November 2016 - THE ROVING DOCTOR

Departure

II.II.I DEPARTURE Colombia… Half the world away it stood. And I was going there. The furthest I had ever been from home was Manchester; three hours away from Malta by plane. And now I was going to friggin’ Colombia – some 10,000 kilometres away. “It’s okay, it’s okay – he’ll be there with me!” I told myself as I tried […]

Added on November 22, 2016 Second Year , Loss

Out

II.II.VI OUT Over the next two weeks of my summer general rotation, my passion for medicine only intensified. I saw all kinds of surgeries – some of which I’d be lucky to encounter again throughout my life. It was all I expected to see and then some. Patients that would forever remain immortalised in my memory. Especially the one with […]

Added on November 15, 2016 Second Year , Loss

In

II.II.V IN My third year in medicine was right around the corner. Third year – one of the most challenging years in the course, if not the most. But it was also the year I had been most looking forward to. Third year meant finally starting our clinical rotations! The previous summer, before the whole Manchester saga, I had spent […]

Added on November 8, 2016 Second Year , Loss

Inheritance

II.II.IV INHERITANCE read on the doe It wasn’t only grief that changed me after my father’s death. For the first time in my life, I had enough money to do whatever the hell I wanted. I’m not talking millions here – in fact, I was by no account even close to being rich. I had just enough to live comfortably […]

Added on November 1, 2016 Second Year , Loss

Alone

II.II.III ALONE I had never lost anyone before then. This was all terra incognita to me. Luckily, I wasn’t alone. I had friends, and now, I also had someone by my side who made it a little more bearable. Only now, this someone too was about to leave me. It was around the same time that Pedro’s job opportunity fell […]