December 2023 - THE ROVING DOCTOR

II.II.VI – Out

II.II.VI OUT Over the next two weeks of my summer general rotation, my passion for medicine would only intensify. 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 […]

Added on December 25, 2023 A Year in the Life , Mexico

I.I.VII.I – Mérida: Day One & Two

MÉRIDA I.I.VII.I – DAY ONE & TWO 24/08/22 & 25/08/22 Yep, you guessed it. Yet another bus trip – this time to Mérida; a city in the state of Yucatán. Pretty much like in my other stops, I’d have three days here, though this time round I had plans only for one. I spent the first afternoon going around the […]

Added on December 21, 2023 Second Year , Loss

II.II.V – In

II.II.V IN My third year in medicine war right around the corner. Third year – one of the most challenging years in the course if not the most. But it’s 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 two […]

Added on December 18, 2023 A Year in the Life , Mexico

I.I.VI.III – San Francisco de Campeche: Day Three

SAN FRANCISCO DE CAMPECHE I.I.VI.III – DAY THREE 23/08/22 Having just one day left, I tried to make the most of my time by visiting as many places as I could, dragging Xavier along with me. He had been living in Campeche for six months but, being so enrapt with his work, he had no time to explore anywhere outside […]

Added on December 14, 2023 Second Year , Loss

II.II.IV – 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 and splurge […]

Added on December 11, 2023 A Year in the Life , Mexico

I.I.VI.II – San Francisco de Campeche: Day Two

SAN FRANCISCO DE CAMPECHE I.I.VI.II – DAY TWO 22/08/22 The following day, Xavier and I went around the citadel again; this time with a fresh perspective considering he had been here for quite a long while and knew the city through and through. With him having to go to work at his construction site, we split up and I made my […]

Added on December 7, 2023 Second Year , Loss

II.II.III – 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 […]

Added on December 4, 2023 A Year in the Life , Mexico

I.I.VI.I – San Francisco de Campeche: Day One

SAN FRANCISCO DE CAMPECHE I.I.VI.I – DAY ONE 21/08/22 Another day, another bus trip – this time round to the city of San Francisco de Campeche. I’m gonna be honest here… This was the first time since I’d been travelling that I wasn’t quite impressed – mostly cause it felt like I had already seen something similar and cause of […]