A Bend in the Road Deserves a New Blog

Half Dome in Yosemite

Hello friends! Welcome to my new blog. I decided to start fresh because of an upcoming Bend in the Road. The three years of our pre-clinical, MD-master's program were very educational (to read about them, visit my old blog), but also very different from the clinical world I have been immersed in over the past year. My first clinical year of medical school has been eye-opening. It's been amazing, frustrating, demanding, and awesome. I think I have finally started to come to terms with my identity as a future physician, and I wanted to celebrate that by starting a new chapter in my blogging life.

In addition, two important and exciting things are coming up, each of which deserve a new blog perspective: I'm taking a sponsored research year to study how bones interact with the immune system (yay!), and I'm getting married next month (yay!). In the next year, I will also be trying to decide what kind of doctor I want to be: which specialty, how much clinical practice vs. research vs. education, etc.

My desire is to use this blog to share what I learn as I continue along this (slightly daunting) path. Anything is fair game, but as the title suggests, my focus will be on my daily life of medical school, matrimony, and the mayhem that is bound to ensue! As always, comments are gladly accepted and insights much appreciated.

Hugs,
Nia