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Hi fellow medical spouses! I had a breakthrough today in which I decided I was finally determined to find a participatory community full of people to whom I could relate. I've been looking for a forum and website dedicated to those of us navigating this challenging, sometimes exciting, ALWAYS busy path. I am the wife of an M-1 and we were newlyweds until he started his first year 
We got married last year, enjoyed it blissfully for about 8 weeks, and then packed up everything to move to an entirely new city. As I'm sure most of you can relate to, I've had to find a new job, new friends, my own way around, and a sense of "settling in" here in a place that's not our hometown. It's been seven months and it has only gotten marginally easier. The beginning was...bleak. And sad. And so lonely. It's better now, but still hard. That's why I performed an exhaustive Google search that lead me here and to all of you!
I am hoping this outlet will allow me a place to vent, relate to others, find common ground, and connect with people who are in the same boat as I am, or have been here. It's been hard to cope on my own with the difficulty from transitioning to medical school life to what I know refer to as "our former life". I am working on trying to overcome the feelings of negativity and hopelessness that I've found comes with this massive change and the start of this exhausting journey. Being the "passenger" or the "tagalong" (as I've been referred to) is a challenge in and of itself. I am also hoping some of the veteran medical spouses can answer the age old, always important question new newbies have: "does it REALLY get better?"
We got married last year, enjoyed it blissfully for about 8 weeks, and then packed up everything to move to an entirely new city. As I'm sure most of you can relate to, I've had to find a new job, new friends, my own way around, and a sense of "settling in" here in a place that's not our hometown. It's been seven months and it has only gotten marginally easier. The beginning was...bleak. And sad. And so lonely. It's better now, but still hard. That's why I performed an exhaustive Google search that lead me here and to all of you!I am hoping this outlet will allow me a place to vent, relate to others, find common ground, and connect with people who are in the same boat as I am, or have been here. It's been hard to cope on my own with the difficulty from transitioning to medical school life to what I know refer to as "our former life". I am working on trying to overcome the feelings of negativity and hopelessness that I've found comes with this massive change and the start of this exhausting journey. Being the "passenger" or the "tagalong" (as I've been referred to) is a challenge in and of itself. I am also hoping some of the veteran medical spouses can answer the age old, always important question new newbies have: "does it REALLY get better?"
My husband and I were married 100 days when we moved/started residency. Five years and 2 babies later, we are nearing the end of training. Hope the light at the end of tunnel is not an on coming train. You've come to the right place.
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