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It's great being married to a doctor (or resident, or medical student) because...
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1.) We have the single weirdest tool box replete with needle drivers, hemostats, and surgical rags.
2.) We have a SCARY extensive first aid kit. It's larger than all of our tool boxes combined and is on wheels. No, I'm not exaggerating.
3.) We've met some seriously cool peeps, iMSNers included.
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Originally posted by MrsK View PostNow that would have been a handy thing to have. It cost us over $2,000 to have K2's eyebrow glued a couple months ago.
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Is conference travel a perk? Is this a thing that happens? Do docs have conferences in cool places? Our faculty chair in our dept is always going to fun conferences and takes her sons--Zurich, Australia, Seattle, BVI, etc. I talked to the son of an ophthalmologist over the weekend and he said they got to go to pretty fun places too, when his dad was going to a conference and their school schedule allowed.Wife, support system, and partner-in-crime to PGY-3 (IM) and spoiler of our 11 y/o yellow lab
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Originally posted by WolfpackWife View PostIs conference travel a perk? Is this a thing that happens? Do docs have conferences in cool places? Our faculty chair in our dept is always going to fun conferences and takes her sons--Zurich, Australia, Seattle, BVI, etc. I talked to the son of an ophthalmologist over the weekend and he said they got to go to pretty fun places too, when his dad was going to a conference and their school schedule allowed.
We've gone to one conference with DH. It was in March. I got so sick Thirteen's hubby called to listen to my cough and gave DH his recs for course of treatment. And we are STILL waiting to get reimbursed.Veronica
Mother of two ballerinas and one wild boy
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DH could have gone to a conference in NOLA last week, we'll probably go to a conference in San Fran in October, we went to Vegas last Februar. We haven't gotten to go anywhere international yet, I'll be surprised if we do...Wife to NSG out of training, mom to 2, 10 & 8, and a beagle with wings.
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Originally posted by WolfpackWife View PostIs conference travel a perk? Is this a thing that happens? Do docs have conferences in cool places? Our faculty chair in our dept is always going to fun conferences and takes her sons--Zurich, Australia, Seattle, BVI, etc. I talked to the son of an ophthalmologist over the weekend and he said they got to go to pretty fun places too, when his dad was going to a conference and their school schedule allowed.
Plus, it's single parenting at home for a week, but the practice has also been living without him for a week, so when he gets home, his call week is usually right on the heels of the conference, so it's another week of reduced parenting for him.
It's definitely a perk for the doctor, though--he gets to see at least a glimpse of a bunch of places he might not otherwise go. They do have them in cool places. Maybe it all looks different when the kids are older.Married to a hematopathologist seven years out of training.
Raising three girls, 11, 9, and 2.
“That was the thing about the world: it wasn't that things were harder than you thought they were going to be, it was that they were hard in ways that you didn't expect.”
― Lev Grossman, The Magician King
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Not so much, in our experience, especially when kids are school-aged. Also, if he is at a conference, he isn't seeing patients/making money, so there's that, too.Wife of an OB/Gyn, mom to three boys, middle school choir teacher.
"I don't know when Dad will be home."
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I had a lovely day exploring Coronado Island and am sitting in the beautiful Hotel del Coronado right now while DH is attending a conference this week, so I'd say "yes" to conference travel being a perk.~Jane
-Wife of urology attending.
-SAHM to three great kiddos (2 boys, 1 girl!)
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Originally posted by migirl View PostI had a lovely day exploring Coronado Island and am sitting in the beautiful Hotel del Coronado right now while DH is attending a conference this week, so I'd say "yes" to conference travel being a perk.Veronica
Mother of two ballerinas and one wild boy
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We went to Puerto Rico in January for little more than the frequent flyer miles it took to get me there, thanks to a critical care conference. I had a great time! I'm a pretty self-sufficient tourist though, and I like any excuse to go places.Julia - legislative process lover and general government nerd, married to a PICU & Medical Ethics attending, raising a toddler son and expecting a baby daughter Oct '16.
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