Med School

Playing Doctor- Sign #1 That You Live with a Med Student

~ Kara Mills ~ 3 Comments

Many of you may wonder what it is like to be living through med school, what is “normal” for the day-to-day stuff. Well, it varies. Most of the time our lives are crazy, on the go non-stop making sure the boys are where they need to be, when they need to be. Then, if we’re lucky, able to catch some time later in the evening together. There will be many blog posts about this I’m sure, so today, I will focus on one particular item that is a sign that you may be living with a med student. Playing doctor. Continue reading →

The Med School Process – From the Wife’s Perspective

~ Kara Mills ~ 7 Comments

So, by now you know that hubs is in medical school. As of last week, we’ve he has survived his first semester! This might not sound like a big deal to most, but med school is part of why I started blogging. You see, when he was going through the long, tiring process of taking classes and applying for med school, I had looked all over for websites, blogs or whatever I could find to guide us through it. Most blogs were outdated. I could only attribute it to the fact they must have made it and no longer had a need to blog about med school right? I wanted to better understand the process and how I, as the working spouse, could properly support hubs while he was going through. I decided that when he started med school, I would use this as a creative outlet, as well as hopefully an outlet for other spouses/significant others of med students. Or those considering med school. Continue reading →