Could use a little pick me up - feeling overwhelmed

[Howfunitis]

Ladies... I'm reading everyone's post and its like YOU KNOW ME and can relate to all of it!!! It's refreshing to read all of it and put into better words than I can ever type. On another note.... I must be crazy to have gotten pregnant and deliver right in the middle of second year!!! I wouldn't change it but I definitely would have considered taking an extra year or two if I had known it was going to be this harsh....

I do agree with Mapplebum about having something as equally as important in my life which in this case is my daughter and also glad he lets me be able to venture out and try new hobbies. Nothing beats feeling lonely though

[hollymariesweet]

This is all so encouraging to hear! I live my my family (and his) and my mother comes every Wednesday so I can have a night out (usually to wander the aisles of target alone haha). My DH wants to do Ophthalmology so i am crossing my fingers that residency is better. I knew coming into this semester that it would be the bad one, but geeze! haha. It is probably hardest to be alone AND broke hahahah. If I had tons of money, at least I could get super involved in hobbies It will pass. I am already feeling more optimistic, thanks to you ladies!!

[diggitydot]

Pretty sure my only affordable hobby during med school was iMSN.

[MarissaNicole]

Welcome, third year was definitely an adjustment for us, the least flexibility up until that point. Even if they study long hours in first and second year they can take study breaks, which doesn't happen in the hospital setting.

Any idea what specialty your DH wants to do? If it isnt super competitive you should get a break 4th year. DH is neurosurgery so he had to do three one month away rotations and lots of interviews to make sure he matched... but many of his classmates just coasted 4th year and it was a good time to have a child. Hopefully that will be the case for you.

Also there are breaks in 3rd year because not EVERY rotation has horrible hours.

I'm hoping you'll get lucky and your DH will be passionate for something that doesn't have the worst hours!

Hang in there!

Wife of a PGY-5

[MAPPLEBUM]

This is all so encouraging to hear! I live my my family (and his) and my mother comes every Wednesday so I can have a night out (usually to wander the aisles of target alone haha). My DH wants to do Ophthalmology so i am crossing my fingers that residency is better. I knew coming into this semester that it would be the bad one, but geeze! haha. It is probably hardest to be alone AND broke hahahah. If I had tons of money, at least I could get super involved in hobbies It will pass. I am already feeling more optimistic, thanks to you ladies!!

Bahahahaha don't come to my DH'a program!! They work 'em hard here. (The upside is he'll come out with tons of surgical experience)

-wife of PGY3 ophtho feel free to PM with questions!

[PrincessFiona]

[MENTION=4717]hollymariesweet[/MENTION] Third year is hard. It really is. You are not alone in feeling the way that you do. I know that I went through something similar when dh was an intern. it just felt so hard ... and I felt very isolated. I think it's even harder when you have kids. At least for me it meant that I was parenting 24/7 on my own with no real breaks/support. You do deserve a 3 ton chocolate bar!

Welcome to iMSN. As you get to know everyone you'll see that we really do get it ...

Kris