- The bed is never made because someone is always sleeping in it.
- You use terms like “Gen Surg” and “Surg Onc” in every day conversations and mistakenly believe that you do not sound like a goose. You do.
- Everything is abbreviated.
- You can look at $250,000 in loan debt and resist the urge to pee your pants and/or sob hysterically.
- Dinner conversations involve graphic depictions of blood, guts and all types of nasty – and you are OK with that.
- Diner conversations rarely happen.
- Just for fun/practice, your husband performs the entire 27-week prenatal exam prior to the doc actually entering the room. (Yes, that did happen)
- The little fun moments you get together are the best moments ever.
I am starting to get used to all this, probably meaning that another med school curveball is on its way!
