The Grass Is Always Greener by Kristen Hoeg
“I’ll take a three-zone bus pass”, I say in a foreign language. The man behind the counter looks at me and says, “Sure, that will be one hundered and five kroner”…In English. It’s hard...
Category: Residency
Surviving Residency 101: By Elizabeth Corey
Residency was my introduction to the big world of Medicine. And if that weren’t challenging enough, my future husband and I had decided to give up our long-distance relationship of two years and move...
Rebuilding After Residency by Kristen Math
It’s hard to believe that a year has almost passed since my husband finished his fellowship. The memories of those final two years seem worlds away from our life now, and yet occasionally, a...
My Wife’s Refrigerator Says It All by Brandon Knight
I opened my wife’s refrigerator. Last night and was stunned to see its Spartan contents. There on the top shelf neatly were six cans of diet coke ordered like soldiers, two by two, on...
Surviving Residency as a Male Spouse by C. Bisgard
My wife is six weeks away from completing a Peds residency. It’s hard for me to think of a favorite thing about residency that doesn’t make me sound selfish. I guess my favorite “unselfish”...
