagram)

Beeeeeer (Taken with instagram)

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:11:56 -0400

Beeeeeer (Taken with instagram)

Stuti made me some freaking EKG cookies! Can you name all the...

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:46:27 -0500

Stuti made me some freaking EKG cookies! Can you name all the rhythms? (Taken with instagram)

thedailymeme: Joseph Ducreux

Sun, 03 Apr 2011 22:51:02 -0400

thedailymeme:

Joseph Ducreux

thedailymeme: Joseph Ducreux Guess the song and you get a...

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:31:57 -0400

thedailymeme:

Joseph Ducreux

Guess the song and you get a dollar

corgiaddict: purplenailpolish: I’M COMIN’ TAH GETYA!...

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 22:30:12 -0400

corgiaddict:

purplenailpolish:

I’M COMIN’ TAH GETYA! <3

INCOOOMIIIING!

how I long for the day

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 01:44:05 -0400

how I long for the day

interesting cases from tonight

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 06:05:07 -0500

EtOH overdose, psychosomatic pain, and streptococcal mediated toxic shock syndrome!

I’ve been cruising on no sleep for so many hours its easier not to count, but I will be back after some naps to see if I can elaborate =)

some interesting cases from today... 12/25

Sun, 26 Dec 2010 03:41:32 -0500

In the pediatrics unit today: Status Epilepticus, Sickle cell crisis, X-linked ichthyosis, and a lovely psych eval.

First off, a belated merry Christmas to all. I do...

Sun, 26 Dec 2010 03:34:00 -0500

First off, a belated merry Christmas to all. I do hope your holiday was fulfilling, though so often they seem to fall short after a certain age. I’m not sure if it’s due to some sort of expectation ingrained after years of anticipating the date as a child, but here at 22 it feels pretty easy to be disappointed by the past few holiday seasons. Not to sound disillusioned, but at some point it becomes easier to stop imagining the people around you as family, and more as other individuals that you know really well. It seems so much easier to put yourself in their shoes if you take down some of the expectations that a blood relation imposes. It’s easy to forget that people can get self absorbed and selfish just like you can.

I’m not sure why, but I’ve always felt like I stand on my own. I know that I will always have the support of my family and loved ones, but at the same time, I feel almost alienated in a lot of ways. I’m not sure if it’s just the way I think, or the way I act, or the emotions I feel, but something doesn’t work exactly like it does with everyone else. The result isn’t really a feeling of loneliness, more of a slight detachment. This is the same feeling that I feel is going to help and hurt me as a doctor. I know I need to cultivate some aspects on how I interact with others, but I really have trouble not being completely and utterly objective at times hahaha.

Anyway. I came to my own understanding of the holidays and family despite a general lack traditional family bonding. No matter the occasion, no matter the scenario, everyone is always tracing their own path through their lives. We change directions and oscillate depending on our wants, and needs, but the fact remains that you’re a solitary point. It’s impossible for others to become part of our path; everyone has their own plan and ambitions after all. The safest thing one can strive for is to find someone as close to and as parallel to their path as possible. There can be times that lines intersect, plans run together, and lives become tangled, but on a long enough timeline these points will trace off onto their own individual ways once more. Never forget who you are, and never forget that your goals are your own and no one else’s. This is why I think when you find someone like a family member or a loved one that’s running parallel with you, aligned with your personality, that it’s all the more special. It means that for whatever reason, someone objectively wants you in their life, and the length of time that lasts, no matter the length, should be cherished.

So in a roundabout way, what I’m trying to say is: enjoy the bonds you have, and gain the strength to compensate for the ones you’re missing. Remove yourself from a situation, break things down objectively, and it’s possible to come to terms with almost anything with enough time. Here’s to hoping that we all have the fortitude to figure out what we want in life, and the luck that we find others wanting the same.

Happy Holidays =)

Photo

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 01:07:44 -0500