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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Goodbye
II.II.I GOODBYE read on the doe Things were going great. I had finally got my routine down, I was in love, and I was about to embark on my third year of studies. This meant finally going around the hospital as we started our clinical rotations and getting to see a little bit of everything. Basically, a dream come true! […]
Blossoming
II.I.VI BLOSSOMING Over the coming days, Pedro and I started seeing more of each other. The more time we spent together, the closer we seemed to get. It was kinda addicting, not gonna lie. Everything was completely new to me. We’d meet at his place, and he’d cook for me. We’d drive off to the beach and gaze at the […]
Budding
II.I.V BUDDING Swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe… Girl, boy, girl, boy. Man, this was getting confusing. There’s a way to talk to girls and a way to talk to guys. And talk, talk, talk I did, but I knew that sooner or later I was gonna have to go out with a guy if I wanted to really give this new […]
F.O.D.
II.I.IV F.O.D. Back home, I was busy with my summer job, helping around the house, and taking care of my dad. Everything was normal. Only now, there was something constantly humming at the back of my mind: “You know… I did stuff… I did stuff with a guy! Am I okay with that? Is this something I wanna be doing […]
Metamorphosis
II.I.III METAMORPHOSIS 2017… what a year. That year I learnt how to live. How to really live. That year, all those comfort zones holding me back went out the window. That year, the ball started rolling at hyper-speed, and I kept riding it like a pro. Lemme backtrack a bit… One of the best things about studying medicine is the […]