Welcome!

[v-girl]

Welcome!

Thanks! He's really excited! He matched DO--month (?) earlier than MD.

[diggitydot]

Sweet! Most DOs go through the allopathic match, but it's soooo nice to not have to wait an extra month! And yay for another DO spouse. Woot!

[SuzySunshine]

Welcome! Why don't you head over to introductions and start your own thread.

We're not always negative, but it is a support site! There is much more behind the closed doors once we get to know you.

[houseelf]

Welcome! Best of luck in residency. By the way what specialty did he match in?

Emergency Medicine. Sorry, it wasn't last week--it was this week--seems really long ago though lol

[MrsSz]

Welcome! We did the non-trad, 2nd-round thing, too, whee! I was able to move with him, though, which helped. We get it, and we'll help you through!

the first round was murder.... Watching how defeated he was broke my heart. Not to mention how much $$ you spend during the whole process!

[moonlight]

hi everyone! I'm new to this whole post blogging situation. I'm a recently married wife to a soon to be med student. Non trad applicant who made it on his second round of apps. I've been there through the whole process from first MCAT to first rejection and I'm thrilled he has an official acceptance for the fall. I won't be living in the same city or even the same state as my career will take me temporarily to a a larger city. Some outside support and insight will be useful in this first rough year! Cheers

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MrsSz

Welcome to the group, glad you found us so early in the process!

[MrsSz]

ditto!

[MrsSz]

typo

I have just noticed my touchpad auto corrected "xoxo" to cold.... Fail!

[MsSassyBaskets]

Hi all,

Brand new here. I'm the soon to be wife of a nontraditional DO student finishing up his first year. In terms of school and stress, the first year has honestly been a breeze, and I think we've been really lucky. For me, though, I'm stuck in a city I absolutely hate for another year until we can escape for rotations. (Then the real "fun" begins...) I work from home -- I'm so fortunate to have a remote job that I can take with me anywhere we end up, but it means I don't have coworkers nearby. I work, I work out, I do a ton of cooking and all the household stuff, I read, I video chat with my best friend back home, and I probably talk to my cats a little too much, but every once in a while the isolation and the stress of not being in control really gets to me. Now is one of those times.

Like someone who commented earlier on, I get so sick of hearing all the negativity about how med school will destroy your relationship, about the divorce rate for doctors (a lot of this coming from his school!), etc. My FH is so well-balanced with life and school, he's getting great scores and still manages to spend lots of time with me, and he wants to go into a primary care field, not something ultra-competitive. I'm not worried about our staying power, but I am a little worried about my own mental health along the way, and I wish instead of spewing a bunch of gloom and doom, the school would offer a little support for students with spouses. Wishful thinking. So I'm here.

My latest stress is realizing that we're going to be moving in one year for rotations, and we don't yet know where that will be, or even really how the whole process works. We need to end up doing most rotations within a major metro area so that we don't have to move constantly. We have grown-up furniture and two cats, and I need a home base and an office. Not to mention I need to be back in a major city where I don't feel so isolated. So we're just not up for moving every couple months. We may have a couple choices of city, but in one of them (our top choice) FH may end up being responsible for setting up some of his own rotations. I have no idea how this works, and the school hasn't told them much about it yet. Advice?

So, I'm living with a lot of uncertainty, planning a wedding for this summer, and trying to stay sane. Sorry for the novel! I'd love to hear from others who have been in a similar situation. Thanks everyone!

[ladymoreta]

Welcome! You'll be so glad you found this forum so early on!

[L.Jane]

ms.sassy, welcome! You should copy and paste this intro into its own new thread. The uncertainty is the pits and we all get it!

[Vabsmith]

Hello all
My wife just started the pgy1 of her internan medicine residency.
I work from home full time and we have a 14 month old son who goes to daycare.
My mother in law is here to help us from last few months ( very nice of her)
Glad to have found a grop where others are going trough similar phase in life..

[diggitydot]

Welcome, Vabsmith! Why don't you start your own thread so we can all welcome you properly, too!