Emotional healing Archives - THE ROVING DOCTOR

Added on December 8, 2022 Honduras , Reflections of a Roving Doctor

Utila – Week 4, Day 5: The Pirate Life

From black-market spirits and coconut-hurling to finding buried treasure in Sandy Caye. A journey through spearfishing elation, baring souls under the stars, and the best day ever.

Added on April 27, 2021 Foundation Year 1 , Orthopaedic Surgery

Ex-Mother

I.IV.II EX-MOTHER Much like my time in neurology, this rotation proved to be a relatively easy-going one. I mean, yeah, sure, we did have our busy days, but I don’t ever recall staying later than my normal working hours – except for those pesky on-call shifts that would have us taking care of all orthopaedic patients and their medical issues. […]

Added on October 25, 2016 Second Year , Loss

Anger

II.II.II ANGER I stood tall and put on a brave face. Remember, I’m too proud a person to admit weakness or vulnerability. I wasn’t the one in need of consoling. I was the one doing the consoling. My mother, my brother, my aunts and uncles… they were all a mess, as if their entire life had just collapsed in front […]

Added on September 15, 2015 First Year , Awake

Ex-Father

I.I.II EX-FATHER My father was never a man of many words. Unless those words were “no” or “you had that coming”. For the better part of my life, he could have been the family butler I was forced to hang out with on occasion, but that was about it. He’d come home late from work, pick a fight with my […]